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		<title>Edible Plant Sale in Seattle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For years, gardeners had to wait until late spring to get their hands on some of the most prized vegetables starts in Seattle. Now eager gardeners can get a jumpstart on an amazing selection of vegetable starts, perennials and herbs at Seattle Tilth&#8217;s Early Spring Edible Plant Sale on March 20. The sale features plants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/edible-plant-sale-seattle/</link>
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		<title>Garden Calendar: March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. This is a good month to prune your roses to remove diseased canes, stimulate growth and encourage the best blooms. Make sure you have good clippers and gloves. A small pruning saw is helpful to cut out old canes.
2. March is also a great time to move trees and shrubs &#8212; when the plants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/garden-calendar-march/</link>
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		<title>Salvaging plants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Ecoyards, we try where possible to salvage plants, along with concrete, soil, bricks, pavers and nursery pots for reuse. When we redo landscapes for clients, our clients will sometimes ask us to remove or replace certain trees and shrubs. We always try to find new homes for these plants. We either give them away [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/salvaging-plants-seattle/</link>
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		<title>Free flagstone pieces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have approximately 15 pieces of extra flagstone available for free to the first taker.  These flagstone pieces were salvaged from a landscape project we completed in West Seattle.  If you are interested in picking up the flagstone, please send us an email though our contact info in the right sidebar.  We will update/remove this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/free-flagstone-pieces/</link>
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		<title>Currently blooming in our garden</title>
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		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/currently-blooming-in-our-garden/</link>
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		<title>Time to prune roses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know it&#8217;s time to prune your roses when forsythia in the neighborhood start to burst with yellow flowers. That&#8217;s happening right now around Seattle. Late winter/early spring is the optimum time to prune because new buds are easy to spot.
There are many reasons to prune roses, including keeping the size and shape in check, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/rose-pruning-seattle/</link>
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		<title>Free sword ferns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have six large swords ferns available for free.  These ferns were salvaged from a landscaping project on Mercer Island.  If you are interested in picking up the ferns, please send us an email though our contact info in the right sidebar.  We will update/remove this post when the ferns are gone.
Update on 2/23/10 &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/free-sword-ferns-seattle/</link>
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		<title>Recycled pavers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Ecoyards, we&#8217;re always looking for better ways to create beautiful, sustainable landscapes while being kind to Mother Nature. So we were pretty excited when we recently connected with VAST Enterprises &#8211; makers of composite landscape pavers. VAST pavers are made of 95 percent post-consumer recycled materials &#8211;plastic bottles and scrap tires &#8212; rather than traditional [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/recycled-pavers-vast/</link>
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		<title>Mushrooms in lawns?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prolonged mild, wet weather tends to bring out mushrooms on lawns, so you can expect to see lots of them poke through lawns during the fall and the spring in the Northwest. Mushrooms are the &#8220;fruit&#8221; of fungi that live on underground dead or decaying matter, such as rotting tree roots or buried logs. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/mushrooms/</link>
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		<title>Plants poisonous to kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the most common and ubiquitous Northwest plants such as azaleas are also toxic, especially to children who put all kinds of objects into their mouths.
Poison control experts recommend knowing the botanical names of plants you have in your house and in your yard, labeling them, and supervising children near them. With some plants, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoyards.com/plants-poisonous-to-kids/</link>
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