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Urban gardeners in Frederick need new space

A community garden in the heart of downtown Frederick has been a dream come true for about 40 people who had grown produce on 18 plots for their families over three years.

Tags: Frederick, Frederick Community Garden Association,

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Lawn care: Never aerate cool season lawns in spring

WTOP Garden Editor Mike McGrath offers advice on when to aerate lawns, when to add corn gluten and grass seed, what not to do to boxwoods and when to prune apple trees.

Tags: Garden Plot, mike mcgrath

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What your flowers really say on Valentine's Day

Thursday is Valentine's Day. And if you didn't already know that, this is probably the most helpful garden tip you'll get from me this season.

Tags: Garden Plot, mike mcgrath, rose colors

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How to keep your Christmas tree healthy

A horticulturist and former University of Maryland professor who owns a Christmas tree farm offers advice.

Tags: thomas warren, christmas tree,

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Rosemary trees, home-grown gifts and voles

A sure sign of the approaching holidays is the appearance of those wonderful Christmas-tree shaped cones of live rosemary in garden centers and upscale supermarkets.

Tags: Garden Plot, mike mcgrath, christmas trees, amaryllis

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Why you need to get rid of acorns

White-footed field mice consume acorns, and those mice are known for carrying Lyme disease.

Tags: acorns, mike mcgrath, michelle basch, Garden Plot,

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Tips to keep squirrels from destroying pumpkins

WTOP Garden Editor Mike McGrath recommends using everything from hot peppers, to deer repellent and dog hair.

Tags: pumpkins, squirrels, Halloween, mike mcgrath, kristi king

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Don't prune anything now - especially spring bloomers

This is the worst time of year to prune anything. Doing so will stimulate new growth and interfere with the plants successfully going dormant for the winter.

Tags: mike mcgrath, Garden Plot,

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Insider's book reveals 'whole other world' of baseball

Professional baseball includes plenty of behind-the-scenes actors not featured on trading cards, to hear Matthew Kastel tell it

Tags: Monrovia, Matthew Kastel, Catoctin Mountain Growers, Walmart, Detour

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Timing is everything: Crabgrass and cherry trees

The ideal time to apply corn gluten to prevent crabgrass is generally when the local forsythia blooms, but it is always when the soil temperature reaches 55 degrees, as measured 4 inches down.

Tags: mike mcgrath, Garden Plot, crabgrass, corn gluten

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