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Understand why to prune an apple tree

How to understand why to prune an apple tree

Each year an apple tree should produce three things: new growth, fruit buds on last year's and older growth, and fruit on those ...

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Build a bird raft for your garden pond

How to build a bird raft for your garden pond

Construct a bird raft for your pond with the BBC's Gardener's World. Not only is the raft pretty, but it could also potentially ...

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How to graft a watermelon plant for propagation

Graft a watermelon plant for propagation

This how-to video provides very detailed, useful information on propagation. Watch this instructional video for tips on grafting a ...more

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How to propagate delphiniums, campanulas and lupins

Propagate delphiniums, campanulas and lupins

Watch Carol Klein as she guides you through the process of propagating delphiniums, campanulas and lupins; from taking basal cuttings and ...more

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How to bonsai a garden shrub

Bonsai a garden shrub

Turn a garden shrub into a beautiful Bonsai Tree.

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How to build a bird raft for your garden pond

Build a bird raft for your garden pond

Create a haven and nesting area for birds in your garden, by watching Monty's guide to making a bird raft for the Berryfields pond. ...more

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How to graft over an apple tree

Graft over an apple tree

Grafting, also known as "top working," is simple-but-essential technique that enables you to change the variety of fruit a tree bears. In ...more

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How to grow a garden

Grow a garden

In this episode, Becky shows you how to grow a successful garden, including tomatoes, squash and flowers. She talks about fertilizer, pest ...more

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How to plant dahlia tubers in tray gardens

Plant dahlia tubers in tray gardens

Sarah Raven demonstrates how to plant up dahlia tubers in trays indoors, to ensure a greater number of cuttings in summer. Follow these ...more

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How to prune a viburnum plant, remove sideshoots

Prune a viburnum plant, remove sideshoots

Chris Beardshaw demonstrates how to prune an old viburnum, removing sideshoots and woody growth to reinvigorate the plant and encourage ...more

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How to prune and propogate dogwood trees

Prune and propogate dogwood trees

Joe Swift demonstrates how to prune and take hardwood cuttings from dogwoods. Follow these Gardeners' World step-by-step guides to ...more

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How to prune plants

Prune plants

If you have the right plant for the right location and admire its natural shape, perhaps just some touch-up pruning will be necessary. Give ...more

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How to prune tomatoes

Prune tomatoes

Tom Cole shows how to remove shoots and leaves from tomato plants. This process helps to allow the proper nutrients to go to the fruits. Tom ...more

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How to remove a canker-diseased branch with a saw

Remove a canker-diseased branch with a saw

Cankers, if left untreated, can grow and prove lethal for your trees. In this installment of the Fruitwise Heritage Apple guide to apple ...more

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How to rind graft an apple or pear tree

Rind graft an apple or pear tree

Grafting, also known as "top working," is simple-but-essential technique that enables you to change the variety of fruit a tree bears. In ...more

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How to thin your fruit tree

Thin your fruit tree

Thinning, or pruning, is the most important step in getting the best fruit from your tree. In this tutorial from Dave Wilson Trees, you'll ...more

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How to understand the basics of apple tree pruning

Understand the basics of apple tree pruning

Each year an apple tree should produce three things: new growth, fruit buds on last year's and older growth, and fruit on those fruit buds ...more

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How to understand why to prune an apple tree

Understand why to prune an apple tree

Each year an apple tree should produce three things: new growth, fruit buds on last year's and older growth, and fruit on those fruit buds ...more

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How to care for a neglected apple tree with a pruning saw

Care for a neglected apple tree with a pruning saw

Pruning a neglected apple tree is not difficult. Unless the tree is ...more

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How to clean up the garden for winter

Clean up the garden for winter

Dave helps you prepare your vegetable garden for the winter and has some suggestions for rescuing those remaining green tomatoes.

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How to clone plants

Clone plants

This video will teach you how to propagate plants from a stem cutting using asexual propagation (a.k.a cloning). The methods shown are ...more

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How to grow a square watermelon

Grow a square watermelon

Have a fair amount of spare time and a contrarian soul? In this fun, and easy-to-follow, video tutorial, you'll learn how to cultivate a ...more

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Fire + Gravity + Corrosive Liquids = Explosive Rube Goldberg Fun

They Way Things Go is a Rube Goldberg inspired art film by Peter Fischli and David Weiss (1987). The 30 minute film documents an assembly line of action and reaction. Wikipedia: "The machine is ...

DIY LED Carpet-Light

For the craftsters & LED lovers, great idea by Johanna Hyrkas. The LED carpet-light: a simple, yet novel, DIY project. A single strand of LEDs is encased in a knit tube; the knit tube is wound ...

Make Fuel With Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew is the answer. Inventor Paul Patone has devised a mechanism that converts soda into actual usable fuel. "It’s called the Geet Sytstem. Basically, it’s a fuel booster system that can ...

No Lightsaber Required: DIY Jar Jar Binks Salad

Yum, geekdom fun. A Jar Jar salad. Wonderfully silly How-To from Only Knives: "A side dish from the Dark Side: Sculpt Jar Jar Binks out of a root vegetable." You'll need some serious ...

Sculpt Melted Cassette Tape Puddles Into Skulls

Cool cassette tape art by Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer. From Design Boom: "...Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘here was this thing that used ...

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