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Garden Knowledge:
Recovering from the flood
 I spent a
day vacuuming water out of my basement, thinking about our
friends, family and neighbors in west Atlanta who spent days pumping
water out of their whole house. I hope this amount of water
never afflicts us again, but if you are recovering now or planning for
the next deluge I have collected some great links to websites about the
process.
Click here
for more. 
Ask an Arborist
Floods and Fallen Trees
by
Theresa Schrum
 Tree tragedy struck the Schrum household two weeks ago
during the deluge of rain when an 80-foot hickory toppled over without
warning taking with it a nearby healthy 60-foot tulip poplar. There was
no wind and the tree looked healthy, so why did this tree suddenly fall
over? Learn
more...
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Reader
Questions:
 Q:
A friend gave me this plant and said the name had "candlestick" in it.
Can you identify it? Libba P.
 Q: I recently noticed a couple of leafless limbs on
my oak. One has a scaly orange fungus. Donna B.
 Q: I found these creepy critters on a small citrus
tree at my home. What could they be? Jim M.
Come See Me
I'll be speaking at Habersham
Gardens this Saturday and will host a remote broadcast at the Pike Nursery
in Peachtree City next Saturday. Plenty more broadcasts and speaking
engagements this fall.
Click here
for details |
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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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Tour South African gardens with me!
 I'll be
accompanying a garden tour to Johannesburg Jan. 9 - 21, 2010. We'll
visit numerous beautiful gardens plus spend time in Capetown and go on
a safari to Pilansberg National Park.
Escape
chilly Atlanta for sunny South Africa!
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Listen to Walter Reeves' "Lawn and Garden Show"
on News-Talk
750 WSB, Saturdays 6am - 10am.
Walter Reeves, The Georgia Gardener | 1601 West Peachtree St. NE |
Atlanta,GA 30309 |
I send
quick gardening tips to my Facebook friends each week. 
Perennial
native to the Northeastern U.S. and Canada. A cool breeze is now moving
across Georgia as we prepare for the upcoming winter. Even so, there
are still quite a few late-summer and fall blooming perennials for the
garden. New York asters are commonly planted for fall color with their
cool blue flowers. 
Going
Green with Rocco will bring you the latest and greatest ideas for
making your home a more comfortable, less wasteful, lower cost and
healthier environment for you and your family. 