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19 min ago | Patch.com

Gardening Help is Only a Phone Call Away

Not sure what to do about those bugs chewing up your flowers? Concerned about selecting the right plants for your yard? Wondering what kind of grass is the most drought tolerant? Just pick up the phone and call the Hillsborough County Extension .

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Weather, Natural Disasters, Hillsborough County, FL, Westchase, FL

2 hrs ago | Bay of Plenty Times

Farmers should be prepared

Nitrogen-based fertiliser is being placed on paddocks throughout the Bay but Federated Farmers warns some farmers may be over-estimating pasture recovery after the rain.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters

Sat May 18, 2013

Bay of Plenty Times

Slow and steady wins farm race

Paparoa farmers Ken and Janine Hames won three awards in this year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards; healthy cattle and above-average meat production are achieved by smart stocking.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters

KAUZ

Drought Watch

The city of Burkburnett will propose changes for water conservation on Monday, including a water usage surcharge and changes to stage three drought restrictions.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Burkburnett, TX, Wichita Falls, TX

Patch.com

Gardening Tips Are Just a Click Away

With the long Memorial Day weekend just around the corner, chances are more than a few Land O' Lakes residents are preparing to dig in and tackle a lawn or landscaping project.

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Related Topix: Land O' Lakes, FL, Weather, Natural Disasters

The Oregonian

Ground covers provide popular lawn substitute, whether solid surfaces or plants like...

"If you're looking to create an ornamental area that you won't use that much," White says, "almost all rules can be broken and anything will work, from hostas to hypericum, from lettuce to blue star creeper." "A great lawn-substitution can be inert material as well," she says, "such as colored glass, slate or crushed stone.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters

The Columbus Dispatch

Drought causing beef prices to skyrocket

The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Beef, Meat, Weather, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science, Ohio State University

The New Zealand Herald

Small NZ banks on notice over housing risk - S&P

Rating agency S&P said a heating property market was a threat to the New Zealand economy.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Housing

C-SPAN

2013 National Drought Outlook

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION /NATIONAL INTEGRATED DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM Summer 2013 National Drought Outlook Current drought conditions, coupled with predictions for .. Read More NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION /NATIONAL INTEGRATED DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM Summer 2013 National Drought Outlook Current ... (more)

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Fri May 17, 2013

Packer

Southwest drought cuts onion sizing, but not volume

The prolonged drought in the Southwest is beginning to affect New Mexican onion crops by concentrating salt in ground water.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science, Hatch, NM, New Mexico State University, Columbus, NM

WISN-TV

Low water levels in Lake Michigan cause problems for boaters

The record heat and drought from last year pushed Lake Michigan to its lowest level on record.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Milwaukee, WI

CBS Local

Minnesota Begins 2013 Gypsy Moth Trapping Program

Officials will set more than 14,000 gypsy moth traps across Minnesota this spring as part of the state's annual monitoring program for the destructive tree pest.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters

Nepalnews.com

33 dead, 12 missing in S China storms

Thirty-three people have died and 12 others were reported missing in the latest round of rain- and hailstorms that have swept south China, the country's civil affairs and disaster reduction authorities said Thursday.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood

Greeley Tribune

Greeley City Council woman won't run again to focus on art, health

JIM RYDBOM/jrydbom@greeleytribune.com Greeley City Council member Donna Sapienza works on a drawing while at her Greeley home this week.

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Related Topix: Greeley, CO, University of Northern Colorado, Weather, Natural Disasters

Reno Gazette-Journal

Ask the RGJ: Where does the Steamboat Ditch originate and go? Is it safe for my dog to drink?

Photo of a ranch in Pleasant Valley with a nearby ditch to supply it with water.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Reno, NV, Sparks, NV

Summit County Voice

Climate: Drought conditions edge westward

Drought woes have eased in the Midwest after a wet spring, but the far West, California in particular, are facing continued dry conditions.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, West, TX

Thu May 16, 2013

Cupertino Courier

Drought-tolerant trees, bushes survive thanks to dispersing deep roots.

Such native plants as coast live oak, valley oak, toyon, flannel bush, Western redbud and California lilac are among the most resilient of plants as the weather gets dry and warm after spring.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Home Gardening, Home

The Grant County Beat

Drought Monitor May 14, 2013

This chart depicts an analysis of drought severity in New Mexico. The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced in partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Government, Nebraska

Malaysian National News Agency

President Expected To Declare State Of Emergency Over Namibia's Drought Situation

President Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to officially declare a state of emergency for the drought situation currently ravaging Namibia, says Prime Minister Hage Geingob.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Namibia, World News, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Africa

Free Press

Stage 2 drought in Kyle

City officials declared at their May 7 council meeting that Kyle was under Stage II drought management restrictions effective immediately.

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