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Make Your Habitat Wildlife Friendly

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If you’re like me, you love listening to the sweet song of birds or catching a glimpse of a brightly coloured butterfly fluttering by. There is so much beauty to enjoy in the natural world – and so much to benefit from, too. For instance, insects such as bees and butterflies are important worldwide for
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Planting Outdoor Containers

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The art of gardening has evolved over the last decade or so, and it is no longer unusual to see several containers overflowing with colourful plants in any given landscape. The popular practice of creating attractive living areas in the outdoor landscape has led to people spending more time in their gardens. Decks and patios
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Wabowden Garden Project To Be Showcased At UN

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The Mel Johnson School Gardening Project began in 2006 as a part of the division’s science curriculum Veggie Adventures. Aproject that began with a few Wabowden schoolchildren and their teacher planting backyard gardens will be showcased in New York City before the United Nations Commission for Europe on Sustainable Development this month. The Mel Johnson
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Caring For Miniature Roses

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Did you get a pot of miniature roses for Valentine’s Day? Although a flowering potted plant is always appreciated, a miniature rose is one of the most difficult to care for and it is a very challenging task to keep such a plant flourishing beyond its first flush of bloom. Miniature roses are just like
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Why Not Designer Poinsettias?

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Designer clothes. Designer gardens. Designer jewelry. The word “designer” has been added to many product lines during the last decade or so, and that is certainly true in the gardening/plant world as well. New and exotic varieties are constantly being developed by plant breeders to satisfy the insatiable appetite that consumers have for unique plants
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Windowsill Herb Garden

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Indoor gardening reduces the withdrawal symptoms that we avid gardeners suffer as autumn comes to an end and winter begins. We can tend our potted plants indoors and give our green thumbs a bit of exercise at least. One thing that indoor gardening cannot do, however, is supply the fresh produce that we become accustomed
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Streptocarpella — Not Just For Outdoors

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Some of the most attractive potted plants to grace the north-facing deck of our home in the summertime are the pots of streptocarpella that I use every year. These delightful plants are relatives of both the larger streptocarpus houseplants that many gardeners have in their houseplant collections, and the African violet, which many people also
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Readers’ Photos – for Sep. 24, 2009

EARLIEST CORN: Despite the late start to gardening this year, an early variety of short-stalked, heirloom corn, “Baby Orchard,” was ready to eat by mid-August. The tiny cobs, only four to five inches long, were bred by Canadian seedsman, Mr. Orchard, and introduced in the mid-1940s to home gardeners.
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Bringing Plants Indoors For The Winter

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Many gardeners who have sunrooms, light gardens or wide windowsills in their houses overwinter plants which are used outdoors during the summer growing season. One reason for doing this is to save money by not having to purchase so many plants in the spring, although this doesn’t seem to work for me as I rationalize
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Recession, Health Concerns Get Americans Gardening

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Alison Baum of San Antonio, Texas hopes to save money and eat better by getting her hands dirty. She is joining the swelling ranks of Americans who have started backyard fruit and vegetable gardening, a trend rooted in a desire to cut costs as the recession bites, fears about the safety of commercial food supplies

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