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Tips for vegetable gardeners
/Chicago TribuneA lot of people seem to be trying their hands at vegetable gardening this year, according to George Ball, president of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., the big seed company in Warminster, Pa. He says sales of vegetable seeds are up 30 to 40 percent this season,...Tags: Garden Products, Gardening, Fertilizer, Arable Farming, Hobbies
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How to... Propagate your own plants
jessica.damiano@newsday.comHOW TO ...Propagate plants Put your wallet away. You can multiply many plants simply and easily with stem cuttings. I did this recently with my Sedums and Catmints and had great success. Try it. It's not only economical - it's fun. Take cuttings...Tags: Garden Products, Gardening
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Travelers: You must use caution when bringing plants home
For the Associated PressGardeners are fond of purchasing promising plant specimens while traveling abroad — a few seed packets here, some live stem cuttings there. But many are surprised when those prized collectibles are weeded out and dumped upon their return. "Folks...Tags: Garden Products, Diseases, Gardening, Endangered Species, Plant Diseases
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Hollywood celebrates improvements to oak hammock
South Florida Sun-SentinelIf you want to see what Broward County looked like before the settlers took over, take a trip to Hollywood's Sheridan Oak Forest Park. Boasting a natural hammock of beautiful oak trees and other native plants, Sheridan Oak and the adjacent John...Tags: Garden Products, Broward County, Gardening, Hollywood (Broward, Florida)
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Hollywood celebrates oak hammock improvements
South Florida Sun-SentinelIf you want to see what Broward County looked like before the settlers took over, take a trip to Hollywood's Sheridan Oak Forest Park. Boasting a natural hammock of beautiful oak trees and other native plants, Sheridan Oak and the adjacent John...Tags: Garden Products, Broward County, Oak Forest, Gardening, Hollywood (Broward, Florida)
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Garden Keeper: Take time from garden chores to stop and smell the freesia
The weeds are still winning but I'm gaining ground. With mulch on top of newspaper and a dusting of corn gluten, the beds should be good for a month or so with just minimal weeding. And while I may still plant a few perennials, most of the shrubs will...Tags: Garden Products, Gardening, Allentown
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Report: Solving State's Tough Environmental Problems Requires Lifestyle Changes
Courant Staff WriterAlthough anti-pollution laws have gone a long way toward cleaning up the state's air and water, a new report says that solving some of the more intractable environmental problems won't happen unless residents change how they live. Despite the steadily...Tags: Garden Products, Energy Saving, Diseases, Gardening, Farms
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July Garden Calendar
Compiled by Tom MacCubbin, an urban horticulturist emeritus with the University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
VITAL STATISTICS
Average temperatures: High 92; Low 73.
Expected rainfall 7.15 inches
LUNAR WATCH Moon phases
New moon: July...Tags: Garden Products, Gardening, Weather Statistics, University of Florida, Water Restrictions
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A Middle-Of-The-Road Approach To Lawn Care
A timely e-mail from a Glastonbury couple: "For the past few years, we've had a company in central Connecticut applying pesticides and herbicides to our yard but are concerned about potential harm to pets and small children. "We contacted a local...Tags: Garden Products, Fertilizer, Glastonbury, Labor Day, Inorganic Chemicals
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Spring Garden Tours, Sales, Workshops
Darwin's Garden The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx opens a new exhibition today, "Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure," exploring his lifelong preoccupation with plants, his plant studies and the role they played in his theory of natural...Tags: Florence Griswold House, Gardens and Parks, Garden Products, Natural Science, Earth Day
Jul 6, 2008
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Jun 29, 2008
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Jun 27, 2008
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Jun 26, 2008
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Jun 27, 2008
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May 2, 2008
|Column| Hartford Courant
Apr 25, 2008
|Story| Hartford Courant
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