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More Stories by Mary Beth Breckenrige
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Plant Lovers’ Almanac: Naming a tree
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Treetop brewery on TV show
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Mary Beth Breckenridge: Library shares seeds
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Robot cleans windows
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Home bookshelf: ‘What’s a Hostess to Do?’
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- Ask Mary Beth: Cutting back sedum
- Home and garden happenings — week of June 15
- Plant a Row drop-off sites
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This Week’s Harvest: Strawberries
- Beacon Journal staff wins multiple statewide journalism awards
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“Does It Work?”: Wraptastic, Pocket Hose, Smart Twist Cleaning System, Flower Rocket, WaxVac
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Copley woman develops garden tools
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‘Does It Work?’ verdicts
- Home and garden happenings — week of June 8
Close to home with Mary Beth Breckenridge
Get the dirt on soil testing
You've probably heard it before: Get your soil tested.
But why bother? Well, for one thing, it saves you money by pinpointing exactly what your soil needs, so you don't buy unnecessary products. For another, it saves you aggravation, because healthy soil is more likely to mean healthy plants. And it saves the planet from fertilizer run-off.
Read more about it in my soil-testing story from Saturday's paper.
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