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Garden Detective

Jessica Damiano's award-winning garden blog gets to the root of things.

Protect your trees from snow and ice

Snow should be removed from evergreen branches to

Photo credit: Jessica Damiano

Be sure to get outside and (gently) knock the snow off your evergreens -- otherwise the weight of the snow (especially after it freezes, and you know it will) will buckle and maybe even break branches.

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