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Garden Plot: Don’t leave plants in pots outdoors over winter

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Garden Plot: Don’t leave plants in pots outdoors over winter

October 7

This record-breaking pumpkin is heavier than a small car and big enough to fit inside

Garden Plot: Keeping snakes and getting rid of mosquitoes

Garden Plot: Keeping snakes and getting rid of mosquitoes

Garden Plot: Mosquito season is NOT over

Garden Plot: Mosquito season is NOT over

Garden Plot: It’s garlic-planting time

Garden Plot: It’s garlic-planting time

Garden Plot: What you need to do for your garden as summer ends

Garden Plot: What you need to do for your garden as summer ends

More Gardening Tips

Garden Plot: How to deal with moles and grubs in your backyard

Garden Plot: How to deal with moles and grubs in your backyard

Garden Plot: The great moss debate — yank it, or let it thrive?

Garden Plot: The great moss debate — yank it, or let it thrive?

Garden Plot: What to do about moss and stinky compost

Garden Plot: What to do about moss and stinky compost

Garden Plot: The surprising secret to radiant roses

Tips for late-summer, early-fall gardening

Tips for late-summer, early-fall gardening

Garden Plot: Why bagworms should be taken seriously and how to improve your lawn

Garden Plot: Why bagworms should be taken seriously and how to improve your lawn

Some common garden plants might help keep bugs away

Some common garden plants might help keep bugs away

Garden Plot: What’s been eating the tomatoes?

Garden Plot: What’s been eating the tomatoes?

Garden Plot: Taking care of basil and how to keep squirrels out

Garden Plot: Taking care of basil and how to keep squirrels out

Garden Plot: Best way to care for your lawn during a heat wave

Garden Plot: Best way to care for your lawn during a heat wave

goat leesburg

July 17

WATCH: Hired weed-eating goats ‘gnaw-t’ bothered by Leesburg heat

Garden Plot: Guard your tomato plants from tomato hornworms

Garden Plot: Guard your tomato plants from tomato hornworms

Growing an indoor garden: Tips to ‘Make a Plant Love You’

Growing an indoor garden: Tips to ‘Make a Plant Love You’

Garden Plot: How to save lightning prone trees and harvest garlic

Garden Plot: How to save lightning prone trees and harvest garlic

Garden Plot: Outdoor ants are good for the soil

Garden Plot: Outdoor ants are good for the soil

Harvesting honey in Southeast DC

Harvesting honey in Southeast DC

Garden Plot: Making pollinator gardens and hydrangeas bloom

Garden Plot: Making pollinator gardens and hydrangeas bloom

Garden Plot: When to move spring bulbs and what to get dad for Father’s Day

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