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		<title>Gardening Basics &#8211; Summer Watering Tips</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/summer-is-finally-here.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening Basics: Simply Put]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Container Garden Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-stuff]]></category>
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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: Broken Limbs &amp; Pruning Hints</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Hurley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Broken Limbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To Prune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prunning]]></category>

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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>Creating a Houseplant Container Garden</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/creating-a-houseplant-container-garden.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[House Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randy Best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workshops]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, February 20, 2010 Creating a Houseplant Container Garden with Randy Best. Time: 1 p.m. Fee: $25. Randy will explain what to keep in mind when combining houseplants to create a beautiful container garden, and then assist you as you put together your own. (Fee includes all the supplies for a houseplant garden plus a [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening Basics: Simply Put]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Certified Professional Horticulturists]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HGIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home and Garden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maryland Extension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Master Gardener Handbook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pest problems]]></category>
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		<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>How to Handle your Hosta</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/how-to-handle-your-hosta.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perennials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hosta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shade Plants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://behnkes.bluekeyblogs.com/?p=700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Behnkes Banks on &#8216;Shade Aristocrats&#8217; The large, coarse leaves of most hostas tend to break up the monotony found in many landscape designs. With various sizes, colors, light requirements, foliage shapes and textures, it is possible to fit an easy-to-grow hosta into almost any landscape situation. When to Plant Hostas can be planted in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall for Chrysanthemums</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/fall-for-chrysanthemums.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fall Mums]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Kevin O&#8217;Toole, Artist and Horticulturist Chrysanthemums, originally from the Orient, are now prized the world over for their colorful blooms in fall. The mum has been woven into Asian culture for hundreds if not thousands of years and has long been the national flower of Japan. In the United States mums first became widely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Prepared &#8211; Get the Groundwork Done Early</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/be-prepared-get-the-groundwork-done-early.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant Starter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planting Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://behnkes.bluekeyblogs.com/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jim Dronenburg       This is the classic “do as I say, not as I do” article. When you know that you are going to the nursery to get a tree, a shrub, whatever, to fill a spot, consider preparing or amending the soil beforehand. There’s a fair deal of work involved, and it’s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behnkes Gardening Tips &#8211; May 25th</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/behnkes-gardening-tips-may-25th.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.behnkes.com/behnkes-gardening-tips-may-25th.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 19:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sesonal Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bag worms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john peter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticides]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://behnkes.bluekeyblogs.com/?p=203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Behnkes Gardening Tips &#8211; May 25th, 2008 By John Peter Thompson &#8211; Chariman Of The Board, Behnke Nurseries The end of May means the beginning of summer in Maryland, and that means your garden faces an onslaught of pests and diseases. Many gardeners answer the call with weapons of mass destruction in quantities measured in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Lawn Care</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/spring-lawn-care.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.behnkes.com/spring-lawn-care.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden Shop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we move into spring, days are getting longer and warmer, and once again lawns in the Washington area are turning green and starting another season of growth. Behnke&#8217;s is offering a few simple tips to get your lawn off to a great start. Lawn Fertilizer- Spring is not a good time to fertilize the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annuals</title>
		<link>http://blog.behnkes.com/annuals.html</link>
		<comments>http://blog.behnkes.com/annuals.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Annuals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annual plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frost date]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacks Classic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osmocote]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Annuals, in general, are plants that grow from seeds or cuttings, begin to bloom shortly afterwards, and set seed and eventually die, all in a single growing season. Annuals have many advantages for the home gardener. Most annuals are nearly always in bloom throughout the growing season, from late spring until the first frost in [...]]]></description>
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