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Mealybugs

Mealybugs rarely reach more than 1/16" long, but because they feed in clusters they're easy to spot. Several
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New Yellow Jacket Trap

Come late summer, yellow jackets are on the prowl. They have built their nests in the lawns and gardens and are
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'Pink Reliance' Grapes

Delicious food or drink, luxuriant growth, beautiful color, and fragrance all in one grape variety? Try 'Pink Reliance',
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Small Fruits & Berries 101

The most popular berries among gardeners are the same ones that still come to market: strawberries, blueberries and,
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Buying Grapes

It's a wonder more gardeners don't plant grapevines. Just 2 years after planting, you can be sampling your own grapes;
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Care & Harvesting of Grapes

Grapes should be pruned yearly because fruits only form on buds that arise from the previous season's growth. There are
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Deep Mulch for Blueberries

General recommendations for mulching trees and shrubs call for a 2- to 3-inch-thick layer of organic mulch, such as
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Blackberry Essentials

Plant upright varieties at 3-foot intervals in rows 8 feet apart. Set trailing varieties 5 to 8 feet apart in rows 6 to
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Animal Trapping

If you've tried repelling, excluding, and scaring away a pest animal and it's still causing problems, you can trap and
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Animal Fencing

Fencing is the most reliable defense against garden-raiding deer Fencing is the only sure-fired way to keep wild and
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Bears

In bear country, these lumbering creatures can cause extensive damage to berry patches and gardens, and can be a threat
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Blueberry Prescription

Talk about an easy fruit! Backyard blueberries have few -- often no -- insect or disease problems. The bushes are easy
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Buying Strawberry Plants

Strawberries are in full production in their second year. The first year, you buy plants - usually in bunches of 25 or 5
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Care and Harvest of Strawberries

You won't be idle until your first harvest. You must not let the new plants set berries in their first year. They will
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Blackberry Care & Harvesting

Each year blackberry plants produce new canes from the crown just below the soil surface, and from roots that extend
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