Gardening

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You Can Bury a Lot of Troubles Digging in the Dirt...

Geri Miller | Posted 12.11.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Gardening, Facebook, White House Garden, National Gardening Association, Gardens, Victory Gardens, Los Angeles Economy, Los Angeles News

I'd been a a gardener since who-knows-when, but I'd never experienced this level of interest before. It was the "who" asking for help that was the most astonishing.

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How To Be A Countertop Composter (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Composting, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Gardening, Green Living, Compost, Sustainable Food, Video, Green News

We at HuffPost Green love to get down and dirty...with compost that is! Umbra Fisk of GristTV offers her top tips for composting. From huge outdoor ...

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You Can Be an Urban Farmer!

Makenna Goodman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Soil, Compost, Container, Urban Farming, Food Politics, Homesteading, Food, Foodie, Gardening, Green News

You can grow nutritious sprouts on a counter top, salad greens on a windowsill, dwarf fruit trees on a patio, tomatoes on a balcony, and much more.

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The Genius of the Place

Daniel Krotz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Donald Harington, Alexander Pope, Berryville, Books, Arkansas, Daniel Krotz, Community Gardens, The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks, Gardening, Bookseller, Gardens, Green News

I can clearly see my house, or the beginnings of my house, in the far background of a 1903 postcard of the First Christian Church in Berryville, Arkansas.

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Can DIY Become Tradition or is Canning Just the New Sewing?

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: faircompanies.com, Canning, Organic Farm, Spain, Diy, Gardening, Local Food, Green News, Transition Town, Victory Garden, Green News

Maybe re-learning to make things and grow things needs to be done for the acts themselves. Maybe we'd actually be happier being a bit more connected, even at the price of convenience.

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What the Heck Is Permaculture?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Ellen Page, Organic Gardening, Permaculture, Ellen Degeneres, Sustainability, Ecopsychology, Gardening, Teen Hollywood, Ecotherapy, Green News

Permaculture is a path towards sustainable living that is patterned on the way nature works, and can be applied in rural, suburban and urban areas.

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What 10 Cities Have The Most Urban Gardens?

Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Gardening, Local Food, Urban Farming, Urban Gardens, Green News

Even in cities where it seems like the biggest patch of garden comes in a windowbox, or in cities better known for high rates of murder or snow, commu...

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Potatoes: Harvesting The Urban Garden Bounty

Big Green Boulder. | Big Green Boulder | Posted 10.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Farming, Gardening, Local Food, Urban Farming, Home News

we harvested this week, just ahead of the frost, and to my surprise: My otherwise mediocre home garden yielded nearly 40 pounds of perfect potatoes. S...

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5 Essential Green Living Skills Our Grandparents Knew

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: How to Save Money, Conservation, Gardening, Green Living, Save Money, Sewing, Go Green, Cooking, Green News

Our grandparent's generation didn't use the word green to describe their lifestyle, but many of the things they knew how to do are now considered to b...

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How To Prepare 10 Tricky Fall Fruits And Veggies

thedailygreen.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Local Food, Food, Gardening, Cooking, Farmers Markets, Green News

Arguably fall's favorite (and most prevalent) vegetable, winter squash can be seen on seasonal menus across the country. Whether simply roasted with b...

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Michelle Obama To Promote Gardening On "Sesame Street"

Yahoo! News | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Green Living, Television, Sesame Street, Healthy Living, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Favorite Kids' Shows, Gardening, Green News

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is to kick off the 40th anniversary season of the children's TV show "Sesame Street" with a segment encouraging kids to...

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5 Sprouts You Can Grow on Your Kitchen Counter!

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Gardening, Local Food, Growing Sprouts, Home Gardening, Green News

We're all concerned with reducing our food miles and eating local and in season. Nothing is more local than food that you grow in your own home and ga...

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If You Can't Stand The Heat, Get Into The Garden

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Lenape-Edible-Estate, Mannahatta Project, Gardening, Fritz Haeg, Green News

I'm always amazed by the number of folks who think that Central Park is a natural habitat. In reality, nearly every square inch of the park was painstakingly landscaped in the nineteenth century.

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Veggie Trader: A Craigslist for Local Produce

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Gardening, Local Food, Craigslist for Produce, Farmers, Veggie Trader, Green News

How great would it be if there were want ads in your local newspaper or on Craigslist for organic fruits and vegetables, grown in your town, by your n...

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USDA to Unveil Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative

Grist | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Know Your Farmer Know Your Food, Food, Gardening, Usda, Urban Agriculture, Local Food, Food Politics, Green News

I think the potential is enormous, especially in formerly industrial cities, where the big factories are not going to come back, but there are large t...

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Hip, Hip! Very Good (Food Policy) Fellow Visits White House Garden

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Leslie Hatfield, Eat the View, Local Food, Sam Kass, White House Garden, Kitchen Gardeners International, Food Politics, Food Policy, Obama, Tom Philpott, Gardening, Farmers' Markets, Roger Doiron, Green News

Today, Roger Doiron presents a compost-able list of signatures from people who supported his campaign to plant a White House edible garden, or wanted to thank the first family for their efforts.

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How To Make Hot Compost

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Green-Iy, Gardening, Compost, Hot Compost, Make Your Own Compost, Diy, Green News

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Ten Things You Can Do to Start A Community Garden

thenation.com | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Gardening, Local Food, Community Garden, Food Activism, Green News

Rebecca Hart, an avid Nation reader and Portland, Oregon-area resident, has spent twenty years acquiring the expertise in horticulture to become a cer...

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The Clash of the Time Zones

Linda Buzzell | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Organic Gardening, Gardening, Lifestyle, Ecopsychology, Healthy Lifestyle, Ecotherapy, Time Stress, Living News

Most of us start out 100 percent in the old culture and inch our way into a different and healthier way of living. But there's no denying that somewhere in the middle of this process we'll probably hit a bad case of Clash of the Time Zones.

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The True Cost -- and Reward -- of Fresh Food: Time Well Spent

Susie Middleton | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Cheap Food, Small Farmers, Preserving, Local Food, Recipes, Food Costs, Csa, Organic Food, Gardening, Living News

The usual argument against sustainable food is that it costs too much; but my farm share (which I pay directly to the farmer) is a bargain.

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The White House Garden: Michelle Obama Is The First Lady Of Food Policy (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, White House Garden Video, White House Kitchen Garden, White House Garden, Food Politics, Food Policy, Michelle Obama Food, Michelle Obama White House Garden, Gardening, Michelle Obama Food Policy, Green News

The White House just released a new video about the kitchen garden as the second installment of their "Inside The White House" series. The video is no...

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Getting Saucy at Tomato Time!

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Canning, Food, Kitchen Gardens, Gardening, Local Food, Organic Food, Recipes, Cooking, Living News

Homemade tomato sauce has a taste of summer that just can't be faked.

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How To Plant A Fall Garden

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Fall Gardening, Fall Planting, Green Living, Gardening, Local Food, Fall Vegetables, Green News

In most areas of the U.S, August is a great time to get going with pumpkins so that they'll be ready for harvest by Halloween. You can plant your wint...

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Guerrilla Gardening Takes Britain By Storm

washingtonpost.com | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Food-Production, Food, Guerrilla Gardening, Britain, Gardening, Local Food, Great Britain, Green News

In February, the National Trust, a preservation group, pledged to create 1,000 plots over the next three years, many of them on the grounds of stately...

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