Across

1.    Plants that only last one season
4.    Tulips and carnations
11.    ___ unto others...
12.    Certain soil
13.    It cuts the lawn
14.    Pruning needs
18.    Particular school gp.
20.    Exist
21.    Give nutrients
22.    Leaf of the betel pepper or gold follower
24.    Include
26.    Flourishes; opens up
28.    Supposing
30.    Space between
32.    Faucet
33.    Edibles in the garden
34.    Cooling device
35.    Utterance of hesitation
38.    Lightweight metal
39.    Thorny bloom
40.    Choose and remove
41.    Certain meas.
43.    Decay
44.    Particular plant projection
46.    Adobe ingredient
47.    Use a shovel
48.    Ideal for a difficult slope or hillside: ______ Carpet
50.    Creates clippings
52.    Tax form initials
53.    Decibels, shortened
54.    What hunch and shut have in common
55.    Unwanted plants
57.    Tule, for example
59.    Either partner
60.    Fresh, preferably
61.    Four fifths of the atmosphere
63.    Spanish river
65.    Extremely
66.    Receding tide
68.    Moistens the earth
69.    You and I
70.    Shovel cousins or card suit

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1.    It can change the composition of clay when mixed with water
2.    Negative reply
3.    Tree greenery
4.    Part of a yd.
5.    Chop off, as a branch
6.    Choose; select
7.    Precedes en
8.    Is arranged in a line
9.    Certain dir.
10.    Move a tree, for example
14.    Small Business Administration, for short
15.    Closely planted bushes
16.    About (abbr)
17.    Plant not grown from a cutting
19.    Time past
22.    Plant container
23.    Doctor’s org.
25.    Sweet, fleshy palm fruit
26.    A diamond is a fan’s best friend
27.    Whirlpool
29.    Improves the quality of the soil
31.    Short for press agent or public access
34.    Flowering pears can grow to over _____ feet tall
36.    Caused to sprout from a spore
37.    All right, for short
38.    Most gardeners have a green one
42.    Angry
44.    Plots of soil, for instance
45.    Common link between defrost and redeem
46.    Los Angeles state (abbr)
47.    Lawn condensation
49.    They draw water and nourishment from the soil
50.    Rutabaga relative
51.    Bushes
54.    Cultivate with a long-handled, flat-bladed tool
56.    Earth
57.    Falkland Islands, shortened
58.    Become larger
61.    Neither partner
62.    Leave; take off
64.    That is (abbr)
67.    Bachelor of Education, shortened

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