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Green Gardening: The inside scoop on composting

Posted on Thursday 21 August 2008

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA

I began by passing around a little bag of compost and asking the children if they could guess what it was. A highly intelligent toddler knew instantly and said “Dirt!”


Green Gardening: The inside scoop on composting

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Filed under: Compost
Gardening enthusiasts celebrate 20 years

Posted on Wednesday 20 August 2008

Gloucestershire Gazette - Dursley,England,UK

A SOCIETY of green-fingered flower enthusiasts celebrate 20 years since humble beginnings as a small gathering that flourished into a group of 200 members.

Gardening enthusiasts celebrate 20 years

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Filed under: Gardeners
NPR Gets It Wrong on the Food Crisis

Posted on Tuesday 19 August 2008

AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA

Morning Edition’s recent series on the food crisis reinforces dangerous myths that actually block us from seeing the real solutions to hunger.

NPR Gets It Wrong on the Food Crisis

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Filed under: Farmers
Artful Living: Roadside flower stand is summer inspiration

Posted on Monday 18 August 2008

The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA

As silly as it may seem, I’m hitting the flower stands at the west side farmers’ markets as well as on the Square to add a dash of seasonal color inside my house with cultivated cut flowers.

Artful Living: Roadside flower stand is summer inspiration

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Filed under: Flowers
‘The Flutterbye Garden’

Posted on Sunday 17 August 2008

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

ONCE upon a summertime in a garden filled with flowers, two butterflies danced fitfully through lazy sunlit hours.

‘The Flutterbye Garden’

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Filed under: Gardens
Old Salem sharing its heirloom varieties

Posted on Saturday 16 August 2008

Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA

Old Salem Museums and Gardens have recently begun to sell heirloom plants in an outdoor area adjacent to the T. Bagge shop.

Old Salem sharing its heirloom varieties

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Filed under: Plants
Weather’s seedy side brings avalanche

Posted on Friday 15 August 2008

Chicago Sun-Times - United States

If an avalanche of tree seeds or fruits is falling on your lawn this summer, you can blame spring’s roller coaster temperatures and plentiful rain.

Weather’s seedy side brings avalanche

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Filed under: Gardens
Food donations from home gardeners banned

Posted on Thursday 14 August 2008

Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

Good intentions aren’t good enough for some Southington people who have been trying to donate produce from their gardens to a group that feeds the needy

Food donations from home gardeners banned

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Filed under: the seedy side
Killer wasps of St Helena

Posted on Wednesday 13 August 2008

Natural History Museum - London,UK

How does a common wasp become a ‘killer’ wasp? By travelling thousands of miles around the world to invade a new land, it does.

Killer wasps of St Helena

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Filed under: Insects
Volunteer pickers aid city’s fruit tree program

Posted on Tuesday 12 August 2008

Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada

The Fruit Tree Project began in 1999 and now operates across Vancouver. Its mission is simple: to pick as much fruit as possible and get it to the hungry.

Volunteer pickers aid city’s fruit tree program

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Filed under: Recycling