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AUGUSTGARDENER
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PROACTIVE
H E A L T H
Introducing the
new look of lams
ter on lams
THIS MONTH IN THE GARDEN
N O R T H
T o m a to e s, sq u a sh , a n d p e p p e rs
m a y d e v e lo p b lo s s o m e n d ro t
w h e n so ils sw in g b e tw e e n to o
m u c h a n d t o o little m o istu re ,
e sp e cia lly o n p o tte d plants.
D isc a rd d a m a g e d fruit, m u lch
th e soil a ro u n d th e plants, a n d
w a te r consisten tly.
S O U T H
Plan a h e a d fo r o ra n g e a n d
g o ld th is fall b y p lan tin g A fric a n
o r F re n c h m a rig o ld s th is
m o n th . T h e y ’ll p e rfo rm b e tte r
in hot, h u m id w e a th e r th an
c h ry sa n th e m u m s, a n d th e y
p ro v id e c h e e ry a u tu m n h u e s
fro m S e p t e m b e r th ro u g h frost.
W E S T
Plan t h e a t-lo vin g an n u als, su c h
as zin n ia a n d salvia, in low
altitude g a rd e n s fo r c o n tin u e d
s u m m e r color. In h igh altitudes,
p lan t th e first o f th e c o o l-
w e a th e r a n n u a ls th is m o n t h -
sn a p d ra g o n , calendula,
n e m e sia ,a n d pansies.
YARD GOODS
O P E N U P
I t ’s y o u r c h o i c e — a f e n c e o r
c a n o p y t h a t le t s in a lit t le
s u n a n d t h e b r e e z e , o r n o n e
a t a ll. F L E X - f e n c e is a
h a r d w a r e s y s t e m t h a t
a l l o w s a v a r i e t y o f d e s i g n
o p t i o n s a n d c a n b e o p e n e d ,
c lo s e d , o r f ix e d a t a n a n g le .
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