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Gardening Tips for April 1
Here are some helpful gardening tips for April 1:
– Increase your lawn.
– Plant more invasive exotic plants.
– Plant in monocultures.
– Use more pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
– Put the wrong plant in the wrong place.
– Ignore the above and download:
“Top 20 Ways to Create an EcoBeneficial Landscape”
https://www.ecobeneficial.com/top-20-tips
Happy April Fool’s Day! from Kim Eierman at EcoBeneficial!
Photo: A gardener’s worst nightmare
Photo credit: USDA
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