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          <title>Don Davis: New weather brings new gardening questions</title>
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Ticks and other spring concerns were on the minds of gardeners in recent days. Their questions were focused on yard maintenance.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Spring flowers</title>
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ROANOKE - Jim Monroe, the owner of Greenbrier Nursery, says there&#8217;s no such thing as a non-blooming season, &#8220;Things are constantly changing and things are blooming at different times of the year.&nbsp; So, we encourage people to come out early because there&#8217;s lots of lovely things that you can plant and enjoy that aren&#8217;t typical parts of the garden.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Master gardener invigorated by growing from seeds</title>
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RICHMOND - Grace Harrison popped the plastic lid on a tabletop &#8220;greenhouse&#8221; about the size of a cookie sheet.           ]]></description>
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          <title>APCo tests home meters every year</title>
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ROANOKE - Appalachian Power assures customers their home electric meters accurately measure their electric use.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Our Blue Ridge: Home Improvement Tips</title>
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Rob really enjoys educating &amp; therefore empowering homeowners to do small repairs, projects &amp; emergency responses. Even newer houses need minor service you can do yourself saving some $ &amp; waiting for a contractor.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Don Davis: Time to prune</title>
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Gardeners have plenty to do this month, weather permitting. The two biggest jobs every March are pruning and planting.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Don Davis: New flowers make their debut in 2010</title>
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You can expect new flowers to appear on the market every year. Several of the new varieties for 2010 seem good enough to mention here.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:58:45 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>How to help your shrubs survive the winter</title>
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We already know how all this snow might affect pesky insects in the Spring, even as it acts as an insulator for your lawn.&nbsp; But how about your landscaping, that you spent many hours and dollars planting?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:10:23 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: Snow helps keep soil moist</title>
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Lawns and gardens were buried by the recent snowstorms. Layers of ice and high winds had their impacts, too.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>English ivy is a growing problem</title>
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English ivy and other invasive vines are making many of our natural areas not so natural.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:39:22 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: Gardening conference to offer tips for spring</title>
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You can prepare for spring by going to the Central Virginia Gardening Conference on March 6. It is an education program about pruning shrubbery and trees, gardening with native plants and growing vegetables and other edible plants.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Don Davis: Plenty to do in the garden</title>
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Gardeners looking for something to do will be pleased now that February is here. There are garden chores to complete as you prepare for spring.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:12:45 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: Stinkbugs on the minds of readers</title>
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Hibernating stinkbugs were just one of the topics of conversation when callers dialed Lynchburg Extension in recent days. A few of the more interesting calls are described below.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:59:59 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: New tomato varieties abound</title>
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New tomato varieties come along every year, and some of them are worth growing. All of the new ones listed here are hybrids.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:43:55 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Internet offers gardening delights without digging</title>
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I have been called many things in my life&#8212;but never a computer geek.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:45:56 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Thelma Dalmas: Variety of species keeps club members on their toes</title>
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Last January, members of the Lynchburg Bird Club were invited to engage in a friendly competition to determine how many different species of birds we could find in the tri-county area that includes the city, Amherst, Bedford and Campbell counties. The hope was that we could add a few more species to the annotated checklist for the region as well as discover some potentially good sites to look for birds.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:37:52 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: Holiday plants bring gardening indoors</title>
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Flowering indoor plants are a fixture during the holidays and through the winter. Here are some tips on plant care:           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:32 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Care, feeding maximize festive look of holiday plants</title>
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Winter flowers produce some of the most beautiful blooms of the year&#8212;deep burgundies, candy pinks, creamy whites and soft purples.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:46:27 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Watch Over Your Home Or Business Remotely With New Apps</title>
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If you&#8217;re traveling this holiday season, you don&#8217;t need to ask a neighbor to watch your house anymore. New technology means you can do it yourself.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:47:06 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: Checking on 2010 seed catalogs</title>
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Seed and plant catalogs for 2010 began arriving in the mail more than a month ago. Four of them are reviewed below.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:16:52 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: Mild weather helps flowers bloom longer</title>
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Late-blooming flowers were the subject of one call received last week at the Lynchburg Extension Office. Here is a sampling of a few recent questions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:47:03 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Thelma Dalmas: Rare heron spotted in Lynchburg area</title>
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Early last Saturday morning I received a call from Mark Johnson who told me that he&#8217;d just spotted a Black-crowned Night Heron at Mill Creek Lake.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:55:32 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: December chores keep gardeners active</title>
