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Tips on planting your summer garden from a DC-area expert

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Tips on planting your summer garden from a DC-area expert

DC-area community gardens: The do’s, don’ts, the good and the concerns

DC-area community gardens: The do’s, don’ts, the good and the concerns

Garden Plot: ‘Good luck and good night’ — at least for now

Garden Plot: ‘Good luck and good night’ — at least for now

Garden Plot: As Graham Nash sang — ‘mulch your tomatoes well’

Garden Plot: As Graham Nash sang — ‘mulch your tomatoes well’

Garden Plot: Is it safe to plant summer tomatoes?

Garden Plot: Is it safe to plant summer tomatoes?

Garden Plot: Is it time for summer plants to go in the ground?

Garden Plot: Is it time for summer plants to go in the ground?

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Garden Plot: With risk of frost ahead, summer plants need cover

Garden Plot: With risk of frost ahead, summer plants need cover

Garden Plot: Secrets of success for first-time growers

Garden Plot: Secrets of success for first-time growers

Garden Plot: Less roadkill means more mammalian garden pests

Garden Plot: Less roadkill means more mammalian garden pests

Garden Plot: All about bats and bulbs

Garden Plot: Just because it’s sunny, doesn’t mean it’s time for summer plants

Garden Plot: Just because it’s sunny, doesn’t mean it’s time for summer plants

Garden Plot: Take a ‘tree walk’ break while social distancing

Garden Plot: Take a ‘tree walk’ break while social distancing

Garden Plot: Warm winter might not mean early spring

Garden Plot: Warm winter might not mean early spring

Garden Plot: Real cure for coronavirus may be outside your door

Garden Plot: Real cure for coronavirus may be outside your door

Garden Plot: Do some holly jolly pruning

Garden Plot: Do some holly jolly pruning

Garden Plot: Get ‘sappy’ at the Frederick Maple Syrup Fest

Garden Plot: Get ‘sappy’ at the Frederick Maple Syrup Fest

Garden Plot: Grass isn’t your only friend for the ultimate ground cover

Garden Plot: Grass isn’t your only friend for the ultimate ground cover

How to maintain your lawn; your pal the Samurai wasp

How to maintain your lawn; your pal the Samurai wasp

How to keep your spring flowers in bloom throughout the winter

How to keep your spring flowers in bloom throughout the winter

Garden Plot: How to make your Valentine’s Day bouquet last longer

Garden Plot: How to make your Valentine’s Day bouquet last longer

Garden Plot: How to handle destructive willow oaks

Garden Plot: How to handle destructive willow oaks

Garden Plot: Moles, voles, bugs and seeds

Garden Plot: Moles, voles, bugs and seeds

Garden Plot: What to keep in mind on your next grocery store run

Garden Plot: It’s seed catalog time

Garden Plot: It’s seed catalog time

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