Garden makeover tips for trees shrubs and hedges
An expert outlines affordable ways to prune shape and renew trees shrubs and hedges. Formative pruning guides youth careful shaping avoid topping and promote healthy growth. Shrubs can be renovated by selective cutting or removal, and hedges should be trimmed with care to preserve light access and health. Paths edging and drainage improvements complete a cost efficient garden refresh.
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Sterling
Deahl
Gordon Hayward
Hayward
Katia Goffin
Scott Brinitzer Design Associates
Arlington
Goffin
Potager Gardens Turn Veggies Into Year Round Beauty
The article promotes integrating vegetable plots into landscape design, using the French potager as inspiration. It advises near the house with six hours of sun, creating visual ties via paths, fences, hedges, and statuary. Winter interest comes from ornamentals like boxwood and cotoneaster, with vegetables added for spring and summer color.
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Villandry
Tours
France
Eight step guide to starting a kitchen garden now
A practical eight step strategy helps beginners start a vegetable garden inspired by Michelle Obama. Involve the family, choose eatables, plan location sunny and sheltered, buy soil and mulch, start small, use seeds or seedlings, space plants, and keep records for next season. Include tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, carrots, radishes, and more.
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Michelle Obama
Minnesota
Roger Doiron
White House
Usna
Usda. Gov
Doiron
Mulch as Practical Garden Mulching Guide and Contact
A reader describes using bales of mulch cut into chunks for easy transport and soil benefits. Mulching lowers soil temperature and moisture fluctuations and aids weed control. Organic mulches from wood, pine needles, and straw enrich soil as they decompose. Contact Jennifer Smith, Douglas County Extension Agent Horticulture at 843-7058 for guidance.
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Jennifer Smith
Douglas County
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