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Crabgrass, Crabgrass and more Crabgrass

Submitted by Justin Simpson on Fri, 2010-07-30 08:32

Understanding Crabgrass “Breakthroughs”

Watering New Installed Shrubs

Submitted by Ashley on Tue, 2010-07-27 07:31
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 Newly planted shrubs require more water than established shrubs that have been planted for at least one year. During the first growing season, a small sized shrub transplanted from a 1-5 gallon container will require 4 to 6 gallons pe

Windowsill Herb Garden

Submitted by Ashley on Wed, 2010-07-21 12:13
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 With all this hot and humid weather outside, I like to keep my gardening to the indoors!  A windowsill herb garden in the kitchen still satisfies my green thumb and also is great to be able to mix herbs with all the fresh home grown produce of the summer.  Stick to herbs that stay short and compact growing habit like chives, basil, lavender, parsley, mint, thyme or rosemary.  Snip the plants often to encourage full and bushy growth.  Never cut off more than 1/3 of the plant when harvesting as not to bring the plant into shock.

Lawn envy $$$$

Submitted by Justin Simpson on Wed, 2010-07-21 07:46
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There are approx. 30,000,000 acres of lawn in the US.  Fifty three million households have lawns, ranging from tiny plots to huge acreages.  It is estimated Homeowners spend more than $5 billion per year on lawn care supplies, equip. and services.  They put in about 40 hours per week per year tending to their lawns at an average cost of $327 yearly.  Starting a new lawn costs around $70.00 per 1,000 sq. feet (seeding) with more than 80% of that cost going into labor and equipment. 

Bagworms are back with a vengence!!

Submitted by Justin Simpson on Fri, 2010-07-16 16:12
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Bagworms are here and here bigger than ever!  Eastern red cedars (Juniper- all varieties) and Spruces have been hit hard this summer.  Control is imperitive right now as bigger bagworms consume increasingly greater amounts of foliage, thus imperiling "evergreens" with each passing day.  I've seen a mature Spruce tree killed completely in the period of 2-3 days in hot climates.  Bagworms are easy to control and kill if treatment is done early...like NOW!!

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