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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Carrots and kids are a good gardening match (Dallas Morning News)
Carrots tend to enjoy a special popularity with youngsters. I make my 5-year-old eat a bite of everything served for supper – broccoli, Brussels sprouts, whatever – then fill him up with carrots, without complaints. It’s a veggie that he actually wants growing in our garden, and seeds ought to be planted by this weekend.
Share your gardening tips (Peoria Journal Star)
The first day of spring will be here before you know it, and gardeners who have been hibernating will begin preparing and planting. What gardening tips do you have that you are willing to share? Please send them, along with photos of your success from past seasons. Submit photos and stories to Jennifer Davis
Mines Minister splashes US$40 000 on gardening equipment (ZWNEWS.com)
Mines Minister Obert Mpofu brought business to a standstill at Halsted Brothers in Bulawayo last Friday when he splashed out US$40 000 in cash to buy ‘gardening equipment and other hardware.’ Read the rest of the article here
Vegetable gardening is topic today at Bay Village branch (The Sun Post-Herald)
Bay Village Branch, 502 Cahoon Road, (440) 871-6392. • Master Gardener’s Vegetable Gardening, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25. You will learn how to prepare the soil, the value of raised beds and when to plant different vegetables. Registration required. Read the rest of the article here
Arboretum to hold gardening symposium (The Downers Grove Sun)
Imagine an artist like Claude Monet designing your garden. Read the rest of the article here
NORTH COAST GARDENING: Get a head start on spring with containers (Eureka Times-Standard)
This time of year gardening can seem quite daunting, considering the cold wet weather of the past few weeks. In some areas the soil is just too soggy to plant the fruit trees, vegetables and flowers that local nurseries offer now. Read the rest of the article here
