Trimming your bushes is beneficial for regrowth

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Hedges and Trimming in the Late Summer By the time the end of August rolls around it’s time to look at trimming down your hedges. They really won’t continue to grow enough to make any additional trimming necessary as the fall rolls around. The one possible exception would be conifers; conifers may need an additional

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Trimming faded flowers from plants.

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Off with Its Head! Summer in Kansas City is hot, dry, and long. As it gets hotter one of the things to remember is to trim the faded flowers from the plants (deadheading). It’s vital to trim off the fading and dead flowers off the bushes, such as your rose bushes, because this prevents your

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Pest Prevention in your garden

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Late Summer Pests August is definitely the time to focus on pest prevention in your garden. Pests, such as mildew, aphids, and slugs can ruin all the hard work you have done in your garden this spring and summer. There are concrete ways you can limit or eliminate these summer pests before they destroy your

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Planting peas in Platte City, Missouri

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Peas Please! Despite the heat and the fact that our Platte City, Missouri gardens resemble an alien landscape if they aren’t getting enough water, August is an important month for our gardens. Peas, herbs, and flowers all play a role in August gardening. August is the perfect time to plant some fall peas. Besides providing

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Feeding your grass with fertilizer

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Feed Me! By August, your lawn can use a good meal, but you need to be careful what you feed the lawn. Feeding your lawn generally means fertilizing it. There are two types of fertilizer, high nitrogen content fertilizer and high-phosphorus content fertilizer. Which one is right for your Kansas City, Missouri lawn? In the

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Keep mowing the grass even if it’s hot in Kearney

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Don’t Stop Mowing Just Because It Is Hot! Yes, it’s August and yes, it’s hot, hot, hot. Please do not stop mowing your yard. The heat will certainly slow down the rapid growth of the grass in Kearney, Missouri, but don’t just let it go. Allowing the grass to get too tall invites a host

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Caring for your plants in August

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General Care for Your Plants in August It’s August, it’s hot. These are undisputable facts. This tends to keep people inside versus getting out but your yard needs some attention. If you have a vegetable garden your summer vegetables and fruits are beginning to reach their peak. You’ll want to make sure to keep your

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Adding Color to your Garden in Smithville, Missouri

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Add Fall Color to Your Garden in August By August your Smithville, Missouri flower beds may begin to look bedraggled. This is a wonderful time to add some late summer color with chrysanthemums. Amazingly chrysanthemums are available in an almost unlimited number of colors, flower forms, and shapes. In addition, since chrysanthemums are sold in

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Divide Perennial Flowers in the midwest

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August is the Time to Divide Perennial Flowers August is the best time to dig and divide perennial flowers such as hostas, Oriental poppies, lilies, daylilies, bearded iris, and ornamental grasses. In order to remain healthy perennials need the same kind of yearly attention that people do. Once in a while they need a boost

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Sprinkler Blow out in Shawnee Kansas

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Don’t Forget to Prepare Your Sprinkler for Winter! Why is it necessary to correctly do a Sprinkler Blow out in Shawnee Kansas? In order to eliminate costly repairs and replacements in the spring when you start up your irrigation system, you need to make sure you Winterize it correctly in the fall. It is necessary

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