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Apr 14 2021

Unwanted spring visitors

Leave a Comment / Bugs, Damage to plants, How to, Pests / By Nanette

One of the unwanted visitors to the spring garden arrives just about now. That mass of tiny pests that cloak the new growth on your roses, elderberries, viburnums, or peach trees are at best an unsightly nuisance and at worst, creatures that can damage tender new growth on plants and spread disease. They’re aphids! Aphid […]

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Apr 1 2021

Get those weeds early!

Leave a Comment / How to, Prevention, Weeds / By Nanette

Spring is here and so are the weeds! Are you seeing grasses, dandelions, bindweed, and even wild blackberry popping up in your lawn, flower beds, vegetable gardens, or other exposed spaces? Even in teeny spaces between bricks on your patio? What’s a gardener to do with such a bounty of weeds? The most effective method

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