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  • Discouraging Ticks in Your Yard
  • Plants with Tick-Repelling Qualities

After graduating from Oklahoma State University with a degree in English, Susan pursued a career in communications. In addition, she wrote garden articles for magazines and authored a newspaper gardening column for many years. She contributed South-Central regional gardening columns for four years to Lowes.com. While living in Oklahoma, she served as a master gardener for 17 years.

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  • Why Gardeners Should Worry About Overwintering Bugs
  • Fall Garden Cleanup: Your First Line of Defense
  • Inspect Garden Structures and Entry Points
  • Use Plants and Natural Methods to Deter Pests
  • Keep the Garden from Becoming a Gateway to Your House

Tyler’s passion began with indoor gardening and deepened as he studied plant-fungi interactions in controlled settings. With a microbiology background focused on fungi, he’s spent over a decade solving tough and intricate gardening problems. After spinal injuries and brain surgery, Tyler’s approach to gardening changed. It became less about the hobby and more about recovery and adapting to physical limits. His growing success shows that disability doesn’t have to stop you from your goals.

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