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Home and Garden briefs for July 3

By the North County Times

E-waste recycling in Vista: E-World Recyclers will host a free e-waste dropoff from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 2480 Ash St., off La Mirada Drive in Vista. Only old electronics waste will be accepted. For the list of allowed items, visit www.eworldrecyclers.com or call 760-599-0888.

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Local landscapers offer tips to comply with new water restrictions

By PAM KRAGEN - pkragen@nctimes.com

This week, local water districts are instituting mandatory water rationing rules, raising rates or holding hearings about future rate increases, so if you haven't already reprogrammed your outdoor sprinklers or switched your shower heads to the low-flow variety, you'd better get cracking.

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Get your little sprouts interested in gardening

By DEAN FOSDICK - For the Associated Press

These are boom times for home gardening, but as many parents know, it still isn't easy to get kids interested and involved. One way, experts say, is to teach children how to cook what they help harvest from the family garden.

Easy-to-grow plants can boost kids' confidence

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There's nothing like easy-to-grow, high-yield plants to help boost the self-confidence of young gardeners. Hardy, disease-resistant varieties with early maturity dates keep interest levels high.

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July 2nd, 2009
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Local landscapers offer tips to comply with new water restrictions
ASK ROSE: Plum tress will bear fruit after judicious pruning
Home and Garden briefs for July 3
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Easy-to-grow plants can boost kids' confidence
June 25th, 2009
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ASK ROSE: The perfect solution to killing pesky ants
HOUSEWORKS: Steve visits the Followup Files
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June 12th, 2009
CALIFORNIA GARDENS: Creating your own home water garden
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ASK A DESIGNER: Taming kids' clutter
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HOUSEWORKS: This is how I trim the back hedge
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Do-It-Yourself do's and don'ts
June 5th, 2009
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