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reputable nurseries and garden centers will guarantee a tree or shrub through the first growing season. Let’s suppose you ...

A Porter Ranch family lost their huge terraced yard to the 2019 Saddleridge fire, but it gave them a blank slate to create a ...

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October is a time of garden transition. Summer ends and fall begins. Toward the middle of the month, when the air cools and ...

Retired after 38 years with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Janet Carson ranks among Arkansas' best ...