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		<title>Organic Lawn Care Calendar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southwest Fertilizer
 
Organic Lawn Care Calendar
 
Fertilization

Beginning of April- (April Fool&#8217;s Day) 3-1-2 type ratio like Earth Essentials 5-1-3 or MicroLife 6-2-4 (w/ microbes) should be used for these fertilizations.
Beginning of July- (4th of July)  Earth Essentials 5-1-3 or MicroLife 6-2-4
End of October- (Halloween)  Earth Essentials 5-1-3 or MicroLife 6-2-4

 
Soil Amendments
For use in Spring and Fall

Aeration- helps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawn Care Calendar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southwest Fertilizer
 
Lawn Care Calendar
 
Fertilization

Middle of February- (Valentine&#8217;s Day)  15-5-10 Lawn Special (Quick Release)
Beginning of April- (April Fool&#8217;s Day)  15-5-10 Premium Gold  (Slow Release)
Beginning of July- (4th of July)  15-5-10 Premium Gold (Slow Release)
End of October- (Halloween)  16-8-12 Winterizer (Quick Release)

 
Soil Amendments
For use in Spring and Fall

Aeration- helps break up the soil, using a tool to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Prep Can Save Summer Lawns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click to View Video

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		<title>Fire Ants! Houston, We Have A Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Lennon &#38; Dr. Paul Nester 
Extension Agents - I.P.M - Fire Ant Project
Texas Agricultural Extension Service

Photo: Scott Bauer
Fire ants love the springtime - they like the warm humid air, the moist soil in planting beds and turfgrass, and conditions in the compost pile. Spring is the ideal time for imported fire ants to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Better Lawn - From The Ground Up</title>
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Common Symptoms
Does your lawn look thin and yellow? Is the soil hard as a parking lot? When watering, do you start to get run- off into the gutter after just a few minutes? Is the root system of your grass shallow and easy to pull up? Does your yard look worse than your neighbor that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Become A Garden Soil Iron Chef</title>
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The Ultimate Garden Soil Recipe
The key to healthy plants is healthy soil. Late winter is the time to prepare the soil in your vegetable and flower gardens for the upcoming season. Nothing will make more of a difference in the performance of your plants than the correct soil mixture. Most plants will do best in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bluebonnets Gone Wild</title>
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Tips on How to Manage Their Healthy Growth



These seeds look like little rocks. Why are they so hard?

Mother Nature made them that way. In nature, when the plant goes to seed, that seed must be protected from the climatic elements since they are dropped in areas untended by man (i.e. in protected, irrigated areas). The [...]]]></description>
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