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Come
Visit:
We continue our fall remote broadcast schedule Sept. 29 at the Fall Home
Show. If you like to eat well, I'll be "Chef du Jour" at Voilá
Market Café on Sept.23 - making and serving my Mama's
Muscadine Hull Pie! Sign up
now for the "Fabulous Flowers and Lush Lawns for Fall" online
seminar.
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Garden
Knowledge:
Weed Pictures
Weed control in the landscape is a tough business. You have to know a
lot about the weed in question just to get started! As in most
situations, a picture is worth a thousand words. I've collected some good
links that will help you identify these invaders.
Listen this Saturday at 9:00 and I'll describe
how to plant trees.
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Be sure to listen to Highway
Horticulture on The Lawn and
Garden Show on News/Talk 750 WSB Saturday mornings at 9:30
a.m. Theresa Schrum and I will discuss her latest observations of the
natural world!
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Design
Tip:
Mums the Word
 Finally, the cooler weather has returned meaning that it's
time to plant for fall color. Mums are amongst the most widely used
plants for seasonal fall color. It's no wonder with a wide variety of
colors and bloom times, you can have these wonderful perennials bloom
from September to November.
Cool
Plant:
Tiger Eyes Sumac (Rhus
typhina 'Baitiger')
 Deciduous shrub native to the
Eastern U.S. Actually, this award-winning plant is a "sport" (mutation)
which was growing in Bailey Nurseries (the same nursery that developed
Endless Summer Hydrangea). The foliage emerges a beautiful chartreuse
color and deepens to yellow in summer. The reddish-pink stems provide a
stunning contrast.
- by Theresa Schrum
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Reader
Questions:
 Q: This interesting plant came up in my flower bed.
The leaves have a soft touch and at sunset they begin to close, looking
like rows of green butterflies. - Kathy A.
 Q: My heirloom pumpkin patch has thrived until
recently. Something is eating the green pumpkins. Do you think mice? -
Karen M.
 Q: We have several squirrels in our yard that have
light, bumpy patches on their skin. Do we need to do anything for them?
- M. Bishop
 Q: I have this beautiful orchid-like flower growing
in my horse pasture. I'd love any info on when, where and how to move
it. - Beth J.
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 Watch out for saddleback caterpillars feeding on the
leaves of trees and weeds. Their poisonous bristles can leave a nasty
welt on your skin.
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Listen to Walter Reeves' "Lawn and Garden Show"
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News-Talk 750 WSB, Saturdays 6am - 10am.
Walter Reeves, The Georgia Gardener | 1601 West Peachtree St. NE |
Atlanta,GA 30309 |
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Fall is the best time to plant 
Don't wait until your septic tank backs up! Do what
Captain Herb Emory does and trust