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Why wait? Now's the time to get your gardening tools good and sharp for spring.

Don and John go over some basic tips for maintaining your garden tools and discuss how to make sure your pesticides or fertilizers are ok for use after sitting all winter.

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Your gardening tools have been neglected for too long. With spring around the corner, it's time to get them sharp and ready for use.

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Don and John go over some basic tips for maintaining your garden tools and discuss how to make sure your pesticides or fertilizers are ok for use after sitting all winter.

Also, after an unfortunate encounter with his snowblower, Don thinks we might have a vole problem in our region this spring.

Have a question for Don? Send him an email at donald.kinzler@ndsu.edu .

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