Tims Articles
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This plant is biblical! - Apr 11, 2012
Dear gardening friends If you have Azaleas growing in your garden then you will be familiar with a disease that makes them look terrible. Lace bug sits underneath the leaves and sucks the nutrients out of the plant. Eventually the leaves turn silver on top and the plant looses its vigor. Lace bug has become so prevalent that s...
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Lace Bug Solution - Apr 5, 2012
If you have Azaleas growing in your garden then you will be familiar with a disease that makes them look terrible. Lace bug sits underneath the leaves and sucks the nutrients out of the plant. Eventually the leaves turn silver on top and the plant looses its vigor. Lace bug has become so prevalent that some gardeners have simply pulle...
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Avoid cabbage envy - Mar 29, 2012
Dear gardening friends My dad gave me some Chinese cabbage seedlings last October to plant in my veggie garden. He was eating his before mine had even started to grow? This was very embarrassing because I am supposed to be the one who can grow everything? Dad digs cow manure into the soil and then he dusts the surface with gar...
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Ants in your plants? - Mar 22, 2012
Dear gardening friends I had a customer bring back a plant last week that had dropped dead. Many plants are dieing at the moment due to root rot but this plant died from lack of water. How could that happen when it is raining almost every day? When I examined the root ball of the dead plant we discovered it was full of ants. T...
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Grow your own garlic - Mar 15, 2012
Dear gardening friends Another week has passed in what seems like minutes. Every time I buy the milk the use buy date seems to age me. The good news is it has finally stopped raining. If you are like me then you have probably been in the garden doing some jobs. Karyn is pulling out all the flowers in our garden. They h...