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PMG’s Plant Sale Is This Month!

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The Ornamental Garden in May

The Ornamental Garden in May

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It’s prime time in the garden!

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Celebrating The Garden Shed Newsletter’s 100th Issue

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The Garden Shed newsletter is celebrating its 100th issue as it contemplates the future.

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April in the Ornamental Garden

April in the Ornamental Garden

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Prime gardening season is here!

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April in the Edible Garden

April in the Edible Garden

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Variable weather aside, the outdoor gardening season has begun.

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Mark your calendar!

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Advice from a Professional Vegetable Gardener

Advice from a Professional Vegetable Gardener

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CSA Farmer Tells All

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Bottlebrush Buckeye

Bottlebrush Buckeye

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A Superb Native Shrub

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Tree Diseases

Tree Diseases

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Causes and Responses

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How to Grow Your Own Sweet Potato Slips

How to Grow Your Own Sweet Potato Slips

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From Spring Slips to a Bountiful Fall Harvest

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The Garden Shed Newsletter

April 2025-Vol.11,No.4

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