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Quinoa: A Sacred, Super Crop

Posted on Wednesday 31 October 2007

NPR - USA

I’ve been making quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) since a friend practically force-fed it to me in college.
“You’re a vegetarian,” she said, ladling out a heaping spoonful. “This stuff is a complete protein — you gotta eat it.”

Quinoa: A Sacred, Super Crop

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It’s all go for garden show

Posted on Tuesday 30 October 2007

Marlborough Express - Blenheim,New Zealand

Hunter’s Garden Marlborough 2007 looks set to generate several million dollars for Marlborough’s economy with more than 4000 tickets for the six-day event sold.

It’s all go for garden show

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Organic produce ‘better for you’

Posted on Monday 29 October 2007

BBC News - UK

Organic produce is better for you than ordinary food, a major European Union-funded study says.

Organic produce ‘better for you’

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Movin’ and Groovin’ Flowers

Posted on Monday 29 October 2007

Coolest Gadgets - Newburry,England,UK

Looks like the Movin’ and Groovin’ Snakes have some company, and it comes in a less mobile form of flowers in a pot. Here’s the skinny on these Movin’ and Groovin’ Flowers.

Movin’ and Groovin’ Flowers

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Monarchs wing their way back to Santa Cruz

Posted on Monday 29 October 2007

Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA

Orange and black are hot colors at Natural Bridges State Beach, but not in any spooky sense. The monarch butterflies are back in town.

Monarchs wing their way back to Santa Cruz

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PROCTOR’S TIPS: Nature’s ’spooktacular’ plants

Posted on Sunday 28 October 2007

9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA

If you’re throwing a Halloween party, decorate with an array of spectacular fall plants.
Dress up a buffet table, fireplace mantle or front porch with bright flowers, vegetables and dried materials.

PROCTOR’S TIPS: Nature’s ’spooktacular’ plants

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The har-de-har gardener

Posted on Sunday 28 October 2007

The Journal News / Lohud.com - Westchester,NY,USA

The world of horticulture can be such a hothouse - precious, overheated, known for hellebore zealots and rabid rosarians, fussy nomenclature and high-minded science.

The har-de-har gardener

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Filed under: Gardeners
Expressing yourself through your garden

Posted on Saturday 27 October 2007

Seattle Times - United States

What does your garden say about your personal style? Whether you know it or not, your garden declares, in a whisper or maybe a shout, your take on the world.

Expressing yourself through your garden

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Filed under: Gardeners and Gardens
Guerrilla gardeners beautify Bushwick

Posted on Wednesday 17 October 2007

amNewYork - New York,USA

If the Bloomberg administration’s dream of a million new trees in the city is ever going to bear fruit, it is going to require the sweat of New Yorkers like Kate Gilliam

Guerrilla gardeners beautify Bushwick

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Filed under: Trees
Save those Halloween pumpkin innards!

Posted on Tuesday 16 October 2007

Chicago Tribune - United States

You know, time and again, I’ve seen blithe instructions in magazines and other places suggesting that we should roast the seeds we scoop out of pumpkins.

Save those Halloween pumpkin innards!

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Filed under: Seeds