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GARDEN BLOGS: Mulch Can Kill Trees
Mulch can kill trees–that sounds kind of extreme, doesn’t it? But it caught your attention, right? I suppose it would be more accurate to say improper mulching can kill trees, but as I look around...
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GARDEN BLOGS: 7 Fall Gardening Mistakes That Will Cost You Money
Heading into fall, there are times when we might be feeling overworked, too frazzled, or simply not feeling like doing everything we normally do. Everyone needs to find their own balance in the garden, but you...
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GARDEN BLOGS: Five Inches of Rain Brings on Autumnal Madness
Five inches of rain fell here in roughly 24 hours. After a multi-week dry spell where my constant promise to my garden was, “As soon as we get some rain, I’m going to…”, it finally...
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GARDEN BLOGS: Alfalfa on Roses
Today I put alfalfa pellets around my roses and scratched it into the soil. The odd thing was, I couldn’t remember why I was doing it. I knew I had read, or had been told,...
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GARDEN BLOGS: Climate is What We Expect; Weather is What We Get*
The weather has been unseasonably warm here. It’s a great cure for cabin fever, but a worry to the true gardener. If it’s this warm and dry in early spring, what will July be like?...