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  How do you get your garden ready for winter?

  Poll: How do you get your garden ready for winter?

  • Cut back perennials and rake every last leaf off your flower beds
  • Dress borders with a thick mulch of shredded leaves and leave perennial seed heads for the birds
  • Let nature take its course—and race to the nursery for replacement plants in the spring

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• Poll

  What's the most effective way you've found to control black spot on roses?

  Poll: Black spot on roses

  • A solution of baking soda, sprayed weekly
  • Dusting with powdered sulfur
  • Planting disease-resistant cultivars

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• Poll

  Plants that make the most impact in my early-summer garden are:

  Poll: Plants that make the most impact in my early-summer garden are:

  • Flowering shrubs
  • Containers filled with colourful annuals
  • The dandelions in my lawn

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• Quiz

  

  The bug barometer quiz

  By

  Anja Sonnenberg

  The easiest way to prevent insect damage in your garden is to discourage harmful bugs from visiting in the first place. Whether it’s choosing insect-resistant plants, removing infected foliage or dealing with an infestation, a healthy garden is the best defense. Take our quiz to see if you know what it takes to keep the bad bugs away.