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Love Lies Bleeding in the Garden

bleeding heartShow everyone your cardiac care. For a truly unique flowering plant, consider the one sporting a necklace of little bleeding hearts. This summer-blooming Asian native enjoys part shade in cool summer, but will grow almost anywhere. Learn more about this easy-grow plant.
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All Hail Kale

kaleFor a nutritious superfood that grows in spring, fall, and winter, nothing beats kale. Not only a super food, but this leafy green packed with vitamins is super easy to grow. It’s been cultivated for centuries, and comes in several types, each with a slightly different flavor. Explore this versatile vegetable to add to your container or foodscape.
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Please Please Your Knees

kneeling gardenerNo matter how much you want to keep working out in your garden, your knees are going to want to have a say in your activities. Our joints that take so much bending and weight when we walk and kneel may have a different idea. Learn about several techniques to save your knees some punishment and maintain your physical strength and movement as you age and garden.
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Let’s Grow Refresh

school programMasters Gardeners are evolving with community needs and updating our popular enrichment program that serves thousands of fourth-grade students in the county. Let’s Grow is a refreshed program that has existed for more than twenty years, and now includes some instruction on native plants, invasive plants, and their relationship with our environment. Read more about the program and its updated curriculum.
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Knock Knock – What Woodpecker is There?

Northern flickerSeveral species of woodpeckers inhabit our county. They love insects as a food source, and some love to bang on our metal rain gutters in spring and summer. Learn how to attract these birds to your garden and help with insect population control, and learn why they love to use your house as a drum set.
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Spring Lawn Tune-Up Steps

lawn and mowerAt the first warm weather weekend, we hear thousands of lawnmowers starting up to begin the first lawn maintenance task — mowing. But before the motors begin whirling, there are other steps you could take to ensure a healthy turf this season. Learn what you should do now, and what you should not do to ensure a thicker, weed-free green lawn this summer.
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From Your Garden Comes Tea Time

tea cupWhen planning your home garden this spring, you may want to think about adding a few plants to create a tea garden. There are many herbs and perennial flowers and foliage that you can grow to brew up some of your own beverages – all without chemical preservatives or pesticides. Explore some of these plants and some of the techniques that other tea-toddlers have used for years.
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