Home and Garden Tips

Home and Garden briefs for Feb. 5
North County Times
11 in the Ecke Building at San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas. The auction begins at noon, but bidders can preview specimens at 11 am Admission to the garden for the auction is $6 ($4 for seniors).

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Local trip tips
North County Times
ROMANCE IN NAPA VALLEY: Auberge du Soleil's Heart & Soul package offers a one- or two-night stay in a garden-view king room, a bottle of sparkling wine and chocolate-covered strawberries on arrival, Valentine's six-course dinner for two, breafast for ...

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All-season gardener shares growing tips
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The cover art from Niki Jabbour's The Year-Round Vegetable Garden shows the author next to a bounty of greens grown in cold frames. NIKI JABBOUR learned as a child — "a super-fussy eater" as she describes herself — that food tasted better when you ...

Wright to present at Garden Expo
Green Bay Press Gazette
Bill Wright, community gardens coordinator with Brown County UW-Extension, will be among the presenters at the 19th annual Garden Expo next weekend in Madison. He'll offer a talk titled "Hands, Hips and Knees – Tips for Gardening with Ease'' at 10 am ...

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Home and Garden Expo returns with new attractions, stars
The Morning Journal
HGTV's Matt Fox, creator and co-host of “Room by Room” will provide home and garden tips throughout the expo Feb. 4 through Feb. 7. Chip Wade of HGTV's “Curb Appeal: The Block” and “Designed to Sell” will speak Sunday, Feb.

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Learn helpful tips at gardening workshop
Concord Monitor
By Monitor staff Interested in gardening? Pick up some helpful suggestions by attending the basic gardening workshop tomorrow at 6:30 pm A master gardener will discuss all aspects of gardening. This is a first in a series of free presentations offered ...

Cedar Creek Lake February Gardening Tip
Cedar Creek Lake
Here are some important gardening tips for February. Lawn Care. With the unusually mild winter, weeds will start growing earlier. Typically pre-emergents are spread on the lawn mid February to mid March to control spring weeds.

Mudrooms: 3 architects offer tips
Newsday
Home and Garden Newsday > Lifestyle > Home and Garden Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online ® subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here Mudrooms: 3 architects offer tips Published: February 3 ...

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Tips on Protecting Your Garden from Groundhogs
Patch.com
For people in Bridgeville, Collier Township, Heidelberg and Scott Township, that means an abundance of groundhogs setting their sights on eating gardens, digging burrows and coming into conflict with their human neighbors. “People are excited to see ...

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Tips on pruning holly, starting tomatoes indoors
The Seattle Times
Ciscoe Morris, Seattle Times garden writer, talks about the proper way to trim a holly tree, starting tomatoes indoors and what a new gardener should see at the upcoming Northwest Flower & Garden Show. If you shear a holly tree every year, ...

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