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landscaping. A side benefit is that you limit the chances to mow over your plants, which I did with some frequency last year.

Have your piles of dirt, mulch, manure, etc. delivered all at once. You’ll have only one argument with your spouse, saving precious time for important stuff like- laying in the hammock and reading those great magazines with pictures of gardens.

Don’t, however, waste time thinking your garden will look % like the pictures. They belong to lottery winners, millionaire heiresses and landscape architects who have large, expensive armies.

The second strategy

is to save money

Remember to get free plants whenever possible — neighbors, garden club buddies, roadsides (especially daylilies). Do not believe the rumors that free plants create Y2K hazards.

Avoid flowers and shrubs that require a lot of water. One way to find drought-tolerant plants is to garden in Warrenton through a dry spell like we had last summer. Unless you took out a loan from The Fauquier Bank to pay for enough water to keep your plants

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