Monthly Archives: May 2008

7th-graders get growing (The Lewiston Sun Journal)

MEXICO – Lindsay MacMillan decided to use her love of gardening to help teach her students about the scientific method. As a result, Mountain Valley Middle School may very well have lots of really local flowers and vegetables in time for the beginning of the next school year. Read the rest of the article here

Soaring gas, produce prices feeding surge in gardening (Chicago Sun-Times)

NEW YORK — High prices at the pump and the produce aisle have sent home gardeners into their yards with a mission: Grow-it-yourself dining. Sales of vegetable seeds, tomato transplants and fruit trees are soaring as enterprising planters grow their own food. Read the rest of the article here

Summerhays took atypical path to Champions Tour success (The Salt Lake Tribune)

FARMINGTON – The gardening gloves and floppy hat lying on the kitchen table of his home in the foothills are evidence of Bruce Summerhays’ primary outdoor activity these days, as opposed to the previous 13 seasons when he relentlessly pursued pro golf, packing a lifetime of tour competition into Read the rest of the article

Gardening comes naturally to Pine Valley woman (The Wilmington Star-News)

If life’s other responsibilities didn’t interfere, Colleen Hodson would spend all her time gardening. As it is, she puts in up to 16 hours a week, she said. Read the rest of the article here

Container herb gardening (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

A downsizing solution to growing plants will add zest to your menus and homeopathic options to your medicine cabinet Read the rest of the article here

Fine Home Offered For Old Gardening Publications (Scoop.co.nz)

Taranaki’s gardening public is being offered a chance to contribute to an enhancement project at one of the region’s botanic treasure troves. Read the rest of the article here