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An end-of-summer checklist for your garden

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An end-of-summer checklist for your garden

Get ready for fall: Tackle those invasives, learn about fruit trees

Get ready for fall: Tackle those invasives, learn about fruit trees

How to build garden beds

How to build garden beds

Tips to remove pesky bugs from yards, attics

Tips to remove pesky bugs from yards, attics

How to prepare your lawn for fall

How to prepare your lawn for fall

Care for your lawn in a heat wave and get rid of webworms

Care for your lawn in a heat wave and get rid of webworms

More Garden Plot

Summer harvesting tips: When to pick tomatoes, corn and beans

Summer harvesting tips: When to pick tomatoes, corn and beans

Tips for taking care of your lawn this August

Tips for taking care of your lawn this August

Caring for your lawn in heat wave, hornworm hunting

Caring for your lawn in heat wave, hornworm hunting

Yellow jackets and honeybees: What’s the difference?

Yellow jackets and honeybees: What’s the difference?

Wasps: The good, the bad and the dangerous

Wasps: The good, the bad and the dangerous

Out with the spring crops, in with the garlic harvest

Out with the spring crops, in with the garlic harvest

What to do with spring crops and stiltgrass during summer months

What to do with spring crops and stiltgrass during summer months

The rules of grass: Don’t feed your lawn

The rules of grass: Don’t feed your lawn

Bring on the bees and flowers, food will blossom

Bring on the bees and flowers, food will blossom

Fight mosquitoes by growing your own repellant

Fight mosquitoes by growing your own repellant

Stink bugs, lawn care and pruning tricks

Stink bugs, lawn care and pruning tricks

Good pruning, bad lawns and terrible ticks

Good pruning, bad lawns and terrible ticks

Dealing with cold weather and ground-nesting bees

Dealing with cold weather and ground-nesting bees

Tips on Mother’s Day plant gifts, best times to cut grass

Tips on Mother’s Day plant gifts, best times to cut grass

Thinking ahead to next spring’s bulbs; a lawn-care law reminder; Happy Compost Week!

Thinking ahead to next spring’s bulbs; a lawn-care law reminder; Happy Compost Week!

It’s tomato planning — not planting — time

It’s tomato planning — not planting — time

It’s easy to grow some of the ‘Dirty Dozen’ yourself

Another April freeze; tree roots vs. pavement; rhubarb and zoysia

Another April freeze; tree roots vs. pavement; rhubarb and zoysia

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