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		<title>Taylor Swift’s Engagement Garden’s Secret Meaning Behind Flowers and Plants | HGTV</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The master gardeners at HGTV break down the symbolism of the plants and flowers in Taylor Swift’s engagement garden, including roses, lilies and peonies. Plus, how to get the look in your own home. — Read on www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/what-to-know-about-taylor-swifts-engagement-garden]]></description>
		
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		<title>Acanthus Spinosus: The Bold Perennial for Your Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Acanthus spinosus “Bears Breeches” From the Digging Dog Nursery website: Hailing from the eastern Mediterranean, this bold and statuesque perennial is as strong as a gladiator and equally commanding. Held on lengthy stalks, the deeply divided, 2 to 3 feet long leaves are glossy and very dark green. Though spiny-looking, they are not too sharp. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Peltoboykinia: The Unique Woodland Saxifragaceae</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 07:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Family:  Saxifragaceae zone:  5 &#8211; 9 Natural Range: Japan;  Shikoku, KyushuSoil:  Average to moist, humus rich Light: Part shade, shade Height:  18&#8243;Bloom Time: June to July Attracts:  NA Pest Resistance:  NA Attributes: Deciduous.  Clump forming herbaceous perennial with rounded, palmately lobed leaves to about 12&#8243; across.  Pale creamy yellow flowers on 18&#8243; tall spikes. Notes:  [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Heavy Rain Affects Castor Beans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 23:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recent heavy rains caused one of the author's top-heavy castor bean plants to topple, prompting the need for staking. The castor bean plant, known for its height and toxic seeds, thrives in sunny, well-drained soil and offers benefits such as ornamental use and castor oil production for health and beauty applications.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Big Andy and July 20th, 1969</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We were on one of our &#8216;famous&#8221; family driving vacations, me and my sister fighting in the back seat, my Mom(being my Mom) and my Dad happy as hell, driving down some road, right hand on the wheel and left arm propped up in the window getting sunburned, hour after hour, mile after mile, windows [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>10 EASY Ways to Keep Chipmunks out of Your Garden for Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chipmunks, though adorable, can dig up yards, destroy garden beds, and eat everything in sight. Here are 10 safe, expert-approved ways to get rid of chipmunks. — Read on www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/gardening/a65268545/how-to-get-rid-of-chipmunks/]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cat-n-Fiddle hits the ‘big time’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 15:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Write up in the local paper on the garden https://www.akron.com/articles/unlock-a-hidden-akron-garden-during-the-garden-conservancys-open-days/]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cat-n-fiddle garden. March 10th-14th</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 22:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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