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• Garden listings
  Saturday, Fall Plant Swap, Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., 10 to 11 a.m. Set aside extra seeds, divisions or full-grown plants of any type, then bring them down to swap for something new.August 29, 2010
• Squash borer best caught early in season
  Around now is when many gardeners – and perhaps you are among them – start complaining about their squash plants, about how they looked healthy, and then all of a sudden flagged and took a turn toward death.August 22, 2010
• Earthworms enrich garden soils by composting
  Here’s a promising get-rich-quick scheme for gardeners: It’s called vermiculture, or worm composting, and along with supersizing crop yields, it cuts water bills, conditions soils and repels troublesome insects.August 22, 2010
• Would your plants care for a spot of tea?
  It’s tea time in the garden. But this tea is for your garden, not for you.Let’s begin with a general tonic. Mmmm ... how about some manure tea? Compost tea might serve as well.Make either one with a giant tea bag:August 15, 2010
• Smart landscaping boosts curb appeal
  If you are trying to sell your home, you can rise above the competition by designing curb appeal into your property.Landscaped homes have more appeal to buyers.August 15, 2010
• Get a taste of coneflowers in garden
  Remember when purple coneflowers (echinacea purpurea) were ... well ... purple? The original purple coneflower is a cold-hardy, summer-blooming native flower adaptable to many gardens around the country.August 15, 2010