2024 – 2025

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🌿 Plants

• Edibles
  • Indoor Veggies (Feb 2025 To-Do)
  • Growing Microgreens Indoors (Apr 2024)
  • Container Edibles for Small Spaces (May 2024)
• Native Plants
  • Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine (May 2025)
  • Bloodroot – Native Spring Bloomer (Feb 2024)
  • 🛠️ Garden Care

    • Pruning / Planting & Dividing
      • February 2025 To-Do List
      • February 2024 To-Do List
      • March 2025 To-Do List
      • March 2024 To-Do List
      • April 2025 To-Do List
      • April 2024 To-Do List
      • May 2025 To-Do List
      • May 2024 To-Do List
      • June 2025 To-Do List
      • June 2024 To-Do List
      • July 2025 To-Do List
      • July 2024 To-Do List
    • Soil & Compost
      • Improving Soil Health (Apr 2025 Question of the Month)
      • Compost Tea and Soil Health (Apr 2024)
    • Watering & Irrigation
      • Summer Watering (July 2025 To-Do)
      • Summer Watering Tips (June 2024)

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    🌱 Invasive Species

    • Goutweed – Invasive Goutweed (July 2025)
    • Periwinkle – Beauty or Beast (June 2025)
    • Invasive Plants – Beauty and the Beasts (May 2025)
    • Garlic Mustard – Invasive Profile (May 2024)
    • Japanese Knotweed Alert (June 2024)

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    📅 Seasonal Tasks – Monthly To-Do Lists

    • February 2025 To-Do List
    • February 2024 To-Do List
    • March 2025 To-Do List
    • March 2024 To-Do List
    • April 2025 To-Do List
    • April 2024 To-Do List
    • May 2025 To-Do List
    • May 2024 To-Do List
    • June 2025 To-Do List
    • June 2024 To-Do List
    • July 2025 To-Do List
    • July 2024 To-Do List
    • August 2024 To-Do List
    ❓ Questions of the Month
    • Caring for Orchids (Feb 2025)
    • Bringing Houseplants Indoors (Feb 2024)
    • An Ailing Pothos (Mar 2025)
    • When to Start Seeds (Mar 2024)
    • Improving Soil Health (Apr 2025)
    • Spring Fertilizing Advice (Apr 2024)
    • Hedgerows (May 2025)
    • How to Grow Beans (May 2024)
    • Where Have My Fireflies Gone? (July 2025)
    • Powdery Mildew Prevention (July 2024)
    • Witches Broom (June 2025)

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    🐞 Pests & Diseases
    • Pest Management
      • Japanese Beetles, Aphids, Earwigs (June 2025 To-Do)
      • Cabbage White Butterfly Control (June 2024)
      • Thrips – Spotlight on Science (July 2025)
      • Managing Aphids Naturally (May 2024)
    • Diseases
      • Black Knot, Dogwood Canker (Feb 2025 To-Do)
      • Early Blight in Tomatoes (Apr 2024)
      • Fruit Tree Disease Management (Mar 2025 To-Do)
      • Powdery Mildew Prevention (July 2024)
      • Oak Wilt Disease (May 2025 To-Do)

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