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  • Gardening in El Paso – Articles
    • Easy Herbs for You to Grow 
    • How to Have an Attractive Grassless Yard
    • Have You Tried Growing These Popular Perennials?
    • Our Raised Bed Hoop House and How to Build It
    • Enjoy Gardening Benefits with Accessible Tools and Techniques
    • Make the Best of Beneficial Insects
    • Why to Be on Alert for Rose Rosette Disease
    • Fruit Trees for El Paso
    • What Tree is for Me?
    • How to Make a Holiday Planter with Greenery
    • Cool Season Gardening Is Easy After the Heat of Summer
    • Newcomer’s Gardening Snapshot for El Paso County
    • How to Care for Cacti in El Paso
    • Watering Tips for Lawns, Vegetable Gardens and Trees
    • How to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden
    • Improve Your Skills with Our Informative El Paso Gardening Handbook
    • Help Your Tree Survive in El Paso
    • Starting a Garden from Seeds
    • Get Winter Color in the Desert with These Four Plants
    • How to Landscape with Ornamental Grasses
    • How to Care for Cool Weather Vegetables
    • How to Grow Iris in El Paso
    • Buzz Off! Prevent Mosquitoes to Reduce Disease
    • What are the Elements of an Attractive Landscape?
    • What Is Vermicomposting and How Is It Done?
    • Why We Landscape with Native and Adaptive Plants
    • How to Improve Your Soil
    • Winter Is Not Gray
    • Seasonal Color with Bulbs in El Paso
    • Cactus in the Garden and On Your Table
    • Is the “Mystery Tree” a Siberian Elm and What’s Eating Its Leaves?
    • The Fall Lawn Fertilizing Deadline Is Fast Approaching!
    • Easy Steps for Drip Irrigation
    • Why Native Plants?
    • Environmental Stewardship through Earth-Kind® Landscaping
    • The Secret to Growing Tomatoes in El Paso  
    • Rainwater Harvesting
    • Caring for Potted Succulents in Winter
    • Getting Your Vegetable Beds Ready for Spring
    • The Best Date to Start Pruning Roses in El Paso
    • Care for Storm-Damaged Trees and Shrubs
    • Helping Your Holiday Gift Plants Keep On Giving
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