Article: Gardens need attention to get them off to a good start.

Byline: Kathy Van Mullekom

Wake up and get moving in your garden. It's officially spring.

Plants are budding, daffodils are popping blooms, and perennials are poking up through the soil.

They need attention and some care to get them off to a good start.

Here are some tips to get you going as you start new planting areas and rejuvenate existing ones:

_Selecting plants. Purchase plants that are healthy. Resist the urge to buy bargain-priced plants with suspicious-looking spots or holes on the leaves. Chances are some insect or disease is living on the plant.

A fungal growth on a plant shows up as concentric rings or a ...

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