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Preen helps her garden...and her back!

"This is my story and I'm sticking to it: I would never part with Preen! I have used it for years. It saves on weeding and saves my back! I have great gardens which have been on our town garden tour several times. I love Preen."
— M.T. (MN)

Trading grass for gardens

rototilling 

Enough of the winter siesta. Spring is planting time, and for those expanding their gardening horizons, that means a date with the shovel or rototiller.

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Landscaping for wildlife

monarch butterfly
A monarch butterfly depends
on the nectar of fall blooming asters
to fuel its migration.
© Richard J. Thompson

Ready to walk on the wild side in your garden? All you need are plants that provide food and shelter and a source of water.

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Gardening on a dime

compost leaf piles
Check with your municipality.
It might offer recycled leaf compost
free to residents.

Gardening doesn’t have to be a costly endeavor. Many supplies can come free from nature and neighbors – or nearly free from yard sales instead of the store. And if you’re ingenious and/or handy, plenty of household discards can be recycled into garden duty.

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Mulching landscape plants:
Best practices

mulched garden
Well-mulched beds complete the
landscape with a professional look.

Mulched trees, shrubs and bed of annuals and perennials have an eye-pleasing, finished look but the benefits go much deeper than the surface.

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Garden Tips

In this issue…

this month's checklist

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"Preen Success Story"

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Lebanon Seaboard,
Marketing Department,
1600 E. Cumberland St.,
Lebanon, PA 17042

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