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Get your corn gluten down this weekend

By Mike McGrath

The BEST source says it’s time to kick back your crabgrass

Madhuri from Chantilly writes: “Crabgrass has been my main lawn concern for many years now. I know you recommend using corn gluten meal as a crabgrass-preventing pre-emergent just as the ground temperature reaches 55 degrees. Are we there yet?”

It’s not the temperature at ground level that determines the optimum time to apply a pre-emergent herbicide, Madhiri

A gift for the birds and other holiday garden tips

By Mike McGrath
Wrens and other birds who don't mind the cold Cheryl in Northwest D.C. writes: “A wren has built its nest in a corner of my porch. I don’t mind it being there; I even put something down to catch the droppings. But I’m concerned that there isn’t much shelter in the chosen area, and that as it gets colder the bird will not be able to keep itself warm enough. What can or should I do to help the bird get through the winter?”
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