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Garden Tips: Top 5 Spring Garden Prep Tips
Here are my Top 5 spring garden prep tips or things to do now or in early March: Cut back deciduous (gets dead looking in winter) grasses to 2″ tall stubble. Don’t cut back evergreen grasses-they grow back too slowly … Continue reading
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Tagged extend plant life, flagstone in the garden, spring garden prep
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Winter Garden Plants that Sizzle with Color
Hamamelis – Witch hazel ‘Jelena’ Foreground, ‘Arnold’s Promise’ in background-photo Carol Lindsay Don’t miss seeing the bare stems of witch hazel come alive with bright yellow or red orange flowers. I stopped en route to The Oregon Garden last Saturday to take … Continue reading
Garden Tip: Slug Love
Slug Love Here come Paul and Mary kissing in a tree, K I S S I N G……………Well, slug love is like most other kinds of love and produces little slugs sooner rather than later. Right now they are curling up … Continue reading
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Garden Tips Planting in Late Fall or Early Winter
Buyer Beware! Watch out for fall discount plants at nurseries or garden stores. When you select plants on the leftover table at nurseries you are running some risks. The top of the pot will be chock full of weed seeds … Continue reading
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Tagged fall gardening tips, what not to plant in the fall, what not to plant in the winter
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6 Tips to Prep Your Garden for Winter
Winterize your irrigation system . This may mean flushing out an older system, or just draining your drip system. Remember: no mulch over your Hen and Chicks Bait for slugs all through fall and early winter. Don’t bait for slugs … Continue reading
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