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			<title><![CDATA[Trying to deal with pesky wildlife]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You know how you want wildlife, but you want them to behave themselves while they are on your property? Well, they are not cooperating for me. We just got done seeding our lawn, then we had mole problems, there was the squirrel in the birdfeeder and I was afraid the deer would eat the apple]]></description>
			<author>(Vickie Morgan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:49:20</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Living with and without plastic bags]]></title>
			<link>http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/gardenblog/index.php?blogid=134</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My husband, Bat, frequently asks, &quot;Hey, do you have anything I can put this in so I can throw it away?&quot; I usually have to hunt around for something because the number of plastic bags we bring home from the grocery store has trickled down to hardly any.I've been pretty good since I wrote]]></description>
			<author>(Vickie Morgan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:27:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Start thinking now about spring gardening]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So if after reading all the gardening blogs, gardening fever has struck and you plan to make a garden next year, here are some tips to get you started. Some of these will come in handy for us &quot;old&quot; gardeners, too:


Make sure you compost: Not only does it help the environment, it's]]></description>
			<author>(Vickie Morgan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:55:32</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Don't throw away your seeds]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Whether you  save your own seeds from your garden or you buy seed packets at your local supermarket, before you toss out your leftover seeds and decide you will buy new ones next year just so you'll have &quot;good seeds,&quot; stop.
These &quot;old&quot; seeds will probably have the same, or]]></description>
			<author>(Vickie Morgan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:41:08</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to garden for next to nothing - next year]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here I go again already thinking about next spring's garden. I've recently found ways to garden next year more cost effectively. Some of these ideas you may want to start getting prepared for now so you can garden for next to nothing next year.

You can grow seeds outdoors in the winter and you]]></description>
			<author>(Vickie Morgan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:56:27</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Clean up gardening tools at end of season]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The gardening season is essentially over and I'm a little behind in the cleanup as it seems as though we are trying to skip fall and go right into winter here in Michigan. Although we could have a Indian summer anytime now, forecasters are predicting snow in parts of Michigan next week. Brr.
It]]></description>
			<author>(Vickie Morgan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:32:52</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What to do with all those herbs]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With all the herbs that I've dried this summer I needed to know more about cooking with them, so I recently signed up for a community education class called the Spice of Life. It was truly one of the best classes I have been to in a long time. The class was taught by a lady from the Genesee County]]></description>
			<author>(Vickie Morgan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:41:04</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Great bargains in plant prices and wise plant energy use]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's a great time to grab those bargains at the nursery, whether it's plant material or a much-needed new trowel.  Nurseries prefer to sell as many plants as possible so they do not need to move them into protected areas or care for them in any way during the winter.


Now is the best time to]]></description>
			<author>(Karen Auch)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:08:59</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Creating a backyard refuge for birds takes just a little planning]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Although there is still much to do in the garden, the season is starting to wind down, leaving more time to pursue old and new interests.  I've always loved watching and feeding the birds but I never really got serious about it until last week, when I decided I would love to be able to take]]></description>
			<author>(Vickie Morgan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:21:22</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finally, it's truly hummingbird season]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After fretting and fussing about the lack of hummingbirds earlier in the season, we're now seeing them almost every day. And they completed the Tour de Garden last weekend by hitting up one of the newest and most risky plantings: a honeysuckle plant in a small square planter, smack dab against the]]></description>
			<author>(Dawn Needham)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:13:00</pubDate>
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