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		<title>Use caution around snow-, ice-covered limbs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snow-laden dogwood. (C) Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
It may be tempting to knock the ice and snow off of trees and shrubs, but resist.
It&#8217;s ill-advised to try and break the ice or shake the snow from the limb, an action that might cause more damage. However, ice- and snow-laden limbs on trees can be hazardous because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The faint scent of spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hyacinth forced into bloom perfume the air. (C) Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
As I sit and write this column, the fragrance of a white hyacinth vies for my attention.
Not far behind are blue and pink hyacinths just about ready to bloom. The hyacinths spent fall and winter in a paper bag on my enclosed, but unheated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tune up tools, equipment for upcoming garden season</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep mower blades sharp for the best cut. 
In the February issue of Angie&#8217;s List magazine, the Hoosier Gardener offers tips on getting your garden tools tuned up for the season.
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		<title>HortusScope posted for February 2010</title>
		<link>http://hoosiergardener.com/?p=3713</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s Up in the Central Indiana Gardening Community
HortusScope, an e-bulletin for the Central Indiana gardening community, is published the first of every month as a public service by Wendy Ford.


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		<title>February garden checklist posted</title>
		<link>http://hoosiergardener.com/?p=2690</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The checklist of things to do in the garden in February is posted.
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		<title>February garden checklist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening Checklist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bulbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[February]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden Checklist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trellis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Indoors

 Keep houseplants  	close to bright windows. Check soil for dryness before watering.
Examine produce,  	tender flower bulbs and roots stored for the winter for rot, shriveling  	or excess moisture. Remove and discard damaged material.
Sketch garden plans,  	including what to grow, spacing, arrangement and number of plants needed.
 Order seeds and  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 12-15, 2010</title>
		<link>http://hoosiergardener.com/?p=3692</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 2009 Great Backyard Bird Count, 1,260 checklists in Indiana reported 6,082 cardinals. © iStockphoto
You don’t have to be a gardener very long before you notice other inhabitants of the landscape.
Last year this time, robins filled my yard, but this year nary a one. No robins, either, on my daily walks with the dog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deicers can damage plants, concrete</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protect plants from ice melt products. (C) Fotolia
Ice melts or deicers make the sidewalk, driveway and porch step safe in bad weather, but some may be deadly to landscape plants. Some also may damage concrete.
Five chemicals are used to make deicers: calcium chloride, sodium chloride or salt, potassium chloride, urea and calcium magnesium acetate. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Spirit&#8217; adds reliable pink hydrangea to the Midwestern garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breeding breakthrough Invincibelle &#39;Spirit&#39; is the first pink-blooming mop head Hydrangea arborescens. Photo courtesy ProvenWinners/ColorChoice
This spring, look for a lovely new pink hydrangea with an Invincibelle ‘Spirit’ in garden centers, online retailers and mail order catalogs.
It is the same species as the popular white, mop-head, ‘Annabelle,’ (H. arborescens), probably the most reliable hydrangea in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plants, seeds of All-America Selections winners to be immediately available</title>
		<link>http://hoosiergardener.com/?p=3523</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#39;Twinny Peach&#39; snapdragon. All photos courtesy All-America Selections
All-America Selections has changed its introduction schedule of new plants for gardeners.
Effective this year, the flowers and vegetables declared AAS Winners will be available through all distribution channels, from breeder to grower to retailer to consumer at the time of their announcement. In the past, it sometimes took [...]]]></description>
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