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HIGH-NITROGEN FERTILIZER WILL HELP GREEN UP A YELLOWISH LAWN.(HOME)
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The Virginian Pilot
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January 25, 1998
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1998 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: ROBERT STIFFLER
IF YOUR LAWN looks yellow-green, as many do throughout the area, it probably needs fertilizer. Unless you gave it two or three feedings last fall, it may have a yellow cast now.
Apply some high-nitrogen fertilizer, and it'll green up in a hurry. Roots will continue to grow all winter, assuring a better lawn in the spring.
RAISED-BED GARDENING
There is a new organization called The Lawn & Garden Experts, which says that low-maintenance raised beds make gardening easier for beginning and experienced gardeners.
Raised beds certainly make it easier to garden if you have leg or back problems. In a raised bed, the soil can be easily ...
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Raised beds GARDEN SOLUTIONS
The Sunday Telegraph London;
August 14, 2005 ;
BUNNY GUINNESS;
787 words
......sure the garden thrives is to plant in raised beds. Not only will lifting the soil level...sides and there is a balcony overhead, raised beds will increase the sunlight available...This is one of the great things about raised beds - they really do the plants proud. But...
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RAISE YOUR LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY.(HOME & GARDEN)
The Virginian Pilot;
September 7, 1997 ;
771 words
......Island to Texas tout the advantages of raised-bed gardening. They proclaim: ``Raised Beds Raise Better Vegetables,'' ``Wise Gardeners Use Raised Beds,'' ``Raised Beds are Problem-Solvers,'' ``Build Raised Beds for Trouble-Free Gardening.'' Raised...
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Raised Beds Can Make Gardens Easier to Work
Yakima Herald-Republic;
November 2, 2003 ;
Jim McLean;
707 words
......s soil. The solution: Do your gardening with raised beds. With raised beds, all your gardening is done from paths surrounding...your beds. Most gardeners choose to frame their raised beds with lumber. In our area, raised beds 6 to 8...
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Now you can have your beds and raise them, too
The Boston Globe;
April 17, 1994 ;
Peter C. Hotton, Globe Staff;
591 words
......the solution is: raised garden beds. With raised beds, you can locate a garden anywhere, even in the middle of the lawn. With raised beds, You can locate them in direct, all-day sun. With raised beds, you can retire them in fall or let them...
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From the Hep.(News)
Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales);
March 13, 2005 ;
435 words
......Monty Don and his team have created some raised beds in the kitchen garden at Berryfields...filming of the hit show takes place. Raised beds focus the cultivation on to areas that...compacted, says Monty, who has been creating raised beds for around 15 years. 'The advantage...
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Gardening: Aim high for raising crops; Hannah Stephenson has practical...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
March 12, 2005 ;
506 words
......Monty Don and his team have created some raised beds in the kitchen garden at Berryfields...where filming of the show takes place. Raised beds focus the cultivation on to areas that...compacted, says Monty, who has been creating raised beds for around 15 years and explains all...
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TV MONTY: IT'S TIME FOR BEDS.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);
March 12, 2005 ;
552 words
......Monty Don and his team have created some raised beds in the kitchen garden at Berryfields...filming of the hit BBC2 show takes place. Raised beds focus the cultivation on to areas which...compacted, says Monty, who has been creating raised beds for around 15 years and explains all...
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Gardening : Raise your expectations; It's a growth area. Raised beds help...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);
March 23, 2005 ;
525 words
......Monty Don and his team have created some raised beds in the kitchen garden at Berryfields...of the hit BBC Two show takes place. Raised beds focus the cultivation on to areas that...compacted, says Monty, who has been creating raised beds for around 15 years and explains all...
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Improved drainage and greater air-filled porosity of raised beds in south-...
Australian Journal of Soil Research;
June 1, 2008 ;
Holland, J.E. White, R.E. Edis, R.;
787 words
......constrained by waterlogging. As a result raised beds have recently become a popular tillage...matter, and grain yield were compared for raised beds and conventional cultivation treatments...long-term average, over the whole period the raised beds had consistently lower water ...
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GARDENING : BRIGHT IDEAS
Evening Times;
March 12, 2005 ;
672 words
......Monty Don and his team have created some raised beds in the kitchen garden at Berryfields...filming of the BBC2 show takes place. Raised beds focus the cultivation on to areas that...compacted, says Monty, who has been creating raised beds for around 15 years and explains all...
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RAISE YOUR BEDS, YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);
March 25, 2000 ;
787 words
......Kristin her own bed next summer. Why raised beds, you ask? Think back to how everyone...require less room and are also attractive. Raised beds do not require the usual space between...and look neater in the landscape. My raised beds are two layers of pressure-treated 6x6s...
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RAISED BEDS CAN GIVE EARLY-BIRD GARDENERS AN EDGE.(Life and Arts)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
March 14, 2002 ;
688 words
......gardening. The Chinese have gardened in raised beds for centuries. The method has been popularized...Before considering the advantages of raised beds, you need to understand what they look...beds to weed, fertilize and harvest. Raised beds offer important advantages to vegetable...
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Give your garden a lift with raised beds
Capital (Annapolis);
June 16, 2007 ;
McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE;
787 words
......control of the soil situation by creating raised beds for her gardens. "There is so much hard...Department of Children and Family Services. Raised beds not only can give gardeners, such as...teach a class in July about gardening in raised beds and other containers. "Otherwise, it...
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RAISED BEDS LOWER WORK
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);
May 19, 1994 ;
HAL PORTER, Staff Writer;
787 words
......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-19-1994 RAISED BEDS LOWER WORK -- APPRECIATION GROWS FOR...hard by foot traffic and winter ice, raised beds are becoming increasingly popular as...traditional garden. "Once you start using raised beds you'll never go back to any other method...
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pretty & PRACTICAL
Southern Living;
September 1, 2005 ;
Marty, Edwin;
787 words
......dripping over iron fences, brick-lined raised beds, and cedar arbors lifting 'New Dawn...let in sun during winter. A Good Bed Raised beds for vegetables were essential to the...sides and cedar posts of the 2-foot-wide raised beds make natural seats for weeding and harvesting...
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