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A Dog's Eye View: Pests and Plants-It's time!

A guide to plants that control pests, and flea and ant control tricks.

In going through my e-mails today, I came across a newsletter from the website About.com about frugal living. It contained a list of plants that keep various pests away, and there were several links to making homemade flea treatments for pets, tips on keeping ants at bay, and how to make a fruitfly trap.  I've taken the liberty to condense it into a five page pdf, and downloaded the companion plant chart that came with as well. Hope you find it helpful as you do your Spring Flower and plant shopping! You can visit the About.com website and sign up for literally hundreds of free newsletters on about any topic under the sun.

Now it's time to go play in the dirt.

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