Gardening

Struggling Mom Who Gardened To Feed Family Now Sends Free Seeds To Hungry

News4Jax.com | Posted 05.30.2012

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Do you know where your next meal is coming from? Many Americans don't. The latest statistics show in 2010 more than 17 million households were food...

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BPA In Your Garden? Maybe, If You Use These Gardening Products

Organic Authority.com | Posted 05.25.2012

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Organic Authority.com

Wouldn't it just irk you more than a bunch of weeds to find out that the gardening products you use are dirtying up your organic garden with BPA, phthalates and lead?

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How a Grieving Mom Accidentally Rediscovered 'Fun'

Babble.com | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Coping With Grief, Parenting, Grieving, Katie Allison Granju, Motherhood, Losing a Child, Gardening, Mamapundit, Loss of Children, Babble, Parents News
Babble.com

There's a point to having fun, which is that it should be part of the human experience. A big part. I'd just completely lost touch with that.

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In My Garden: Oh, Deer!

Bonni Brodnick | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Deer, Garden Tips, Gardening, Fifty News
Bonni Brodnick

They look like Bambi. Those adorable, innocent eyes. The quickened quiver of their noses. The pointed poise of their ears. Dear deers... they are destroying my garden!

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Tips For The Yardless Garden

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Potted Plants, Container Gardening Tips, Gardening Tips, Video, How to Garden, Backyard Gardening, Green-Living, Backyard Garden, Container Gardening, Gardening, Slideexpand, Home Gardening Tips, Container Garden, Green News

From Earth911's Mary Mazzoni: Taking part in the grow-your-own-food movement is not only a satisfying way to commune with Mother Nature but can als...

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Start Your Own Modern Homestead

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Maria Rodale, Farming, Canning, Robyn Jasko, Preserving, Local Food, Homesweet Homegrown, Gardening, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, Homestead, Grow Your Own Food, Modern Homestead, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Robyn Jasko, cofounder of Grow Indie With the rise in food costs, pesticides, and GMOs there's never been a better or more important...

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Things You Should Be Doing For Your Garden

Posted 05.11.2012

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From Earth911's Mary Mazzoni: We’ve heard it a million times: “I want to garden, but the soil in my area isn’t that great.” While seemingly...

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A Quicker Way To Compost

Posted 05.07.2012

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From Earth911's Leon Kaye: While composting has become more mainstream, not everyone has access to the space necessary for the maintenance of a com...

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Don't Start a Veggie Garden to Save Money

Dan Allen | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Fruits, Food, Gardening, Sustainable Food, Vegetables, Food Gardening, National Gardening Association, Food News
Dan Allen

Saving money is a popular rationale for starting a vegetable garden at home. A commonly cited statistic suggests that home gardeners can expect a return of $8 worth of produce for each $1 they invest in seeds, starts, fertilizers and pest control.

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How Will We Feed 18 Million Hungry Children When School Lets Out?

Kim Doyle Wille | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Hunger, Share Our Strength, Feeding America, Frac, Food Pantry, Mobile Food Pantry, School Lunches, Gardening, Child Hunger, Food Shelters, Spring-Into-Action, Impact News
Kim Doyle Wille

Last Thanksgiving, I spent two days documenting hunger at three food pantries. At the first pantry, children in sweaters sweetly asked volunteers if t...

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Help Wildlife by Gardening

David Mizejewski | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: National Wildlife Federation, Organic Gardening, Gardening, Backyard Habitat, Garden for Wildlife Month, Wildlife, Garden, Video, Green News
David Mizejewski

May is Garden for Wildlife Month! Now is the perfect time to take a look at how your garden fits into the natural ecosystem and whether or not it's helping out the local wildlife.

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The Dirt on Lawn Care

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Grass, Humor, Gardening, Home Depot, Lawn Care, Grass Maintenance, Lawn Maintenance, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

Spring has sprung, and a young man's thoughts turn to love. Unfortunately, a middle-age man's thoughts turn to yard work, which he doesn't love.

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The Faithful Shopper: April Showers, May Flowers

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 04.30.2012

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Faith Hope Consolo

With Mother's Day around the corner, it also seemed like a good time to discuss some of the great florists in our city. Whether your needs are for a simple bouquet or outfitting a full event, take a look.

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A Cook's Top Five Herbs

Mary Ann Esposito | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Home Cooking, Sage, Basil, Herb Garden, Healthy Cooking, Herbs, Gardening, Vegetable Garden, Rosemary, Food News
Mary Ann Esposito

If you are as serious a cook as you are a vegetable gardener, then you know that the true flavors of freshly harvested vegetables can get even more palate power by adding fresh herbs.

