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Get your corn gluten down this weekend

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

Garden Plot: Rosemary trees, poinsettias and fresh Christmas trees

Time for the holiday plant care tips! (Or: Help! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!) Rosemary Trees Need Bigger Pots! Those big rosemary shrubs that have been pruned down into cute Christmas-tree shapes are one of my favorite holiday plants, but they will die faster than battery-powered toys on Christmas morning if you don’t take proper care of them. The most important facet of that care: an immediate repotting.
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