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How Many Goats Does It Take to Mow a Lawn?

Spring is here as will soon be the need to mow your lawn. Big Box hardware and outdoor supply stores are boasting sales on noisy, gas-guzzling grass chopping behemoths. Have you ever considered a more natural alternative to a hearing-hampering, ozone-depleting mower? I’ve wanted to get goats for years. Raising them for milk and meat …

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Getting Ready for Spring Yard Work: Safety Tips to Remember

Alexandria, Va. – The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), an international trade association representing more than 100 power equipment, engine and utility vehicle manufacturers and suppliers, reminds home owners to keep safety in mind when getting out their spring lawn and garden equipment like lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers and more. “After a long winter, we know …

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Monrovia Gardening: Best Spring Planting Tips!

Winter was a bit of a bust here in the Midwest.  Not much snow to cover the grey and brown outside left me yearning for Spring.  It’s finally here in Northwest Ohio, though we are having cooler than normal temperatures right now.  It’s time to choose some plants from Monrovia to brighten your garden and …

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A Water-Wise Landscape with Monrovia Plants – #LetsGarden #Sponsored

Our front landscape has been a sore subject for several years.  When we moved in there were three giant yew bushes in front of the house which needed some serious trimming.  Despite our best efforts we could not reign them in so that they were attractive to look at – especially when always being surrounded …

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Potentially Invasive Garden Plants

Each spring the avid gardener thinks about what they are going to plant in their landscape and vegetable garden.  The beginners look to how they should start and what they should plant.  When I was a beginner I fell into the trap of wanting to plant EVERYTHING I laid my eyes one. “OOOO, that’s pretty.” …