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Gardening Tip: Think Vertically - Hannibal.net (blog)

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:31 GMT

Gardening Tip: Think Vertically
Hannibal.net (blog)
Used for years in Scandinavia, roof gardens provide rain water management and a smart place to grown your own fruits or vegetables amongst other benefits. While not appropriate for every location, a roof garden would do well in a climate like the ...

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Master Gardener: Your soil type matters - San Jose Mercury News

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:05:26 GMT

Master Gardener: Your soil type matters
San Jose Mercury News
Selecting the appropriate plants for your area will not only make your gardening-life easier, it will also potentially save on your water bill and the cost of trying to amend your soil to accommodate plants that just don't fit your natural environment.

Gardening catalog sets off firestorm - News & Observer

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:55:17 GMT

Gardening catalog sets off firestorm
News & Observer
"The first few comments on Facebook, we just left them up, then after awhile, I said, OK, thanks, but let's get back to the topic of gardening," he said. "Then there were so many, I started taking them down. We have probably taken down 300, ...

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Container gardening class will be offered at the Y - Gettysburg Times

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:01:00 GMT

Container gardening class will be offered at the Y
Gettysburg Times
The YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County will host a class on container gardening March 12, from 6:30 to 8 pm at 909 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg. Container gardening is growing in popularity, especially in light of rising prices and an increased interest in ...

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Gardener puts up stink, Minneapolis considers changing composting law - MinnPost.com

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:27:11 GMT

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Gardener puts up stink, Minneapolis considers changing composting law
MinnPost.com
And so is the gardener who piled this treasure four feet high and half the length of that greenhouse. Russ Henry checks the heaters at each end of the compost pile and points out that it has shrunk down almost a foot in height since he piled it ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY GARDENING: Pruned trees grow best fruit - Chambersburg Public Opinion

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:01:11 GMT

FRANKLIN COUNTY GARDENING: Pruned trees grow best fruit
Chambersburg Public Opinion
Gardeners who have such a tree are often at a loss as to how to get it back in shape. According to Ward Upman, Kansas State University Extension associate, often the best advice for such a tree is to make one pruning cut at ground level and start over ...

The Southern Gardener: Nature dropping hints that it's time to head outdoors - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:28:28 GMT

The Southern Gardener: Nature dropping hints that it's time to head outdoors
Memphis Commercial Appeal
It is worth noting how long-held observations carefully journaled by Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau and other observant gardeners and naturalists have changed in the past few dozen years. In a phenomenon scientists call "season creep," for some ...

Gardening: My abutilon has burst into life - Reading Post

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:47:56 GMT

Gardening: My abutilon has burst into life
Reading Post
Abutilons are a favourite in posh gardens which open to the public so if you want to see them in bloom in early summer, then garden visiting is the thing to do. A reminder for garden lovers everywhere – the Yellow Book 2012 is out now in most bookshops ...

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COMPLEAT HOME GARDENER: Buying plants now can save some green - Enumclaw Courier-Herald

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:07:46 GMT

COMPLEAT HOME GARDENER: Buying plants now can save some green
Enumclaw Courier-Herald
BK, Auburn Gardening is an art – so gardeners all have an opinion about pruning. You can prune hybrid tea roses, climbing roses and shrub roses now or wait another month or even wait until they are leafed out in April. The question of when to cut is ...
Compleat Gardener: When to prune roses?Longview Daily News

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The tale of a gardener, a book and a pledge drive - Bangor Daily News

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:53:31 GMT

The tale of a gardener, a book and a pledge drive
Bangor Daily News
By Janine Pineo Maine gardeners are an independent lot, but if there's one thing to be said about them as a rule, they love to share their gardening know-how. Lisa Colburn of Orono found this out firsthand, with the results coming together in a new ...