April Tips: The South
When it comes time to mow your lawn, do so regularly and at the right height. It's the best thing you can do to control weeds and keep grass thick and healthy. Now, during cool weather, mow cool-season lawns such as bluegrass, ryegrasses, or ... [... more]
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Insight Guide US National Parks West (Insight Guide U.S. ...
 For planning your trip or remembering your travels, even for the armchair traveler, the US National Parks West Insight Guide is a worthy companion. Inside this Insight Guide you'll find: * Evocative, full-color photography on every page * Cross- ... [... more]
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February Tips: The South
Timing Is Everything -- In the Upper South, plant cool-season crops. Try seeds for radishes, peas, sweet peas, lettuces and other greens, but if the soil is too wet or too cold, the seeds may rot. Seedlings may give better results. Plant ... [... more]
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August Tips: The South
When annuals (especially petunias) or perennials get leggy or scraggly, cut them back by one-third or more. It will not only make them look neater, but it also often encourages a fresh flush of growth and/or bloom. It also helps to fertilize ... [... more]
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July Tips: The South
Fertilize acid-loving plants and any other plants that may be showing an iron deficiency; for example, young leaves may appear yellow-green with dark green leaves. Acid-loving plants include azaleas, gardenias, blueberries, and camellias. When ... [... more]
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October Tips: The South
USDA Zone Maps -- Plant spring-blooming bulbs. In cooler regions where winters get cold enough, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses and others can be planted directly in the ground. In warmer regions (usually Zones 8 and warmer), however, ... [... more]
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June Tips: The South
Now is the time to control a number of diseases. Check junipers, birches, cherry and arborvitae for bagworms and other leaf-eating caterpillars, then treat with Bacillus thuringiensis as needed. Watch for fungal disease on tomatoes and roses and ... [... more]
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November Tips: The South
USDA Zone Maps -- Plant spring-blooming bulbs. In cooler regions where winters get cold enough, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses and others can be planted directly in the ground. In warmer regions (usually Zones 8 and warmer), however, ... [... more]
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Herring Fishing: Images of an Eastern North Carolina ...
With their dip nets, pound nets, haul seines and juniper boats, residents of Eastern North Carolina waited for the river herring to come home in March, April and May to where they had been spawned. They waited for the muddy rivers, creeks, branches and ... [... more]
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Southern Living 2007 Annual Recipes (Southern Living ...
Southern Living once again tops itself with Southern Living 2007 Annual Recipes, a must-have collectors' volume for discerning cooks everywhere. It compiles a whole year's worth of kitchen-tested recipes--over 900 in all--from Southern Living magazine, ... [... more]
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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
The scrubby forests of southern Georgia, dotting a landscape of low hills and swampy bottoms, are not what many people would consider to be exalted country, the sort of place to inspire lyrical considerations of nature and culture. Yet that is just what ... [... more]
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Fighting the Good Fight: The Story of the Dexter Avenue ...
The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church played an important role in the Civil Rights movement--it was the planning area of the Montgomery bus boycott, which served as a model for other grassroots demonstrations and which also propelled Martin Luther King, ... [... more]
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