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washingtonpost.com - Green Scene by Joel Lerner
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Green Scene: Landscaping can make potential buyers feel right at home
If you are trying to sell your home, you can rise above the competition by designing curb appeal into your property.
  
 Curb appeal - Real estate - Business and Economy - United States - Home improvement
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Green Scene: Gardening is a natural attraction for children
Gardeners and kids have a lot in common. The most conspicuous similarities being that both like to pluck flowers, pick fruits and berries, study insects and, not least, get wet and dirty. It's a natural match, and adults can nurture young people's interest in horticulture by inviting them to help weed, water, plant biennials, divide irises, deadhead flowers and learn what various plants look like -- especially poison ivy.
Garden - Flower - Plant - Home - Horticulture
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Green Scene: Rain gardens help conserve water in summer droughts
Usually by this time of year in the Washington area, we have had about 20 inches of precipitation. As of this writing, we are within a couple of inches of the average at Dulles International and Baltimore-Washington International Marshall airports, but Reagan National is more than six inches below normal. We have seen worse than this, but precipitation this year has been fickle, in the form of winter rain and snow -- followed by significantly below-average rainfall in April, May and June.
Precipitation - Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Washington Dulles International Airport - Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport - United States
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Whether to attract (hummingbirds) or repel (mosquitoes), products deliver
A few times each year, I like to review products that I hope will be useful to home gardeners. After a tryout, I find some promising products to be disappointments, and those I allow to die on the vine. Only the winners make it into print.
Mosquito - Home - Insect repellent - United States - West Nile virus
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Beware of late blight, and report damage
More than in most years, there is acute concern associated with pest control in the Washington area. On May 7, late blight was detected in a greenhouse in St. Mary's County. Measures have been taken by the grower to eradicate the disease, but plant scientists don't know whether it will spread or whether this outbreak is related to last year's.
Phytophthora infestans - Agriculture - Potato - Plant - Disease
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The temperamental rose offers rewards in color, fragrance and luxuriance
In 1986, the rose, official flower of the District of Columbia, became the national flower of the United States as well. It's also the official blossom of Georgia, Iowa, New York and North Dakota -- making it most popular choice for a state flower. But this popularity is somewhat curious, as gardeners know roses are fraught with disease and insect problems.
North Dakota - United States - Rose - New York - Georgia
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A spring shower of queries on stink bugs, shade trees, more
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, April was the warmest on record, going back to 1880. This unusual warmth at the start of the growing season might be one of the reasons readers have a bumper crop of gardening questions.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - United States - Growing season - Garden - Tree
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Green Scene: Ways to dampen traffic noise on your property
If it seems like your neighborhood has become noisier in recent years, that's because it probably has. With increased suburban development, the Capital Beltway and other major arteries such as Interstate 270 and Route 50 in Maryland, Interstate 66 in Virginia have been widened to accommodate more traffic. Add to that the construction of the Fairfax County Parkway and one of the latest highway projects, the Intercounty Connector between Montgomery and Prince George's counties, and road expansion has touched most of the Washington area.
Maryland - Virginia - Prince George - Prince George's County Maryland - Fairfax County Parkway
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Follow the Basic Principles for Landscape Planning: Green Scene
Over 40 years doing landscape and design work, and more than 13 years writing this column, I've picked up some valuable lessons. They might be thought of as principles for planning and managing your landscape.
Design - Landscaping - Landscape - Construction and Maintenance - Business
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