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August 19,
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Reader
Questions:
 Q: My sliced tomato had a green worm on the
inside! What is it? Jennifer H.
Tramp!
Tramp! Tramp!
 Q:
Is this thorny woodland plant a noxious weed or a beneficial native?
Kathleen F.
It will club you!
 Q: My dogwood tree bark is coming off
but it seems very healthy. Concern? Bob H.
Flaky Tree
Garden Calendar
Walter's To Do List for August
Transplant raspberry, cut back annuals, water big trees,
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an Arborist
by
Theresa Schrum
Fall Webworm
 Every year in late summer and early fall, large spider
webs appear at the ends of tree branches. The fall webworm is the
larval stage of a moth that protects itself in webs that can contain
hundreds of caterpillars where they eat the tree's foliage. Although
unsightly, little permanent damage is caused.
Learn more 
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Garden Knowledge:
Revenge Of the Vegetables!
 I was gratified to find that other gardeners have the same
recollection of odd vegetables that I do. Although insect damage or
improper pollination causes most of the weirdness, some veggies simply
have big personalities.
Click
here to see the latest pictures
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Cool
Plant
by
Theresa Schrum
Japanese Anemone (Anemone x
hybrida)
 Perennial native to Asia. The
Japanese anemone is a spreading plant that produces 2-inch open-faced
flowers of white, lavender, or pink petals and yellow centers atop 3
foot stems. Flowers appear in the late summer to early fall. Easy to
grow and deer resistant, this plant does very well in partial shade.
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more...
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