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Cucumbers on a Trellis

If you are running short on space and still want to grow cucumbers in your garden, try growing them on a trellis. The cucumber is typically grown in mounds on the ground. However, this warm weather plant can be trained (pretty easily) to grow up a trellis. This not only saves you a ton of space in the...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 09-10-2009
Not So Deer Resistant

Although they are beautiful creatures, deer can create big problems for peoples' gardens. It seems as though they will eat anything and everything. This can even be the case with plants that are considered to be " deer resistant ." So if a plant is deer resistant , then why do they still...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 08-12-2009
Bitter Cucumbers?

Freshly sliced cucumbers in the summer are delicious and refreshing. The cool crisp taste can really cool you down when the weather is hot. On the other hand, biting into a bitter cucumber is a very unpleasant experience. If your cucumbers are bitter, this may have been caused by its growing environment...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 08-03-2009
Interesting Container Ideas

If you are looking to decorate the outside of your home, try decorative planters. They allow you to bring living plant material in areas that you might not otherwise be able to. With as many choices that are out there today, you can get containers in about any size, shape, or color that you can imagine...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 07-26-2009
Keep Out the Deer! The Natural Way.

Deer can reek havoc on garden in no time at all. It doesn't take long for these creatures to undo a lot of hard work (not to mention money) that people spend on their gardens. Fencing and netting can help, but it can get expensive and get in the way of you enjoying your outdoor space (and sometimes...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 07-24-2009
Introducing "Garden Bytes"

Nature Hills is proud to announce the launch of Garden Bytes , a new series of on-line, video gardening tips. This series is designed to provide visitors to our community useful gardening tips in "byte" sized webisodes. These webisodes will cover a large variety of topics pertaining to the...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 07-23-2009
Keeping Up With the 2009 Green America Award Winners

In April, Nature Hills Nursery announced the first ever Green America Award Winners. This contest invited groups to submit a plan on how they could improve their community by making it more green. The response was overwhelming. The judges had a hard time selecting with all the quality entries that came...

Posted to Green America Awards (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 07-10-2009
Re: I need suggestions

Hi JC, Welcome to our community. I suggest you maybe start out experimenting with some vegetables that are easy to grow. Here are some posts that should help you to decide, but I sure would grow some tomatoes and peppers as both those are very easy to grow and like the heat of the summer. http://naturehills...

Posted to Gardening for Beginners (Forum) by jeff-nhn on 06-17-2009
Serrano del Sol Hot And Flavorful

For a nice interesting change, why not try the Serrano del Sol Pepper . Capsicum Serrano del Sol (USDA Organic) HOT Pepper, Capsicum 'Serrano del Sol' is a large sized, candle-flame shaped fruit that is 3 inches long. It goes from a nice dark green to a bright red as it ages. It also can be harvested...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 04-16-2009
Thanks for Thinking Green, America!

The deadline to submit your plans for the first annual Nature Hills Green America Awards was April 1, and we would like to send a big thank you to all of our applicants! There was a terrific turnout and we are very excited about the hundreds of applications that came in. Submissions kept pouring in and...

Posted to Green America Awards (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 04-08-2009

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