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Gardeners can find ways to stay active in December. Here is a list of chores to get you started.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:54:43 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Time to winterize gardens</title>
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Fall is the season for winterizing your car, home and flower beds. Some time spent among the flowers now will make your yard colorful in 2010.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:29:48 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>State sees shift in bird populations</title>
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Occasionally the distribution or status of a specific bird will change. We are familiar with that phenomenon here in Central Virginia.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:20:08 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>More about pests, bushes and trees</title>
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Questions about pests, bushes and trees came in by phone and e-mail in recent days. Here are some examples of conversations at the Lynchburg Extension Office.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:54:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Thanksgiving bird count will soon be upon us</title>
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Every November all of us have the opportunity to contribute information about the birds that share the backyard with us. Even if your idea of fun does not include getting up early in the morning or wandering around outside in cold weather, you can still participate in this annual birding activity.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Program to delve into the importance of bugs</title>
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For many people, all of those creatures with six or eight legs fall into the general category of bugs. Most of us don&#8217;t give these organisms too much thought and when we do consider them at all, it is generally in an unfavorable light. It may come as a surprise that the whole ecosystem is actually dependent upon these small animals. In fact, with over a million species, it is the arthropods that make up the vast majority of the named living things on earth.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:24:22 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Garlic a good choice for November gardening</title>
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There is plenty of gardening to do in November. Here are a few ways to spend your time.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:22:52 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Don Davis: Pruning for fall season</title>
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Pruning in fall is a popular pastime. It is often necessary after a wet growing season like we had last spring.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:43:10 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Get ready for heavy bird feeding season</title>
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If you feed birds, you are among the more than 50 million people in the United States who participate in this popular activity.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:12:17 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Make the most of picking veggies</title>
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Fall vegetables are full of flavor and vitamins to keep you healthy. Here are some points to consider when picking these crops.           ]]></description>
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Last Saturday Peggy Lyons, from the Lynchburg Bird Club, led a field trip to various sites in Campbell County. Ten members met early in the morning at the home of Fred and Helen Becker, who have a farm on Oxford Furnace Road.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lawns are the issue</title>
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Lawn care has been on the minds of gardeners for weeks. Here are some of their questions.           ]]></description>
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Can you think of a bird and a fruit that both have the same name? I&#8217;ll give you a hint by telling you that neither is native to North America. The bird was given its scientific name and described in 1811 and, beginning in the 1950s, the fruit was imported to the United States.            ]]></description>
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October is a time for action. You can make progress in yard care and home food production this month.           ]]></description>
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This the time of year when I begin to get questions about hummingbird feeders.           ]]></description>
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Hornets on lilacs and scab on pecans were mentioned by many of the gardeners who called Extension in September. Here are a few of the month&#8217;s questions.           ]]></description>
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The annual Smith Mountain Lake Charity Home Tour will feature properties with unique designs, artistic interior decorating and spectacular scenic views.           ]]></description>
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You can cut the cost of growing a garden if you gather and save seeds. The time to start is late in the growing season when many kinds of seeds are mature.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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As the first frost approaches, there&#8217;s much to be done.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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RICHMOND - Melissa Newby is a hunter who&#8217;s motivated by the thrill of the chase&#8212;even if the quarry is nothing more elusive than a box of Kellogg&#8217;s Frosted Mini-Wheats.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:27:23 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:54:30 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:46:55 EDT</pubDate>
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Cucumbers are a reliable crop in my garden. They withstand drought, disease and critters to produce year after year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:09:05 EDT</pubDate>
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KERNERSVILLE - Dawn Larkins shops with marked concentration, moving carefully down each aisle, frequently consulting from a small yellow legal pad of notes she compiled at home. Her hot pink, zippered, three-ring binder sits in the seat portion of the cart, like a cook would lay out a recipe book on a stand.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:31:28 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:06:26 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:35:32 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling (434) 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:54 EDT</pubDate>
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For 45 years, Glenn R. Clayton has been playing with bees.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:59:36 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling (434) 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:50:02 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling (434) 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:38:32 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:31:27 EDT</pubDate>
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WINSTON-SALEM - I&#8217;ve heard about Robert Means&#8217; rhododendrons for years.
So I was overjoyed to get an invitation to visit.            ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 23:37:27 EDT</pubDate>
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Establishing a butterfly habitat is as simple as choosing the right plants.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:45:53 EDT</pubDate>
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Thousands of plants will go on sale at 8:30 a.m. this Saturday as the Festival of Gardening gets under way. 
