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Rooftop Farm in Astoria Queens, New York Hires Farm Director

2013-06-15T10:05:00.002-04:00

The crop at Hellgate Urban Farm has been so huge this farm is expanding and hiring a farm director to manage the crop and sell the surplus. This story is in the Daily News. Garden advice...

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British Kids Think Cheese Grows on Trees!

2013-06-07T10:30:00.001-04:00

It's not easy being stupid! I am sure you have seen man on the street interviews in which random passersby are asked questions that are seemingly easy to answer. Usually there are a few outlandish...

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Solar Heated Raised Bed To Extend My Growing Season

2013-06-05T10:57:00.000-04:00

I am tired of cold Aprils. The last two have been miserable. Then to top it off just when my greens get ready for harvest we get a spell of 90* days that causes many of my cool crops to bolt. So my...

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Binghamton Council Woman Lea Webb Now Wants Gardens Regulated

2013-06-04T11:07:00.002-04:00

Insists urban farms need to be regulated but has no definition of urban farm This woman just does not get it. Lea Webb is part of the city council in Binghamton NY that has tried for...

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Speaking on "LOCAL: at Country Living Fair Saturday June 8th Dutchess County Fairgrounds

2013-06-03T10:36:00.002-04:00

Country living Magazine usually holds their Country Living Fair in Atlanta or Columbus Ohio. This year they are holding a third one this time in Rhinebeck, NY. I am pleased to have been invited to...

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Commerce Corporation Fruit and Vegetable Store?

2013-05-31T07:55:00.002-04:00

A facebok page I came across is named Commerce Corporation Fruit and Vegetable Store Only thing unusual about this is the location ..................... ...

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Bureaucrats In Binghamton NY After One Year Still Can't Define Gardening

2013-05-25T10:30:00.000-04:00

Does this look like a farm? Binghamton NY city fathers seem to have no clue. Binghamton NY is a dump. Just as Poughkeepsie, Utica, Schenectady and, Newburgh NY and countless other small cities in...

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Update on Boxwood Blight.......Country Living Fair in Rhinebeck

2013-05-23T11:43:00.002-04:00

First it was impatiens now a new blight is taking hold on an important woody shrub in American history. Boxwood blight is infecting every species of boxwood grown in the U.S. and abroad. Boxwood...

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If CO2 Traps Heat Should It Also Not Block It From Entering As Well

2013-05-23T10:18:00.002-04:00

Look at it this way. Insulation in a home does two things. It keeps warmth in during the winter and blocks heat in the summer. It is simple physics. Insulation of any kind acts as a buffer. So a...

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Watch Out for Leaf Blight on Box Wood

2013-05-20T10:37:00.002-04:00

To get rid of leaf blight, prune away dead and severely infected branches. It is also helpful to mulch with uninfected mulch material. Check to make sure the soil is not overly soaked, and reduce...

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No Dig Raised Bed: Compost as Bottom Layer is Key Ingredient

2013-05-19T09:23:00.000-04:00

See my You Tube Video on no dig raised bed gardening The only way to garden on lousy soil if you you have back problems or do not want to double dig. Any method of layering works. I chose...

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Just What The Gardener Ordered

2013-05-17T16:23:00.000-04:00

The Center for Disease Control has issued a medical alert about a highly contagious, potentially dangerous virus that is transmitted orally, by hand, and even electronically. This virus...

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Just as CO2 Reaches Levels it Was Before Two Nights of Frost Predicted for Global Warming

2013-05-12T12:05:00.001-04:00

CO2 levels have reached 400 PPM in Hawaii. No need for alarm though because apparently this is not the first time. Some 10 million years ago our cave dwelling ancestors burning all those...

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Earthbound Farms Nation's Largest Shipper of Organic Produce Up for Sale

2013-05-07T16:08:00.002-04:00

The Produce News A major industry trade publication today announced rumors have Earthbound Farms, with sales of $460 million dollars, is for sale. The company had earnings of $75 million...

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Radius Garden Tools Now Labels for Miracle Gro

2013-05-03T12:39:00.005-04:00

Looks like all the eNeRGy from this line will go to the box stores now from IGC Retailer; If you sell the popular line of ergonomic Radius garden tools get ready to lose more market share to the...

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Free Rein Chickens Need to Wear Diapers!

2013-05-01T16:19:00.002-04:00

Urban Farming Spawns Accessory Lines How to size up and measure your chicken for diapers Chicken diapers and chicken lingerie lines take off as...

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Mushroom Workshop: Stone(d) Ridge NY

2013-05-01T10:58:00.005-04:00

SUNY Ulster Continuing Education, Stone Ridge NY May 4, 9-noon NO....... NOT THIS KIND! Mushrooms are a remarkable source of food and medicine that have been cultivated and wildcrafted for...

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Lessans (NOT LEARNED) Former Commerce Boss now at BFG

2013-04-24T16:34:00.000-04:00

FROM IGC RETAILER: Richard Lessans, Former Commerce CEO, Now Working with BFG Supply in Advisory Role BURTON, OH - Richard Lessans, Commerce Corporation's former CEO, is now working with...

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Emerald Ash Borer Control Possible in Parks and Yards

2013-04-24T09:34:00.004-04:00

There is little to control ash borers in the forest. However it does make sense just to let the ash pass on to the wood pile of history. An easy control that lasts for an entire year against ash...

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Police Stakeouts Hurt Hydroponics Shops

2013-04-20T09:12:00.005-04:00

Are you sure the police did not follow you home from the grow shop? Kansas City Police staking out hydroponics shops are causing some to question the practice as invasion of privacy. One...

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Sex, Lies and Flower Seed Tape. Prestigious Garden Club Becomes Reality TV

2013-04-18T15:51:00.000-04:00

Never would have thought a nice little garden club, Roosevelt Island Garden Club, would end up like a soap opera. Charges of adultery public sex and more. Their tool shed burned down and arson is...

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Celebrate Grdening May 4th With Hudson Valley Gardening Association

2013-04-15T07:44:00.000-04:00

Hudson Valley Garden Association has announced the start of advanced ticket sales and pre-registration for Garden Fair, a one day festival and celebration of gardening in the Hudson Valley taking...

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Garden Club of Amenia Lecture Series new Lectures Scheduled

2013-04-13T14:59:00.000-04:00

Garden advice you can dig! Garden advice you can dig!

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When Spring is Just as Bad as the Mets and The Chicago Cubs

2013-04-12T10:50:00.002-04:00

A hot bed can relieve the stress of any Mets or Cubs fan! When spring just won’t co-operate what is a gardener to do. First off I do not know why the sun traveling back to this hemisphere...

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Would You Pay $500 to Grow 20 Plants in the Tower Garden?

2013-04-06T16:04:00.003-04:00

It can grow 20 plants of your choosing at any one time. Whether it's lettuce, herbs or chile peppers the Tower Garden is an Aerogarden on Lance Armstrong's bike team. It...

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