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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask your neighbors what has worked for them. Don't buy too much the first year and consider hiring a landscaper to start you off - if you want to plant larger bushes and trees, they guarantee the plants for at least a year.[/quote] Benhke's nursery and other nurseries guarantee plants for a year. No need to hire a landscaper just to get the year guarantee. Make a master plan in the beginning, but slowly add gardens--they're more work than a lawn. Don't dig up half your lawn and plant gardens only to realize that you don't have time to maintain it (or money to hire someone else to maintain it). Fall is actually the best time to plant trees, shurbs, and perennials here. The University of Maryland Extension Service has a great website for home gardeners. You can take soil samples and mail them off to be tested for nutrients, Ph, and lead all at once. [/quote]
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