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which comes first, Scotts Turfbuilder or lime?

Hello, I live in western New York State. My forsythia just began to bloom. I am trying to rejuvenate my huge lawn. It's...
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posted by ddemasi
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by ddemasi

Plowed a virgin

plot for extending garden area - with the old Farmall Cub and single bottom plow with coulter disc.
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posted by frrt
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by frrt

Would like to plant a magnolia, but...

Hi, I would like to plant a magnolia tree in my front yard, but I know they can get quite large after a while and my ya...
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posted by thedanielmatt
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by thedanielmatt

dandelions and clovers

Every spring I have a patch of Clovers and Dandelions. Every Spring I put down a broad leave herbicide; they all die of...
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posted by Peter
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by Peter

watering cherry tree

How much should I water my brand new-to-me cherry tree? And when? I just planted a Lapins Sweet Cherry from Miller Nurs...
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posted by NOPSAMmm2005
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

Tomatoes and Cilantro

I am currently growing some tomatoes plants in containers and am wondering if I can grow Cilantro in the same containers...
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posted by moejones
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by moejones

Picked first asparagus

Just a handful - enough for supper.
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posted by frrt
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by frrt

Mowing a recently sown lawn

I seeded a lawn (from scratch) about 3 weeks ago. The grass is no between about 7 & 13 cm high. Should I give it its fi...
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posted by LETMO.27b62ca
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by LETMO.27b62ca

Sold 2 tractors

Cleaning out the old stuff and looking for a newer machine. The Farmall H went last week and the International 300 Util...
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posted by frrt
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by frrt

mulch and gravel

I have pine bark mulch next to the house foundation. It could be considered a fire hazard and I would like to replace i...
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posted by herneva
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by herneva

Apple Tree

Hi all, We would like to plant some apple trees in our back yard. Our local Home Depot & Lowes store has some dwarf tre...
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posted by tpdmsd
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by tpdmsd

To Till Or Not To Till

I have a city lot in Milwaukee. I purchased the house last July, and posted here about what to do with the unkempt lawn...
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posted by rpaque
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by rpaque

irrigation question

I'm involved in a community veggie garden at church. Our well water is high sulphur and high iron. Do either of those hu...
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posted by rbig
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by rbig

Training old grape vine...

I have a extremely large, (in my opinion), grape vine that has taken over a split rail fence and it has been there for...
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posted by mjfaust
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by mjfaust