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  How do you help songbirds and other animals through the winter?

  Poll: How do you help songbirds and other animals through the winter?

  • I put out bird feeders
  • I have plenty of plants that help shelter wildlife
    
  • Many of my shrubs and plants have berries or seeds
    
  • I leave some fruit on my fruit trees

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  With gardening season in hibernation, how do you survive the winter?

  Poll: With gardening season in hibernation, how do you survive the winter?

  • I take up indoor gardening
  • I switch to another hobby
    
  • My interior space gets some extra attention
    
  • I plan for next year

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  How do you deter freeloading squirrels who try to make off with your bulbs?

  Poll: How do you deter freeloading squirrels who try to make off with your bulbs?

  • I use blood meal
  • I only plant bulbs that won't become lunch
    
  • I put chicken wire over all my planting beds
    
  • I sprinkle cayenne pepper
    
  • I apply a thick, smelly mulch to disguise my bulb beds
  • I bribe them with easily accessible peanuts and other goodies

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  Which fall gardening task is your least favourite?

  Poll: Which fall gardening task is your least favourite?

  • Mulching beds
  • Cutting down plants
    
  • Raking leaves
    
  • Erecting wind breaks to protect shrubs
    
  • Putting away my tools

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  What do you spend the most on for your garden?
  

  Poll: What do you spend the most on for your garden?

  • Plants and seeds
    
  • Gardening tools
    
  • Good soil and/or compost and/or fertilizer
    
  • Landscaping
    
  • Outdoor furniture and accessories

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  What type of planting do you most look forward to?

  Poll: What type of planting do you most look forward to?

  • Plotting your vegetable garden
  • Choosing the colour scheme for your flowerbeds
  • Designing your containers and window boxes
  • Deciding on a location to do some guerilla gardening

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  What is your biggest gardening challenge?

  Poll: What is your biggest gardening challenge?

  • Shade: My whole backyard is in the dark
  • Soil quality: Whether clay or sand, my soil is very high-maintenance
  • Full-sun: I can't get a single thing to grow in my scorched backyard
    
  • Drought: I get hardly any rain and my hose only unravels so far
  • Flooding: My plants practically float away!

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  What is your favourite early-season vegetable?

  Poll: What is your favourite early-season vegetable?

  • Asparagus
    
  • Peas
    
  • Spinach
    
  • Broccoli
    
  • Lettuce
    
  • Other

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  What is your most beloved spring flower?

  Poll: What is your most beloved spring flower?

  • Bleeding hearts
    
  • Magnolia blossoms
    
  • Cherry blossoms
    
  • Snowdrops
    
  • Any of the spring bulbs

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