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How to Stop Eating Junk

Tamar Haspel | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Gardening, Kids, Junk Food, Vegetables, Sustainable Food, Food News
Tamar Haspel

A funny thing happened after I moved to Cape Cod and started planting things to eat. Slowly, my fundamental idea of what food is started to change.

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Happiness is Gardening in Spring!

Maria Rodale | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Maria Rodale, Spring Gardening, Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening Secrets Spring, How to Grow, Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening Secrets, Maria Rodale's Blog, Best Plants to Grow This Year, Organic Gardening Secrets, Gardening, Favorite Garden Foods, Maria's Farm Country Kitchen, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

There is nothing quite like a warm, sunny spring day when the trees, flowers, bees, and birds are bursting out all over, the seeds are sprouting, and ...

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Fine Gardening Lessons for All of Us

Rick Fedrizzi | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Green Building, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Climate Change, Gardening, U.S. Green Building Council, Green Buidling, Gardens of Helligan, Gardneing, Green Buildings, Green Roofs, Urban Gardens, Green News
Rick Fedrizzi

Gardens are far more than a backdrop. They truly are symbols of life's resilience, of hope and possibility, of well-being and connection to something larger, and infinitely more important, than our simple selves.

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10 Things I Have to Plant Every Year (No Matter What)

Maria Rodale | Posted 04.16.2012

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Maria Rodale

Spring is a time to start over and try new things, but after 30 years of gardening, there are the tried-and-true that simply must be planted every year. This is my list.

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Healing The Grandchildren Of Rwandan Genocide

Suzanne Skees | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Rape, Children, Handcrafts, Grassroots, Artisans, Catapult Design, Clinton Foundation, Ptsd, Catholicism, Kigali, HIV/AIDS, Women's Collective, The Ihangane Project, Nutrition, Genocide, Maternal Care, University of Michigan, Paul Kagame, Gardening, Development, Hotel Rwanda, Solar Power, Healthcare, Community-Based Organizations, Rwanda, Economic Development, Education, Health Ministry, Video, Impact News
Suzanne Skees

Julienne was just four during the 1994 genocide. She is HIV-positive and works as an artisan for this member-owned women's collective through The Ih...

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After Tragedy, He Found Solace In The Soil

Debra Ollivier | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Baby Boomers, Slow Flower Movement, David Perry, Floriculture, The 50 Mile Bouquet, Gardening, Debra Prinzing, Slidepollajax, Fifty News
Debra Ollivier

Photographer Dave Perry never expected to find himself shooting flowers. "I'm tough. I'm straight. And I do flowers constantly," he joked in an email.

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Weird Weather Gardening

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Compost, Noaa, Climate Change, Plant-Hardiness-Map, Water Conservation, Gardening, Organic, Global Warming, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Gardening is already a risky venture. Late spring frost, droughts, plant diseases, insect pest... the list goes on for what can and often does go wrong. But what now? Weather seems ever more extreme, more erratic.

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Alys Fowler: Food for Thought (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Birmingham, Allotments, Bbc, Self-Sufficiency, Ethical, The Edible Garden, Supermarkets, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Urban Gardening, Alys Fowler, Video, Green News
Crane.tv

Gardener, Alys Fowler, is an individual who manages to balance city life with sustainable living. The BBC presenter currently lives in Birmingham but is semi self-sufficient and eats 100% seasonally.

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PHOTOS: Michelle Obama Joins Kids For White House Spring Planting

AP | STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 05.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama on Monday planted vegetables and plants at the White House with children from across the country as part of her broader i...

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PHOTOS: 10 Colorful Spring Festivals Worth The Trip

George Hobica | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Flowers, Spring, Festivals, White Mountains, Travel, Gardening, Horticulture, New Hampshire, Travel Blogs, Spring Travel, Slidepollajax, Travel News
George Hobica

It's time for festivals that celebrate both flowers and the season in general.

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Teen Mom Helped By Foodbank Volunteers, Gives Back Years Later

Michelle Gluch | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Charity, Donating to Charity, Idaho Foodbank, Food, Spring-Into-Action, Gardening, Idaho, Donating Food, Hunger, Impact News
Michelle Gluch

Dear Idaho Foodbank, I thought I'd drop you a note and let you know how things are going. I can't believe it's been almost two years since we've visi...

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