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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Spindle Galls and Moving Lilies]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spindle Galls and Moving Lilies

Q: I bring most of my houseplants outdoors for the summer. We have had a
lot of wind and rain this summer, but except for a few tattered leaves,
they are doing well. However, several different kinds of plants are
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4284315</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Can You Save a Blown-Over Tree?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can You Save a Blown-Over Tree?

Have you been in the path of any storms lately? It seems like there have
been a lot of storms in the past few weeks. The local sirens turned on a
few days ago, so I headed to the basement. I quickly turned my phone...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4279035</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Can You Move a Tree?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We planted a nice redbud tree three years ago, and it has grown too
high for where it is. We want to move it about 20 feet to one side of
the yard. Do you think the root system is too big now? How should we dig
it up? It was balled and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4273898</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Unusual Potatoes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have a huge southwestern garden and have recently dug about 400
hills of potatoes. I doubt that I have more than 10 to 20 potatoes that
are a normal shape. Some have three or four potatoes stuck together;
some are long and thin; they are all ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4268770</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Summer Questions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Do you have any experience with sandburs? I'm trying to rid my
property of them without spraying in order to maintain my property as
organically as possible.

A: Sandburs are awful. They are the seeds of a type of annual grass.
That means that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4263679</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: What Is the Value of an Orchard?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I watched your video on willow trees with black canker disease. What
if the disease got to the tree trunk, but there are some new branches
coming out from the bottom? The leaves are all gone from the rest of the
tree. Can I save the tree?

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4258391</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Free Pond Liner and Wilting Plants]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We have been offered a large piece of rubber pond liner. It will be
free, because it is being used in a display that is being removed. There
is a possibility that it leaks, and it could leak more when it is
removed from the display. Is there an...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4253185</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Water Problems]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My water garden has an autofill that was installed against my wishes.
The device never worked properly. We used to have to wedge a stick to
prop the float up and prevent the water from constantly running and
overflowing the pond. Now, even that...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4247519</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Garden Tour Etiquette]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is that time of year again: garden tour season. There are garden
tours and pond tours sponsored by local garden clubs and water garden
societies all over the country. Sure, in some of the warmer Southern
states they may have already occurred, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4242134</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Does Corn Gluten Meal Prevent Weed Seeds?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Your previous article on weed control is spot-on regarding the
limitations of weed control via vinegar, boiling water, sodium chloride,
etc. I have tried all of them. None are very effective.

The article mentions preemergents with corn gluten....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4236616</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Black Spot Disease on Roses]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have some old rose bushes. They start out great each spring, but
most summers, black spots develop on all my plants. By mid to late
summer, most of the leaves are off the rose bushes, and they really look
sad. I don't want to start over with ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4232194</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Tree-Buying Tips]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: We are moving to a new state and don't know much about the trees that
grow there. Can you give us some tips on what to look for? We have
looked at some top 10 lists for trees to grow in the area, but they are
confusing and list plants that we ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4223802</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Greener View: Orange Marmalade Octopi Invade Junipers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: There are a bunch of slimy, disgusting orange growths all over my
junipers next to my patio. Please tell me they are not going to kill my
junipers as they are shielding us from a bad neighbor's view.

A: There are more than 7,000 rust fungus ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jeffrugg/s-4218342</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jun/03/2026</pubDate>
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