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The evils of deer

Sep 16th, 2008 by Heidi | 1

Does anyone have any  remidies for deer? They are eating my roses, thorns and all, down to the ground. They also eat the bird feed straight from the feeder. They lounge on my lillies.  I have tried everything from the “Deerproofing Your Garden” book, and I am out of ideas. Please help!!
Thanks
Heidi

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Howard Rhodes - see our succeess at air rooting camellias

Aug 25th, 2008 by Andrea Johnson | 0

Hostess: 8:45 Breakfast at Laura’s/9:20 Carpool to Howard’s
Join us to see the results of our air layering efforts at Howard Rhodes house. A light buffet breakfast will be served at Laura’s starting at 8:45 on Saturday, November 1. Then we will carpool to Howard’s house to collect our plants (hopefully).

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INSECT OF THE WEEK

Aug 18th, 2008 by Leisa Pichard | 1

Anybody know what these things are? They are munching my azaleas like crazy. They came around last year about this time too and did the same thing. I sprayed them with soapy water yesterday, but that didn’t phase them. Today I knocked them off into a cup of water and after about 15 minutes they [...]

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Consider a bee garden

Jun 25th, 2008 by Andrea Johnson | 0

With all the buzz about creating butterfly gardens, it seems as though our other flying friends have been left out in the cold. As a result of wide-spread pesticide use, aggravated by a virus that attacks their immune system, populations of honey bees have been reduced by one-third over the past several years. Called “Colony [...]

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