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Hummingbirds and rose-breasted grosbeaks are moving through Lynchburg now after spending the winter in Central and South America.           ]]></description>
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Spring salads are beginning to creep into people&#8217;s minds. And at the foundation of a salad is lettuce&#8212;crisp sweet and fresh, most of all fresh.           ]]></description>
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Organic gardening is all about working with nature and minimizing harm to the environment. You begin to see your garden as a habitat and a diverse ecosystem, not just a place to grow vegetables.            ]]></description>
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Everyone realizes that summer is really on the way when the hummingbird feeders get set back up for the year. Today is the expected return date, although the early arrival date for Lynchburg was March 27.            ]]></description>
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The toll of a drought is enough to make a lawn lover want to throw a funeral. Adieu, grass. Dust to dust. In lieu of live flowers, please bring plastic.           ]]></description>
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What is happening to America? Martha Stewart is promoting tearing up your lawn and planting a vegetable garden. The cover of the summer edition of the White Flower Farm catalog, that bastion of tasteful perennial planting, features eggplants and tomatoes. Michele Obama is planting vegetables on the south lawn of the White House.            ]]></description>
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The list of gardening projects to complete in April is long. It includes some of the chores you may not have completed last month, such as pruning.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis has answers for people&#8217;s questions.           ]]></description>
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With less than $20 and a minimum of labor, you can start your own small organic vegetable garden right now &#8212; well, after you finish reading this page.
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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Find out what chatelaine means at the Star Stitchers meeting.            ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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There are a few words particularly appropriate for the end of February. Such as: Good riddance.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is the Virginia Cooperative Extension agent. He can be reached by calling (434) 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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A few weeks ago, I received a question from a reader in Altavista, who wanted to know what type of birdhouses he should place in his yard to attract desirable species.            ]]></description>
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Flower, grass and tree experts will teach classes at Central Virginia Community College on March 14. The event, a new extension program called Green Conference, is open to the public.           ]]></description>
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We don&#8217;t think about it much, but the cup of coffee that accompanies our morning newspaper has to come from somewhere.           ]]></description>
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Business is booming at the 17 bird feeders in the backyard of Amber Kimmich&#8217;s Powhatan County home.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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I have always wanted to move one of these frantic weeks before Christmas to sometime in late January when there is little to do except watch the ice crystals form.           ]]></description>
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You could call her Mother Christmas.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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Not one tree leaf goes to waste in the yard of John Cordes. This gardener gathers bags of leaves from his neighbors in the Timberlake area and brings them home to his backyard.           ]]></description>
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Black Friday is one of those terms that you hear thrown around a lot these days. The constant attention to this most important shopping day of the year can leave people wondering what all the fuss is about or if it isn&#8217;t all just some scheme by the retailers to make you feel the fierce urgency of retail imploring you to purchase.           ]]></description>
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A common consequence of the procrastinating gardener is a period of frantically running about, trying to bring in all the tender house plants before that first frost-glazed morning. Unexpected guests often come in along with all those potted plants. Three of these creatures that regularly turn up share a lot in common&#8212;an ancient lineage, a propensity for hiding in moist spots and an inordinate number of legs. They are centipedes, millipedes and woodlice.           ]]></description>
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Worthy of a spread in Architectural Digest, John and Deana Buckley&#8217;s kitchen inspires deep flowing rivers of volcanic-hot envy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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If you can get lost in a flower, the dahlia is a good place to start. Dahlias reflect the voluptuous ripeness of autumn. Their colors can be saturated or subtle, jewel tones or pastels, but it is the intricate symmetry of their petals that hypnotizes.           ]]></description>
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What is the absolute latest in regional homes from the Builders and Associates of Central Virginia           ]]></description>
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This home tour raises money for regional charities.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Columnist Don Davis has your October lawn and garden to-do list.           ]]></description>
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Longtime friends and empty-nesters Susan Grady and Sharon McAbee would talk on the phone week after week and lament their loneliness.           ]]></description>
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I confess to a love of the Lilliputian, a delight in the diminutive, an inclination toward the infinitesimal. I love those little mats and mounds of flowers that are built to spill over the sidewalk, to soften the hardened path and fringe the edge of the garden bed.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an extension agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached at (434) 455-3740.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.           ]]></description>
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