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Gardeners itching to get planting will want to keep Mother’s Day weekend free with the Johnson County Master Gardener plant sale, the Linn County Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale and two other Linn County plant sales that weekend.

The best reason to use fewer chemicals is because it’s the smart thing to do for our health and the health of the planet.

No matter what type of hedge you have, it likely will benefit from at least one pruning a year. Pruning helps keep hedges tidy-looking, thicker and can help control size.

Most trees and shrubs don’t have leaves, so you can more easily see their structure. And since pruning stimulates new growth, you’ll be giving them a boost going into their spring growth spurt.

There is a myth that some people possess a green thumb and some people don’t. The reality, of course, is very different. People who have success with plants usually possess just one key characteristic: They care.

Dawn Stephens and Greg Young have spent the last eight years restoring the 125-year-old Brewer House in the Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood in southeast Cedar Rapids.

A list of what to plant and when in Eastern Iowa.

Getting enough light for indoor plants used to be difficult and expensive, but now, thanks to the recent burst in LED technology, many of those old challenges are a thing of the past.