SmartGarden: garden clean-up
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Issues concerning tasks gardeners can accomplish in the autumn to prepare for their spring gardens are examined. Topics include cleaning gardens of excess branches and leaves, cutting back perennials, composting, winter cover crops for vegetable gardens, and concerns for protecting winter wildlife.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 2000
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SmartGarden - heat zones
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Gardeners should chose plants that can withstand the summer heat in their area. The American Horticultural Society has a created a heat zone map for the United States and has coded plants as to which zones they can survive in.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 2001
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SMARTGARDEN u Extending the growing season
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Gardeners often look for ways to protect the plants during autumn's first cold break. The protection extends the growth of the plant because the frost is followed by several weeks of mild weather.
Publication Name: The American Gardener
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1087-9978
Year: 2003
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