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The best advice when gardening near black walnuts or butternuts is to use caution. If possible, locate gardens or landscape beds away from the root zones of black walnut trees.

Wisconsin Yard & Garden: Black walnut toxicity to plants

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Priority for trees and shrubs starts with newly established plants. Water the entire root zone area.

Wisconsin Yard & Garden: Plant watering priorities

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Prior to establishing new lawns, be sure to remove tree stumps, large roots, and any construction lumber buried in the area.

Wisconsin Yard & Garden: Slime molds and fairy rings in lawns

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Wisconsin Yard & Garden: It's quiz time! How well do you know your yard, garden soils?

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Cool-season grasses found in Wisconsin lawns slowdown in growth with typical warmer and drier summer conditions. One lawn care strategy to help lawns hold up to potentially adverse summer conditions is to mow higher.

Wisconsin Yard & Garden: Summer lawn care strategies

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Late spring is an optimum time for pruning several species, with spring-blooming shrubs topping the list.

Wisconsin Yard & Garden: Proper timing key when pruning

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As weeds appear, promptly mechanically removing them is a remarkably effective management tool.

Wisconsin Yard & Garden: Options for managing yard, garden weeds

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Two common underlying causes typically attributed to moss issues on lawns are shade and acidic soil. Poor drainage and soil compaction can also cause moss problems.

Wisconsin Yard & Garden: Managing moss problems in lawns