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Rose Garden in April Tips

Posted by MLRS on Sunday, March 28, 2010, In : rose care 
CONSULTING ROSARIAN CORNER 

Rose Garden in April Tips by Kathy Pifari

1. Finish all pruning and cleaning around roses. 

2. Mulch your rose beds with 2-3. of good organic mulch. 

3. Add a handful of time release (18-6-12), a small handful of fast acting fertilizer (16-16-16), a cup of organic fertilizer (like Dr. Earth) and Alfalfa pellets - let the rains help to activate it.

 4. Mid-to late March start using water soluble fertilizers and fish emulsion or kelp. 

 5. Check your irrigation system now ...
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Flower Arrangement Program, April 6th, 2010

Posted by Dorothy Wall on Saturday, March 13, 2010, In : events 

By Elsina Dean

The Mother Lode Society is hosting a flower arrangement program on April 6 @1:30 P.M. at the Amador Senior Center 229 New York Ranch Road, Jackson. Betty Ann Cassina is an accredited arrangement judge and is currently the Northern California Nevada Hawaii District Chairperson of Arrangement Judges. She belongs to several flower arranging groups and is the winner of many awards. She likes to work with materials available in her own yard.

Please bring a favorite vase that you wou...


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