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	<description>In the words of the people who live and work here.</description>
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		<title>Mail Order Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nursery and garden seed catalogs have been arriving for the past two months. This is the time when I like to spend time checking out new cultivars of vegetables and new varieties of perennials flowers. Honestly, I think the main reason I look through the catalogs is to drool over the picture perfect examples of what I image growing in the yard and garden.]]></description>
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		<title>Explore the Concept of Container Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Explore the concept of container gardening to bring back color, placement, productivity, and enjoyment to the art of gardening.]]></description>
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		<title>Decorate Naturally</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[wreaths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday decorating of the home and deck with wreaths, evergreen garlands and arrangements made from native materials has its advantages.  Not only will it show your creativity, or save on the budget, but it can help you plan next year&#8217;s additions to your landscape.  Our area has an impressive variety of natural material available to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Master Gardener Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Master Gardener Training Dates for 2012 have just been released. Hall County Extension Educator, Elizabeth Killinger, gives leadership to education programs for the University of Nebraska Master Gardener program.]]></description>
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		<title>Scotch and Austrian Pines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scotch pine and often Austrian pine, are dying by the dozens in Hastings and the surrounding communities. Death of the tree, especially one over 10 years of age, has been confirmed as the victim of Pine Wilt disease. This is a significant loss to Adams County, both from the protective purpose for which these trees were planted and/or the beauty of the landscape which gives us the warm green feeling, even in the cold wintery months.]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate the Cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As fall approaches, make thoughts of Halloween and graveyards come alive with interest in Hastings’ Old City Cemetery. Jo Seiler, co-chair of the Highland Park Arboretum committee recently prepared an article about our historic cemetery on which the Arboretum has been developed. Jo gives us excerpts from her article lifting up the mystique of an Arboretum developed on a historic cemetery.]]></description>
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		<title>We Love Our Grasses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, what beautiful lawns in the greater Adams County area, even under difficult weather conditions. I feel so blessed with a neighbor on one side with an outstanding tall fescue lawn and on the other side one of the best bluegrass lawns. Much investment of time and talents goes into lawn management.]]></description>
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		<title>Spider Mite Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding, controlling spider mites has changed in the past months. Spider mites damage a wide range of plants in the garden and our landscapes. When signs of spider mites appear, gardeners may reach for an insecticide to control them.]]></description>
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		<title>Weeding, Pruning and Controlling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[yard maintenance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prune and control seems to sum up the yard agenda for summer. Most everything for the flowerbeds and landscape has now been planted. Due to the unusually cool spring, transplants seem well established. Now it is time to move into the next phase of the yard and garden season, that of weeding, pruning and controlling insects and disease.]]></description>
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		<title>Trouble Shooting in the Yard and Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bagworms]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gartner snakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hackberry nipple gall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maple trees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep your lawn, garden and trees healthy all summer long with these helpful tips from our Master Gardner.]]></description>
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