Keep them well watered throughout the growing season; if the soil gets dry, the phlox will suffer. Water from the base of the plant, rather than from the top. Avoid getting their leaves wet to decrease the chances that mold and mildew will form on the plants. Use well-rounded plant fertilizer like 10-10-10, which contains 10 percent nitrogen, 10 percent phosphate and 10 percent potash. Repeat a second application of the fertilizer when the plants are flowering. In subsequent years, add compost around the plants each spring. Do it when when the days start getting hotter. The mulch helps to keep the soil moist and cool and helps with weed control. Add fresh mulch to your phlox at least once a year. For tall-growing varieties, cut off all but 5 to 7 stems on each plant. This increases air circulation to the stems, increasing blooms and reducing chances of disease. Pinch off the growing tips of the remaining stems to slow down the growth and encourage the plants to fill out. Start when they are around 6 inches (15 cm) tall if you are growing a tall species of phlox. Shorter phlox species that you are not growing as ground cover can also be pruned when they are 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) tall. Some varieties of phlox will bloom a second time if you deadhead the plants when the flowers die. Dig the entire plant out of the ground so you can see its root structure. Cut sections off the outer-edge of the plant clusters that have plant growth and buds. If the inner section of the cluster has become woody, trim off and discard the woody parts. Replant a piece of the original back in the original hole. Move the other pieces to new areas for planting. Air, sunshine, and proper watering can help prevent common diseases that affect pilot, like rot or mildew. Remove affected foliage quickly.  Water your phlox early in the morning. Remove all mulch and plant debris during the autumn season to prevent fungus and rot. A phlox bug is a piercing and sucking insect that preys primarily on phlox plants. Prevent phlox bugs by using a pyrethrin-based insecticide. Scout for bugs and promptly remove any. Then, remove any affected foliage and flowers.
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One-sentence summary -- Water phlox thoroughly. Fertilize the plants once they are in the ground. Mulch the area around the plants at the start of summer. Prune your phlox. Remove the dead flower clusters from the plants when flowering is done. Divide the plants every 3 to 5 years to propagate them and prevent over-crowding. Protect your plant from disease. Protect your plant from phlox bugs.


You'll be slow-cooking the carnitas for a longer period of time for extra juiciness and tenderness. Carnitas calls for a fatty cut of pork, so butt roast is the ideal cut to work with. If you'd like, trim off any large pieces of fat from the pork as you cut the chunks. Although it's not necessary, it does make a healthier carnitas. If you leave the fat on the pork pieces, much of it will render into the pan while it cooks, coating the carnitas and making them even juicier. You can boil your carnitas or simmer them on the stovetop, but you get the most consistent results baking your carnitas, them broiling them for a crispy finish. Place the butt roast pieces into the smallest casserole dish you have, with:  1 white or yellow onion, peeled and quartered 4-6 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled 2 tablespoons lime juice (about 1 lime) 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon dry oregano 1 teaspoon ground cumin 2 bay leaves The juice of 1 orange, with the orange rind itself (quartered) salt and pepper Which liquid you choose is up to you. Know that if you choose to cook with oil instead of a non-fatty liquid, your carnitas will turn out much juicier. Of course, it won't be healthy, but it's okay to splurge a little for the sake of a true delicacy. Here are some options you can use to cover the carnitas:  Vegetable oil Rendered lard Water Orange juice After an hour, the carnitas should reach a temperature of about 208°F (97.8°C), and stay there until the meat has finished cooking 2 hours later.  Broil until the tops of the pork become crispy and darken. When done perfectly, you'll have crispy carnitas that's still succulent and tender. Top with onion relish and tomatillo salsa.
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One-sentence summary -- Preheat the oven to 275°F (135°C). Cut up 3 ½ pounds of pork butt roast (also called pork shoulder or picnic roast) into 2-inch chunks. Place the butt roast pieces into a casserole dish, with several ingredients. Place enough liquid into the casserole dish to just fill the carnitas completely. Cover the casserole dish with aluminum foil and place the carnitas in the oven for approximately 3 hours. Remove the carnitas from the casserole and, once cool, start breaking apart with your hands or a fork. Heat up the broiler and place the shredded carnitas on a baking tray for several minutes. Stir the carnitas with a fork and brown again under the broiler for several minutes. Add the carnitas to your tortillas and serve.


Fantasy football, like regular football, relies heavily on competition. Playing in a league allows you to build relationships and camaraderie, as well as providing an extra incentive to choose your players wisely. There are several types of leagues to consider, so try to pick one that fits in with your commitment, your experience, and your seriousness. In head-to-head play, your team matches up against a different team each week, and the team that receives the most points is declared the winner. In a total points league, teams accrue points throughout the season on an ongoing basis. At the end of the regular season, teams with the best won/loss records meet in the playoffs to decide an eventual champion.  Head-to-head leagues are fun to play with your friends, so you can have fun trash-talking during the week, leading up to an end-of-season playoff among the teams with the best records. Points leagues are good if you like watching the NFL games over the course of the weekend, giving you more stake in the action when your players are playing and keeping track of the individual players. It's better if you have less time to commit to the season. You can choose between various ways of accumulating points for the performance of the players you draft, as well as the structure of the roster. Most normally you'll play the head coach, playing individual players and picking the best guys to give you the best chance of winning.  In terms of scoring, most leagues employ a "points for reception" scoring style, which gives points not just for points scored by individual players, but for stats like receptions, yardage gained, and sacks. The score-tallying won't affect the way you "play" fantasy football, but it might affect the way you choose players to play week-to-week.  IDP, Individual Defensive Players, options utilize defensive players on an individual basis, as well as using team defensive units. Other leagues simply use team defenses. The additional players and positions to fill require owners in an IDP league to do a lot more research to determine which defensive players to draft and when to draft them, and makes it more difficult to determine which players and positions are most important. However, these leagues can be rewarding to win for big football fans. You can sign up for leagues via ESPN and Yahoo, probably the two most popular ways to play. Go to their Fantasy Football tab and search for open standard leagues that are free, or contact friends that play in leagues you'd like to join and get the administrator to give you an invitation. You can start new leagues, but try to get a little experience in different types of playing and play a few fantasy seasons before you try to start a league of your own.
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Choose a league that fits in with your time and commitment. Consider a standard head-to-head league or a standard points league. Choose your roster and scoring options. Find a league that fits in with your desires and sign up online.