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Where's Walter?
We'll start the fall season of remote radio broadcasts at Champion
Windows and Patio Rooms on August 16. You can sign up now for my
Evening at Emory class on "Fall Gardening Starts NOW!" on
September 16.
Click here for details 
Garden Knowledge:
Farmer's Markets
 Nothing
beats meeting the person who picked, baked or preserved the food you're
about to buy. Farmer's markets are located throughout Georgia.
Find one near you |
Reader Questions:
 Q:
What is this stuff that looks like snow on my pine tree in Decatur in
mid-summer? It's like cotton candy. - Russ W.
 Q: This vine is unlike any I've ever
seen. It has glossy leaves and purple flowers. Seems it likes it here!
- Mike H.
 Q:
On my yellow squash leaves there are several rows of very tiny,
copper-colored, jewel-like, round things. What are they?
- Audrey C.
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Design
Tip
Southeastern Natives for a
Tropical Garden
 Tropical
gardens are really quite popular. Most people think of exotics such as
bananas and orchids when considering a tropical look. However, we have
quite a few native plants that will be completely hardy year round yet
look as though the came from a South American rain forest.
Learn more...
by Theresa Schrum |
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Cool
Plant
Cardinal Flower
(Lobelia cardinalis)
 Perennial
native to most of the U.S. This is one of my favorite late summer
blooming flowers. The stalks of scarlet red flowers that extend as much
as 4 feet above the foliage are hard to miss when blooming in low
ditches or at the edge of lakes and ponds. Attracts hummingbirds.
Learn more...
by
Theresa Schrum |
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Be sure to
listen to Garden Basics on The Lawn and Garden Show on Saturday
at 9:00 a.m. We'll open the phone lines for first time homeowners to
ask their most puzzling questions.
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Garden
Calendar:
 Water
figs, control snakes, prevent ants,
more.... |
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