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		<h1 class="entry-title">After Hurricane Harvey cleanup, it&#8217;s time to let your garden dry out</h1>

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		<p>As the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey subside, you don&#8217;t have rush to fix things in your yard or garden.<br />
An initial cleanup should involve removing debris and fallen branches; you don&#8217;t want detrimental fungi from rotting debris to spread to healthy plants. After that, plants just need a good rinse, said Angela Chandler, author of the Garden Academy blog and consultant to Urban Harvest.<br />
&#8220;It sounds counter-intuitive but, really, things just need to be washed off. As quickly as you can, rinse your garden off with plain water,&#8221; she said. Any mud or dirt left behind on plants will reduce photosynthesis; they need sunlight for their own natural recovery.<br />
The most basic problem right now is the amount of oxygen in our soil. <a href="http://www.chron.com/life/gardening/article/After-Hurricane-Harvey-cleanup-it-s-time-to-let-12166876.php" class="colorbox"> &#8230;read more</a>
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