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WHAT TO DO WHEN YARD MUSHROOMS ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

Q: Mushrooms are taking over my yard and popping up in my landscape beds. How do I get rid of these freaky fungi? A: Yard mushrooms typically aren’t harmful, but that doesn’t mean you should start mixing them with your salads or let your pets eat them. You have several…

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A GOOD PRUNE WILL CHANGE YOUR TUNE.

The homeowner was hot. She took our foreman over to her row of plumbagos that we had just pruned and began raking him over the coals. “You cut too much off!” she yelled. “It will take years for them to grow back. You even cut off all the flowers!” Never…

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WHEN YOU’RE IN A BIG STORM, LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT.

When Tropical Storm Debby blew through, one Sarasota couple was relieved that their neighborhood didn’t get flooded. But their beautiful Glaucous cassia -- aka scrambled egg tree -- was not so lucky. Within minutes it seemed to faint to the ground, its long brilliant clusters of flowers fanned out like…

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