USPS ushers in spring!

April 9, 2013 Flowers
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To commemorate the arrival of spring, the U.S. Postal Service is celebrating with the release of new Forever stamps designed to mimic vintage seed packets. It seems that the back-to-basics gardening movement has permeated even the U.S. federal government, sort of! The U.S. government has made one step in the right direction to honor the [...]

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How Not To Kill A Tree! part 2

April 4, 2013 curb appeal
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Continued from How To Not Kill A Tree! In the landscape, there is nothing more beautiful  than a majestic tree! They add stateliness and substance to any site while providing shade, creating wildlife habitats, cooling structures and people, reducing energy use, improving air quality, generating curb appeal, and controlling storm water run off.  The presence [...]

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How To Not Kill A Tree!

April 2, 2013 Environment
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No one purchases a tree at the nursery or garden center, hauls it home, plants it, and intends for it to die! Likewise, no one works on or around their landscape trees, young, adolescent, or old, with notions of causing potentially lethal damage. These care tips and pearls of gardening wisdom apply to trees of [...]

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Tree Says Don’t… How To Kill A Tree!

March 28, 2013 gardening
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Spring is here, and the garden frenzy is on! Planting new trees? Check out this sage advice and the many ways to kill a tree! The tree says: “please read this and follow the don’ts!” The do’s are coming up next… This is a Virginia Cooperative Extension publication 430-210: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/430/430-210/430-210.html Author: Bonnie Appleton, Extension Specialist, [...]

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