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20 Lawn gifts 02/21/02
In your yard, you may consider mowing a necessary evil. But when you do it right, mowing can be the single greatest contributor to a good-looking lawn.
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21 Soils key 02/21/02
Productive soil is the single most important factor in successful gardening. Since few of us are blessed with perfect soil, we need to know how to improve what we have.
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22 Helpful math 02/21/02
I realize most people my age have long forgotten about prime numbers, lowest common denominators, finding multiples and maybe even dividing fractions. But we'll always have to do math.
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23 Swarms normal 02/21/02
Swarming is often the first sign of termite trouble a homeowner sees. But if you see one, don't panic. A natural part of ants' and termites' regeneration process, swarming events are short-lived. Even if it is termites, there's time to respond properly.
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24 It's just a snake. 02/21/02
Why is it that some people lose control and go berserk at the sight of a harmless snake?
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Safe Well Water? 02/14/02
If your home drinking water comes from your local water authority, you have assurance that it's safe to drink. But what if it comes from your own drilled or bored well? How do you know then if it's safe?
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Pine Head Start. 02/12/02
In an unmanaged tangle of weeds, a year-old pine tree just isn't the big guy out there. And all those weeds can add years to the time it takes a pine to become the towering tree people want.
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Smart Tree. 02/05/02
I know this is going to sound totally ridiculous, but pecan trees are smart. You may wonder how in the heck a tree can know anything. A tree is a tree, and trees don't have brains. So how can a pecan tree be smart?
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Landscape Workshop. 02/05/02
For landscape managers, job bidding is tough. Bids have to be low enough to get jobs and high enough to turn a profit after covering costs. That makes cost estimating even more critical, especially for beginners who have no benchmark data to base their estimates on.
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Seriously Low. 02/05/02
Drought continues to grip most of Georgia. And time is running out for rains to reverse its effects before the heat of summer begins sucking what moisture is left from the state's soil, says a University of Georgia expert.