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• Poll

  With the holidays over, what is the next yearly event you are looking forward to?

  Poll: Holidays are over

  • Starting my seedlings
  • Planning my garden for the coming year
  • Shopping for brand-new garden gear
  • Getting outside and planting!

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• Poll

  To protect broadleafed evergreens from the drying winds and sunscald of winter, I:

  Poll: Forever green

  • Create a windbreak from burlap
  • Spray with a foliar anti-desiccant
  • Site them in a sheltered spot when I plant them, away from bright sunlight and winds

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• Poll

  How do you make it through winter while your garden is fast asleep?

  Poll: Winter woes

  • I pore through gardening catalogues, books and magazines
  • I nurture houseplants
  • I start enough seeds to fill a nursery
  • I escape to a tropical island
  • I hibernate and pray for spring!

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• Poll

  My favourite holiday plant is:

  Poll: Holiday greenery

  • Amaryllis
  • Poinsettia
  • Paperwhite
  • Christmas cactus
  • I hate holiday plants

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• Poll

  When do you call an official end to gardening season?

  Poll: Putting the garden to bed

  • When all my summer blooms fade
  • When the first frost hits
  • Once my chrysanthemums and asters have finished for the year
  • When the snow flies

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  The best way I've found to attract birds to my winter garden is to:

  Poll: Attracting birds to your winter garden

  • Hang a suet ball packed with nuts from a tree limb.
  • Fill a feeder with sunflower seeds.
  • Plant berried shrubs and trees.

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• Poll

  Do you have a problem with critters getting into your garden?

  Poll: Pesky critters

  • Yes, the darn squirrels won?t leave my flowerbeds alone.
    
    
  • Yes, my neighbours? cat confuses my chrysanthemums for the litter box.
    
    
  • Yes, those awful raccoons eat all the goldfish from my pond.
    
    
  • Yes, now get out of the garden, Fido!
    
    
  • No, I don?t know why, but I?m scared to jinx it.

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• Poll

  Do you create container gardens for fall?

  Poll: Creative containers

  • Yes, I always have something going on in my garden, no matter the season.
    
    
  • Yes, I keep the containers pretty until the frost hits and then garden season is over.
    
    

  • No, once the late summer blooms drop my garden goes to sleep until spring.

     

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  Holiday season is fast approaching. Do you go crazy with holiday decorating?

  Poll: Holiday decor

  • Yes, every year my house is covered in Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas decorations.
    
    
  • Sometimes, it really depends on what the plans are for that year (for example, if I am hosting dinner!)
    
    
  • No, I never decorate beyond the basic centrepiece at Thanksgiving, pumpkin at Halloween and tree at Christmas.

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