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Aerate and feed lawn with high - nitrogen fertilizer from April to Sept. for really green grass. Make sure you use a spreader to ensure fertilizer is spread evenly.

Water lawns regularly when the rains don't do it for you.

If you plan on starting a new lawn from seed you can start preparing the soil now. Rake the surface level and add a general fertilizer.

Repair dead patches in ground covers by tearing them out. Add compost and peat moss into the soil then replant bare areas with divisions taken from outer edges.

Clip back established groundcover.

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Steve of Tacoma, WA - "Neem tree (Azadirachta indica) extracts are very effective in controlling many insect pests and diseases of plants. It provides protection from many types of fungi, such as powdery mildew. It has been effective against more than 170 different insect species, including beetles, flies, scales, aphids, mealybugs, whiteflies, termites, caterpillars, locust, crickets, spider mites, and root knot nematodes. At low concentrations it acts as an insect repellent, at moderate levels it works as a growth regulator, interfering with normal insect maturation. It higher levels it can directly kill many insect pests. In India, where it is native, people have placed neem leaves in beds, books, grain bins, cupboards, and closets to safely keep away troublesome bugs."

Doreen of Elizabethown,Ontario - "if you have creepng charlie in your asparragus patch use rock salt it will not hurt the asparagus but will get rid of the creeping charlie"

John of Westchester County, NY - "Cut back your weeds around your garden as they harbor bugs and bring bugs to your garden.

1 1/2 tablespoons of Fine garlic powder desolved in a 1 quart water (plus a drop of dish soap )spray bottle applied once a week to vegetable plants or after a rain storm will discourage 90 percent of all insects.

Marigolds attract pollinators while discouraging pesty bugs. You'll be especially amazed by an increased tomatoe fruit yeild which will be made possible by putting marigolds along the outside border of your garden.

Start bagging your grass clippings and apply them around your garden vegetables as a mulch (note wait a few weeks after applying any grass fertilizers before you do this as they contain weed killers that may harm your vegetables). Grass mulch can be applied to all path areas. This will slow weed growth and increase moisture in the soil. It gets compressed quickly so make don't worry about how much you put on the ground.

Put a small bird house or 2 near or in your garden he'll take care of a lot of those bugs.

Soaker hoses save flowers, reduces top soil errosion.

Inexpensive inflatable owls can be found at your local Walmart... put it on a post near the garden and laugh at all those silly rabbits who will be too afraid to enter your garden. Move the owl 2 times a weeks so they don't get used to it as being a dummy. Or duct tape a stick with a plastic (paper) plate to its base. The wind will make the owl shake in the wind a little."

Cynthia of Jackson MS - "Spray your yard with Dawn dish detergent and watch the fleas flee! Put about half a bottle of Dawn into a hose end sprayer, finish filling with water, and spray! The Dawn also helps control other insects besides fleas"

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