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Sweep Away Pest Problems with Spring Cleaning
Insects can come into your home through tiny openings such as cracks in the foundation, gaps around windows or holes in screens.  They can ride in on flowers, clothes baskets or grocery bags...
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Caring for Spring Bulbs
As flowers fade, remove the flowers of large bulbs like Daffodils and Tulips so that they look neater and don't set seed. That will encourage the plant to send energy back into the bulb rather than "wasting" it in seed production. Small bulbs, like Grape Hyacinths and Ipheon, can be allowed to set seed and multiply...
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Which Plant to Buy?
Is the plant an annual or perennial, does it like sun or shade, and how tall does it grow.  Without this basic information you may make a landscape mistake that you end up looking at for years...
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Longing for Spring
The optimum time to prune all fruit trees is before bloom. Pruning allows the tree to direct nutrients to branches that will bear high quality fruit.  The objective is to remove dead, diseased, or damaged  wood...
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Try Herbs
Whether you grow them indoors or out, in the garden or in containers, there are many herbs and herb-growing methods to choose from. Choose the right site.  Most herbs need lots of sun and well-drained, fertile soil...
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Overwintering Houseplants
Low light, low humidity, dry air and too much soil moisture are the primary culprits that can weaken and destroy our indoor plants.  Proper management of these growing factors, of course, is essential to maintaining healthy, vigorous houseplants...
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When to Use Herbicides
Although the majority of herbicides may be classified as preemergence or postemergence some such as Princep are notable exceptions. They are used as both preemergence and postemergence herbicides.  Remember when using any pesticide read, understand and follow the label found on the container...
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Is It Really Amazing?
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.  A good example of this is the advertisement to grow tomatoes and potatoes in one single planting.  The company is selling nothing unusual, but simply a normal tomato planted very close to a normal potato...
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What to Plant in the Shade
Fescue blends with Creeping Red fescue do fairly well in shade.  It is important to remember areas in full sun during winter months may be in shade of trees during spring through fall...
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Compost for Gardeners
Composting is not just a practice for farmers, rural residents, or serious gardeners.  Anyone with a landscape can benefit both the environment and their landscape by composting...
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Blessed with Rocks?
A rock garden is an ideal way to stop soil erosion while creating an appealing landscape feature.  The most attractive rock gardens are those with a natural setting that blend with a pile of stones on level ground...
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Gardening Tips for November
Tulips and Dutch iris need to be planted in cold soil so they do not send up shoots before roots are established.  If tulips are planted deeply, they will produce large, uniform flowers for many years...
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Yes, You Can Grow Peonies in Georgia!
Come to an informative Forsyth County Master Gardeners presentation and learn what you need to know about which peonies to grow, how and when to plan them and how to care for them here in the South...
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