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| Celebrating five years of columns with top garden tips When I was younger and heard senior citizens talking about time passing ever more rapidly as they aged, I figured it was the Geritol talking. Now that I've become my parents, I've discovered it's true — the sand slips through the hourglass faster than a rabbit racing toward the fresh buds of a high-priced ...
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| Garden tips as the temperatures begin to rise Monarchs from Mexico will be heading up our way in March; planting some Prairie Milkweed (Zizotes) in your garden means they might stop by and lay eggs on them. Caterpillars will eat the leaves, but the leaves do come back. Adult butterflies drink nectar: Spring Mistflower (Blue Boneset), Betony-leaf ...
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| This week's gardening tips: don't miss the Spring Garden Show Don't miss the Spring Garden Show: The show will be held April 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the New Orleans Botanical Garden. It includes plant and garden products, exhibits and sales, educational programs, a flower show, children's activities and more. Photo by Susan ...
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| Garden Tips: Tree topping is tree butchering I have had it! I just have to express my ire at the way some local trees are being pruned. When I was shopping at a local store last week, I was particularly dismayed that their parking lot trees had been virtually denuded of branches, leaving a main trunk and a bunch of large stubby branches, if you can ...
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| Tips for starting your garden this Easter weekend It may be too early for gardeners to start digging in the frozen ground, but Larry Hodgson, author of the Laidback Gardener series says it's the perfect time to start germinating seeds indoors. He shared some tips for getting the garden started with host Ainslie MacLellan on All in a Weekend. This interview ...
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| Tips for gardeners looking to save money Aah, the sweet sounds of spring: the songs of nesting birds, the laughter of scampering children — and the "ka-ching" of the cash register at the garden store. After a winter of enduring garden deprivation and paying off Christmas bills, we can be forgiven for going a little crazy at the nursery or big-box ...
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| HOME BRIEFS A free presentation on how to create an outdoor room will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 7, at Wallace's Garden Center, Devils Glen Road, Bettendorf. ... The University of Illinois is offering a spring home gardening series online using Skype; upcoming programs include monthly gardening tips, ...
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| Tips for spring cleanup If you are still cleaning up your garden, or searching for a tree service to help, be very careful and follow the sound advice from certified tree professionals. If utility lines are near a tree that must be pruned, call the power or phone company first. Do not attempt to prune trees near any utility lines yourself.
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| In the Garden | A taste of the tropics Pawpaw exhibits other features of tropical plants, including specialized "drip-tips" on their leaves to help wick away water, which is a feature common among tropical plants to clear away moisture that can promote development of fungal diseases on foliage. The palm-like appearance of almost foot-long ...
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| Classes cover sustainable gardening, dahlias, fermentation High tunnels, row covers and sustainable gardening practices will be the topics Monday as the University of Illinois Extension spring series of home ... April 9, Dazzling dahlias and vibrant zinnias: Chris Noth, of Davenport, will share the basics of growing dahlias and zinnias as well as tips and tricks he's ...
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