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Winterizing Your Garden

This program will cover leaf composting, use of cover crops to enrich the soil and keep down winter weeds, cleaning up planting beds, and which plants to cut back for the winter. Presented by Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia (Alexandria/Arlington) in support of Virginia Cooperative Extension. The workshop is free, but registration is requested. Telephone 703-228-6414 or email mgarlalex@gmail.com.

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