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The Strongest Flowers I Know are Pansies

Maureen said as we look outside at the flower boxes filled with pansies that are showing resilience to having been ravaged by snow and freezing temperatures the past weeks, now being warmed by cold rain, “The...

Controlling Whiteflies

Are you engulfed by a white cloud of flying bugs every time you touch, or walk by a certain plant in your yard?  Are you discouraged from trying to control these bugs because nothing seems to...

How to Grow MORE Vegetables With LESS Water!

" Construct garden Wicking Beds and save water! – "The wicking worm bed is a highly productive growing system which not only produces more food from limited water, but also recycles waste organic...

How to build a garden Wicking Bed for your veggies

"The wicking worm bed is a highly productive growing system which not only produces more food from limited water, but also recycles waste organic material to provide plant nutrient and capture carbon. The essence is to form an underground reservoir of water or pond...

Michelle Obama vs. Agribusiness

If you haven't heard, Michelle Obama is planting a vegetable garden on the White House lawn. She has decided to forgo the use of any chemicals and go organic "to promote fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet".  Upon receipt of this news Mid America CropLife...

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...

Easy Armchair Gardening, Dreaming of Summer

With snow covering most of Canada and the land sleeping beneath a white coat, you might think that no gardening can be done.  Not so.  Now is the time to plan what wonderful crops you'll plant and...

1917 Cartoon - We've seen this kind of economy before

This cartoon from 1917 depicts the changing lifestyle of people who used to spend their weekends golfing who are now growing their own food.  Will we see history repeat itself with peace time Victory Gardens due to the economic downturn?"1917 Cartoon - A change of...

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Eat your Garden

I just got this email from a neighborhood mailing list:_____How many of you are growing some food in your backyard? Do you have some left-overs to share?The City of Vancouver is recruiting home gardeners to...

Blooms galore at S'pore garden Festival

It's that time of year again when avid horticulturists get set to push their prized plants for the top prizes. The S'pore Garden Festival will be running from July 25th - August 1st. Hoping to get a gallery and...

Martian soil 'good enough for asparagus'

It's a long way to walk to Mars for a bunch of asparagus tips especially when with better land management we could grow all our food needs here on Earth probably forever." Bad for strawberries, great for asparagus...

Edible Estates turns Front Lawns into Food for Thought

That perfect manicured lawn in front of many homes requires a lot of work, pesticides and water.This home green is one of the thirstiest things besides corn.A fellow named Fritz Haeg turns front yards into Edible Estates .He came to my attention thank to Turf Wars (by Simon...

No garden variety plan

I’ve got sun stroke, a burnt melon and I’m sure to be woken this evening by the thriving pains of leg cramps and to be honest this is the best I’ve felt in two weeks. It been almost two weeks since spring...

World's first pregnant man mows his lawn just weeks before giving birth

"Keeping the lawn in tip-top shape is a matter of pride for many men and bearded transsexual Thomas Beatie is no different - despite being seven months' pregnant.Sporting a T-shirt with the logo of his company...

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