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  • September Gardening Calendar Week 1

    Ornamentals Continue planting evergreens now. Cuttings of annuals can be taken now to provide vigorous plants for overwintering. Herbs such as parsley, rosemary, chives, thyme and marjoram can be dug from the garden and placed in pots now for growing...

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  • August Gardening Calendar Week 4

    Ornamentals Continue spraying roses that are susceptible to black spot and other fungus diseases. Annuals may appear leggy and worn now. These can be cut back hard and fertilized to produce a new flush of bloom. Deadhead annuals and perennials as...

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  • August Gardening Calendar Week 3

    Ornamentals Continue spraying roses that are susceptible to black spot and other fungus diseases. Annuals may appear leggy and worn now. These can be cut back hard and fertilized to produce a new flush of bloom. Deadhead annuals and perennials as...

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  • August Gardening Calendar Week 2

    Ornamentals Continue spraying roses that are susceptible to black spot and other fungus diseases. Annuals may appear leggy and worn now. These can be cut back hard and fertilized to produce a new flush of bloom. Deadhead annuals and perennials as...

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  • August Gardening Calendar Week 1

    Ornamentals Continue spraying roses that are susceptible to black spot and other fungus diseases. Annuals may appear leggy and worn now. These can be cut back hard and fertilized to produce a new flush of bloom. Deadhead annuals and perennials as...

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  • Gardeners’ Gathering

    Thursday    August 21, 2014         Gibbs Road Organic Farm Tour The Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City present:   “Gibbs Road Organic Farm Tour”  Thursday August 21, 2014,  6:30 pm at 4223 Gibbs Road, Kansas City, Kansas. The Gibbs Road Community Farm...

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  • July Gardening Calendar Week 4

    Ornamentals Provide water in the garden for the birds, especially during dry weather. Remove infected leaves from roses. Pick up fallen leaves. Continue fungicidal sprays as needed. While spraying roses with fungicides, mix extra and spray hardy phlox to prevent...

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  • July Gardening Calendar Week 3

    Ornamentals Provide water in the garden for the birds, especially during dry weather. Remove infected leaves from roses. Pick up fallen leaves. Continue fungicidal sprays as needed. While spraying roses with fungicides, mix extra and spray hardy phlox to prevent...

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  • July Gardening Calendar Week 2

    Ornamentals Provide water in the garden for the birds, especially during dry weather. Remove infected leaves from roses. Pick up fallen leaves. Continue fungicidal sprays as needed. While spraying roses with fungicides, mix extra and spray hardy phlox to prevent...

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  • Missouri weather makes lawn management difficult

    COLUMBIA, Mo. – Any grass can be grown in Missouri, but none grow well because of the state’s cold winters and hot summers. University of Missouri Extension turfgrass specialist Lee Miller says both warm season and cool season grasses can...

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