NYC beekeepers swarm City Hall to protest ban - Obama Buzz Off!

" NEW YORK - There's a secret buzzing around the rooftops and backyard gardens of New York. Despite city regulations prohibiting it, hundreds of New Yorkers have kept beehives on rooftops and backyard gardens...

Romantic small hotels: The Lake Region, Northern Italy

I search for the small hotels that are owner operated and the service is focus on your return. The place where you say, “I would come back”.  Where the chef comes to your table to make sure that everything is...

Gardening an extreme sport? Be body aware as you dig

While gardening may not be an extreme sport, as the sun warms the earth and coaxes the season's first flowers, horticulturists of all ages need to be body aware. Get those muscles ready by warming up first - maybe...

Australian Artist's Heartbreak After Bushfires

A brilliant South American-born sculptor Bruno Torfs spent 25 years stockingBruno's Art & Sculpture Garden in Marysville, Victoria in SW Australia.Well over 100 of his works were on display in the rain...

Budget cuts force Bronx Zoo to 'fire' some animals

In yet another round of layoffs, budget cuts at the Bronx Zoo means that they are losing vital state funding for their exhibits - about $9.1 million to all the New York area zoos, aquariums and botanical gardens,...

Rhododendrons 'should be culled to save UK gardens'

Rhododendrons are loved by the British public but plant experts from the UK National Trust are calling for the plants to be 'culled'. They fear that the rhododendron, which is an alien plant species to Britain, is...

Metro eyes sky-rise farming

"Metro eyes sky-rise farmingSurrey may be home to region's first vertical greenhouseKelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, October 21, 2008Rooftop gardens and vertical greenhouses could be a sign of the times in Metro Vancouver as the region wrestles with...

Polar bears going green in Japanese Zoo

Polar bears going green in Japanese ZooAlgae in the water colors the bears green.How to green wash a bear ? " Green fur a fluke Polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo....

Le Jardin des Saveurs in Fruit Gardens of Laquenexy, Northeast France

Browsing through the list of 21 Gardens worth exploring around France on Via Michelin, one got my attention more than others, the Fruit Gardens of Laquenexy in Northeast France. Opened in April of this year, the part mentioned on Via Michelin is actually Le Jardin des Saveurs...

Australian school bans cartwheels

Finally! Something that explains the Australian Gymnastic Olympic Medal count !!!"A school in northern Australia will review a ban on cartwheels, handstands and other gymnastic tumbles in the playground after a...

ONE-LEGGED HOOKER SLAIN ON THE 13TH FLOOR

(Under development)I can not seem to find the words to bring this story into focus." A one-legged hooker was killed in Brooklyn after a john hit her over the head, causing her to fall backwards out of her...

Lance Armstrong Now Champion Guzzler of Austin Water

Cyclist star Lance Armstrong has a gorgeous home in Texas, and is apparently one of the biggest users of water in the whole state.So from a champion cyclist to a champion water waster, which is a surprise since...

Brits choosing food over flowers for the first time since WWII

There are times when I really think that this whole wisdom of crowds thing is for real.  This is one of those examples.  Given the problems we are already seeing with the rise in fuel and the resulting rise in food prices it is refreshing to see people reacting in,...

Rose rage - flowerbed violence grows

A passion for gardening is something that many people have but when that passion turns into an obsession things can go badly wrong."As the green-fingered hordes descend on the lush lawns of Hampton Court flower...

MyFarm and Your Backyard Farmer turn your Backyard into an Organic Garden

You might like the idea of walking into the garden to pick up some greens and tomatoes for a salad or fresh herbs to compliment a fish or meat dish.For a fee, residents of San Francisco who want the garden but lack the time or skills can rely on MyFarm to turn their backyard...

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