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spreadsheet-test

2013-01-18T17:41:06Z

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2013-01-16T14:04:16Z

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Coupons MJ

2012-11-06T23:15:45Z

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Bulbs in the fall

2011-11-03T19:06:49Z

When should you cut down the foliage of the bulbs you have planted in your flower bed? The easiest answer is…

When at least half of the foliage has turned brown.

The reason for this is when the foliage turns brown and brittle, the sap has drained from the ‘leaf’ back into the bulb. This helps give energy into the bulb for its bloom cycle next year.

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Should I cover plants in the fall when it frost?

2011-10-28T13:57:39Z

This is a great question to be asking yourself. All plants that are grown in the climate zone they are adapted to do not need protecting in the fall when it frost. This of course only applies to perennials, shrubs, and trees. Trees need the frost to begin their hibernation period in the winter. If the tree is deciduous, then as the sap runs out of the tree, the leaves fall off (if it is a Maple Tree, then you can get maple syrup as the sap runs out…sorta). Shrubs also go dormant during the winter, so they enjoy the cold weather to give them a break from growing.
Perennials, depending on what they are, typically will drop all of their sap to the point that the leaves and the stems will become very brittle and just break off. This is good. These types of plants will give you new growth in the spring from the root.
Annuals, however, if they were spring flowers will kill over very quickly and have no chance of recovery. Just pull them up and throw them away.
Mums will bloom very brilliantly until they get several hard frost on them and then the blooms begin to turn brown and ultimately the whole plants turns brown. If you plant the mum, many times it will come out from the root next spring. I always recommend keeping he dead foliage attached because it gives some protection for the root during the winter. Covering the blooming mums will often protect the blooms and let them have a couple more days of brilliance.
Happy Frost

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How to Straw a Yard

2011-10-10T11:31:56Z

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How to make a creative Toddler Flower Bed

2011-10-10T11:29:19Z

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How to Buy a Mum

2011-10-10T11:26:30Z

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Mums

2011-10-04T11:07:15Z

Mums are a different breed of plant in my opinion. They start out from just a little piece of a branch from the mother plant, grow for 4 months, bloom, and then die for the winter. If you plant them, they usually return the following year and will get much larger.

Mums come in so many colors, yellow, Orange, bronze, red, purple, white, pink, and that is just the solid colors.

Mums the word

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Sun or Shade

2011-04-28T14:11:39Z

It is very important to know what the needs of a plant is before you purchase it and plant it in the ground. There are typically 3 types of qualifications of those needs…Sun, Shade, or Part Shade.

Sun: is when the sun is shining on the area all day long with no hope of relief

Shade: is when the area does not get direct sunlight on it at all or maybe just a few minutes.

Part Shade: is usually when the area gets good long morning and/or early afternoon sun, but is in the shade during the heat of the day.

So, the next time you read a label on a plant, think about where the sun goes down in your yard, and you will be just fine.

Happy Sunning

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