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		<title>Gardening Basics &#8211; Summer Watering Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I say “finally” because it’s felt like August for a couple of weeks now. Make sure to provide water to your gardens, containers, and plantings around the house. Here are my recommendations.........]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Basics &#8211; Hanging Baskets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 06:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hanging baskets, they’re not just for hanging anymore. By all means, do hang them, but consider that basically, it’s a big pot full of colorful flowers or tropical foliage. You can remove the hanger, and set it on a pedestal for an instant “container” plant, or if it happens to be upright instead of trailing, you can set in on a table for a centerpiece.]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Basics: April Showers Bring May Flowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early April is still chilly (off and on, this weekend is going to be a warm one) and it still makes sense to be planting cool season vegetables and flowers. That includes broccoli, lettuce, and pansies.]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Basics: Spring Showcase</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/gardening-basics-a-chance-to-learn.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can sit still on our first warm Saturday, and you are a hard-core plant collector who dreams about new and unusual plants, consider attending the lecture at Behnke’s at Beltsville presented by by Oregon nurseryman Sean Hogan at 10AM, sponsored by the Four Seasons Garden Club.]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Basics: A Few Seed-Starting Hints</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For vegetable gardeners, one way to make vegetable gardening cheaper is to start your own plants from seed, rather than buying pre-started plants. Depending on the plant, some seeds may be planted directly in the garden, while others are best started ahead of time in pots.]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Basics: What to Expect in March</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March is the month when we go from a few thousand woody plants (shrubs, trees) on hand to tens of thousands. The first trucks of new woodies are due this week, and after that it’s more or less daily shipments for the next three or four weeks. Perennials—remember, the plants that more or less die back to the ground and come back the next year if everything goes right, lag a bit behind woody plants.]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Basics: Broken Limbs &amp; Pruning Hints</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/gardening-basics-broken-limbs-pruning-hints.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Branches may have torn completely off of the plant, or may be broken but still attached. Any obviously broken branches that are still attached should be removed from the plant. They should be cut back to undamaged wood on the larger branch to which they are attached, or back to the trunk.]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Basics: Feeding the Birds</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/gardening-basics-simply-put-feeding-the-birds.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spring, during the nesting season, birds feed heavily on insects. But during winter, whatever insects are around are dormant and only certain birds hunt for them.  Woodpeckers and nuthatches clamber around on the trunks of trees, looking for insects (or their eggs) hiding under the bark, while wrens hunt through the logs in the woodpile.]]></description>
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		<title>Good Source of Information</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/good-source-of-information.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.behnkes.com/?p=960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For answers to your gardening questions, try HGIC, more properly known as the University of Maryland Extension Home and Garden Information Center. The Cooperative Extension Service was born from the land grant college system, as a way for universities to get information on nutrition, gardening and home economics to small town and rural families and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Basics: Phalaenopsis Orchids</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/gardening-basics-simply-put-phalaenopsis-orchids.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ven more appealing than green foliage are flowers, and orchids provide them. With a little bit of care, orchids will bloom for you for several months. If you have the patience and the right conditions, you may be able to get them to flower again next year.]]></description>
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