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Get It Growing: Composting Recycles Yard Waste, Makes It Beneficial
(For Release On Or After 05/25/07) You can recycle yard waste back into the landscape through the process of composting, which benefits your gardens, your budget and the environment. Returning these organic materials to the garden maintains natural biological cycles and is an ecologically sensible means of recycling organic waste.

Get It Growing: Ornamental Sweet Potatoes Make Delightful Addition To Summer Flower Garden
(For Release On Or After 05/18/07) We generally are interested in something to eat when we grow vegetables. In some cases, however, certain vegetable cultivars have been bred and selected for their ornamental characteristics rather than food quality.

Get It Growing: Proper Watering Means Difference Between Life, Death For New Plants During Summer
(For Release On Or After 05/11/07) Proper watering can make the difference between life and death to newly planted lawns, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, vegetable transplants and ground covers during the summer. With their root systems still limited to a relatively small area of soil, they are especially vulnerable to drought stress.

Get It Growing: Variety Of Bedding Plants Available To Provide Color During Summer
(For Release On Or After 05/04/07) Successfully creating colorful flower beds and container plantings for summer depends a lot on which plants you choose. Fortunately, we have many attractive and colorful heat-tolerant plants to do the job.

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