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October Tips of the Month

October Tips of the Month
Happy fall! This month we are requesting feedback from our valued customers. Please click on the link take our short survey . Thank you! SURVEY     Autumn Equinox: Time to have us adjust your watering schedules on timers. Since summer has come and gone it is time to check timers and adjust them to fall schedules. The schedules…
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September Tips of the Month

September Tips of the Month
Maintenance Fertilize permanent plants - Feed established trees, shrubs, ground covers, and warm- season grasses, such as Bermuda.  Repeat in a month.  Remember not to feed California natives or drought tolerant Mediterranean plants.  Feed camellias, azaleas, and rhododendrons too. Protect against brush fires - Remove all dead leaves and limbs from trees and shrubs, especially…
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July Tips of the Month

July Tips of the Month
Garden Basics for this month During the month of July, you can control pests in the garden by planting flowers that will attract beneficial insects. This will increase your population of beneficial insects such as lady bird beetles, lacewings, and others, to decrease the “bad” insect population. This is a great way of decreasing the…
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March Tips of the Month

March Tips of the Month
Welcome Spring!   PLANTING   Plant Perennials and Cutting Flowers- Early spring is one of the best times to get perennials started in the garden, such as columbine, correa, lavender, penstemon, phygelius, rosemary, salvia, and yarrow.  It is also time to sow flower seeds such as asters, cosmos, cleomes, lobelias, lunarias, marigolds, nicotianas, sunflowers and…
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