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		<title>Gardener&#8217;s To Do List - November</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know winter is almost upon us when the list of things to do in the garden gets shorter and shorter and shorter&#8230;

Pot some paperwhites or hyacinths in gravel with half the bulb exposed. Refrigerate for about ten weeks than place in a sunny spot.
Reduce watering and fertilizing of houseplants.
Dig a hole and store the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/11/gardeners-to-do-list-november/</link>
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		<title>Gardener&#8217;s To Do List - October</title>
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Clean up vegetable garden and till soil.
Remove annuals and cut back perennials leaving some seedheads for the winter birds and to trap snow for insulation.
Lift tender bulbs after tops have died; clean, dry and store in a cool space.
Hill roses with triple mix; trim to 12&#8243; - 24&#8243;.
Plant spring bulbs; add bonemeal and water well.
Prune [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/10/october-to-do/</link>
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		<title>DIY Mid-Century Modern Birdhouse</title>
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Remember earlier in the summer I did a few posts on birdhouses?  One featured my (and mom&#8217;s) collection of barnboard birdhouses and another included links to free birdhouse plans.    There was one thing that all these birdhouses had in common - traditional/rustic styling.  A rustic birdhouse is fine for some, but what if you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/09/diy-mid-century-modern-birdhouse/</link>
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		<title>Gardener&#8217;s To Do List - September</title>
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Bring indoor plants back into the house, checking to be sure that they will not carry pests or disease with them.
Remove faded annuals from pots and replace them with mums, kale, grasses or decorative gourds etc.
Protect tender vegetables from frosty nights to prolong harvest.
Plant or transplant evergreens, trees and shrubs on a cool, damp day; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/09/gardeners-to-do-list-september/</link>
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		<title>Making the New Landscape Pretty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve covered the landscape plan, the hardscaping, planted the lawn - where are we at now?  Oh yes, the fun stuff - adding trees, shrubs and perennials to make the new landscape pretty!  This was definitely the fun part, but it was also challenging too.  So many different areas, so many different [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/08/making-the-new-landscape-pretty/</link>
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		<title>Planting 6000 Sq. Ft. of Lawn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the hardscaping finished at the farm it was finally my turn to get my hands dirty.  First up - getting 6000 square feet of proposed lawn area ready for grass seed.  Normally I wouldn&#8217;t attempt to plant grass seed during the hottest part of the summer, but at the time that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/08/planting-6000-sq-ft-of-lawn/</link>
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		<title>Compost Bouquet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the activity going on at the farm, I&#8217;ve been spending a fair amount of time at my brother&#8217;s house.  (The drive to the farm is only 35 minutes from his house compared to an hour from mine.)  As a way of saying &#8216;thank you for letting me crash, I try to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/08/compost-bouquet/</link>
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		<title>The Garden &#8220;Good Guys&#8221; - SGI #9</title>
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More Simple Green Ideas for Yard and Garden Pest Control
No extra special ingredients required here - just a few tips for helping mother nature do her thing.
Ladybugs, Praying Mantis, Dragonflies   -  all eat mites and aphids; mantis also eat caterpillars, beetles, and crickets; dragonflies eat mosquitoes (ladybugs are drawn to certain plants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/08/the-garden-good-guys-sgi-9/</link>
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		<title>A Garden &#038; Landscape Plan In Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember way back in January I wrote about doing up a garden and landscape plan for the farm (Garden Gone Wild)?  Well&#8230; after many months, it&#8217;s actually coming together.
Plans have a tendency to change, and although I was all psyched up to organize and orchestrate the entire plan, some things change for the better. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2greenthumbsup.com/2008/08/a-garden-landscape-plan-in-action/</link>
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		<title>This Weekend I Saw&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;wild ginger,

&#8230;a camouflaged mailbox,

&#8230;mutant Queen Anne&#8217;s Lace?  Genetically altered Joe Pye Weed? (My best guess - Giant Hogweed),

&#8230;how many shrubs I could fit in my car,

&#8230;a beautiful iron gate,

&#8230;a cluster of birdhouses,

and a seedhead at sunset.

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