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Cattales is the monthly e-newsletter of Cattail Design LLC.
You'll find Cattales contains useful landscape and money-saving tips, advice on being more eco-friendly, and plant profiles.  Find answers to common landscape questions such as, "Why is my plant dying?" to "How much water does my lawn and plants need?"  You'll find design tips you can use to create your own garden bed or use to evaluate a professional design and learn what should you look for in hiring a landscape contractor.  Plus, everything in between. 
 
Cattales purpose is to help you maintain a beautiful, healthier, more sustainable landscape and to respond to common landscape questions and misconceptions.
 
Cattales is produced by Cattail Design LLC.  Landscape looking tired?  Desire more beauty, unity and functionality from your yard?  Contact Cattail Design.  Cattail will work with you to create your beautiful outdoor haven.
  • 2013
  • May Newsletter 2013
  • In this issue...
    Be Smart With Your Irrigation System
    When to Begin EAB Treatment
    What's Blooming? Weeping Pussy Willow
    May To Do List
  • April Newsletter 2013
  • In this issue...
    Plant an Extra Row to Donate to Foodshelves
    Starting a Landscape Project
    What's Blooming? 'April Snow' Weigela
    April To Do List
  • October 2012 Newsletter
  • In this Issue...
    Rethinking Your Fall Fertilizer Schedule
    What's Blooming? Switch Grasses
    October To Do List
  • September 2012 Newsletter
  • In this Issue...
    Is Your Yard on Life Support?
    What's Blooming? Mums
    September To Do List
  • August 2012 Newsletter
  • In this Issue...
    The Magic of a Fairy Garden
    What's Blooming? Sedum 'Dragon's Blood' Stonecrop
    August To Do List
  • July 2012 Newsletter
  • In this Issue...
    Designing for Shade
    What's Blooming? Variegated Solomon's Seal
    July To Do List
  • June 2012 Newsletter
  • In this Issue...
    Ideas for Rec Space and Play Yards
    What's Blooming? Minature Mockorange Snowflake
    June To Do List
  • May 2012 Newsletter
  • In this Issue...
    ID and Manage a Spring Pest
    What's Blooming? Brunnera
    May To Do List
  • April 2012 Newsletter
  • In this Issue...
    Creating an Edible Landscape
    What's Blooming? Spring Bulbs
    April To Do List
    Notes...New USDA Hardiness Zone Map
  • November 2011 Newsletter
  • In this Issue...
    Designing for Winter Appeal
    What's Blooming? Birches
    November To Do List
  • October 2011 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    4 Steps to Protecting Your Trees and Shrubs from Winter
    What's Blooming? Maples
    October To Do List
  • September 2011 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Steps to Avoid Costly Mistakes and Bad Neighborly Disputes
    What's Blooming? Tiger Eyes Sumac
    September To Do List
  • August 2011 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Low Maintenance Yards: A Reality or Fiction?
    What's Blooming? Echinacea 'Powwow Wildberry'
    August To Do List
  • July 2011 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    DIY Landscaping Mistakes To Avoid
    What's Blooming? Hydrangeas
    July To Do List
  • June 2011 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Water Gadgets & Techniques: What Works?
    What's Blooming? Little Devil Ninebark
    June To Do List
  • May 2011 Newsletter - 2
  • In this issue...
    Designing Your Patio Space
    What's Blooming? Ruby Tears Crabapple
    May To Do List
  • April 2011 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Preventing Crab Grass
    What's Blooming? Helleborus
    Eco-friendly Tip: Opportunities to Purchase Rain Barrels & Compost Bins
  • December 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Winter Activities & Events
    Eco-friendly Tip: MN Grown Christmas Trees
  • November 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Fall Chores
    What's Blooming? Woody Shrubs for Cutting
    Eco-friendly Tip: Benefits of Rain Barrels
  • October 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Quackgrass: Eradicating a Common Weed
    What's Blooming? Showy Mt. Ash
    Money-Saving Tip: Preserving Your Herbs
  • September 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    DNR Recommended Trees for Your Area
    What's Blooming? Black Cherry
    Money-Saving Tip: Right Time to Use Landscape Fabric
  • August 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Hiring Tree Professionals
    What's Blooming? Hakone Grass
    Eco-friendly Tip: Landscaping for Shorelines
  • July 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Notes: Resource for identifying what's wrong with your plant
    Controlling Powdery Mildew
    What's Blooming? Mexican Hat
    Eco-friendly Tip: Recycling plant pots
  • June 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Notes: MN Landscape Arboretum's summer exhibit 'Powerhouse Plants'
    Landscaping Around Mature Trees
    What's Blooming? Artic Beauty Kiwi Vine
    Eco-friendly Tip: Landscaping for Bees and Birds
  • May 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Notes: buy firewood where you burn and check out latest information on EAB
    What Should You Prune in Spring?
    What's Blooming? Yellowwood
    Money-Saving Tip: Home Remedies for Diseases and Pests
  • April 2010 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Repairing Burn Spots in Your Lawn
    What's Blooming? Magnolias
    Money-Saving Tip: Home Gardens
    Notes: looking for an online garden journal? Try plantjotter.com
  • November 2009 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Prune Trees and Shrubs in Winter
    What's Blooming? Moon Frost Hemlock
    Eco-Friendly Tip: Minnesota Grown Products
  • October 2009 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Protecting Evergreens from Winter Elements
    What's Blooming? Ornamental Grasses
    Eco-Friendly Tip: Simple Changes to Lawn Care Saves Money and Time
    Notes: Planting Bulbs
  • September 2009 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Landscaping To Protect Your Cabin From Wildfires
    What's Blooming? Sedum
    Money-Saving Tip: Plant Division
  • August 2009 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    More information on Emerald Ash Borer
    What's Blooming? Clethera
    Organic recycling programs
  • July 2009 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Design guidelines continued
    What's Blooming? Goat's Beard
    Green roofs
  • June 2009 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Information on Emerald Ash Borer
    Save money: Buy healthy plants
    What's Blooming? Blue False Indigo
  • May 2009 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Design Guidelines
    Composting
    What's Blooming? Lilacs
  • April Newsletter 2009
  • In this issue...
    Hiring a landscape contractor
    Tips to buying plants via catalogs and websites
    What's Blooming? Dwarf Crested Iris
  • November Newsletter 2008
  • In this issue...
    Buckthorn identification and removal
    Going green with holiday gifts
    What's Blooming? Amur Chokecherry
  • October Newsletter 2008
  • In this issue...
    Planting spring bulbs
    Save trees and cancel unwanted mail
    What's Blooming? Viburnums
  • September Newsletter 2008
  • In this issue...
    Aerating and Dethatching
    What's Blooming? Asters
    Organic Fertilizers
  • August Newsletter 2008
  • In this issue...
    More Reasons Why Plants Die
    Money-saving Tip: Reduce energy bills
    What's Blooming? Echinacea 'Tiki Torch'
  • July 2008 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Website to id weeds in yard
    The art of lawn mowing
    Benefits of rain gardens
    What's Blooming? Lindens
  • June 2008 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Notes: Buy firewood where you need it...
    Watering Needs of Plants
    Eco-friendly Tip: Recycling plastic pots
    What's Blooming? Tieralla 'Sugar and Spice'
  • May 2008 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Notes: Average last day of frost
    Why Plants Die?
    Money-saving Tip: Local plant sales
    What's Blooming? Fothergilla
  • April 2008 Newsletter
  • In this issue...
    Explaining Light Requirements
    Opportunities to save money on plants
    What's Blooming? Apple Serviceberry
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14782 River Run Court
Savage, Minnesota 55378
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