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Days Inn Alabama Destination Guide | Destinations 2 Discover
daysinnalabama.destinations2discover.com via @DaysInnSE &bull Sep 7, 2010Want to get away from it all and enjoy a few days in Orlando? Here is your chance to win: enter now and before you know it you may be shopping in one of Orlando's Outlet-malls, swimming with Dolphins in the Discover Cove, watching sharks in Sea World or sing and dance with snow white in Disneyland! Or you are simply enjoying the cool nightly breeze in Downtown Orlando. It is super easy: answer one simple question and register, and you are on your way to an unforgettable vacation! Tell all your friends about this great sweepstake and give them… Full Story »
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September Thoughts
Snappy's Gardens Blog &bull Sep 4, 2010
In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful." September is the month for… Full Story »
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NorthJersey.com: Calendar of Home Events
www.northjersey.com via @eileen8800 &bull Sep 4, 2010Join New Jersey Botanical Garden's head landscape gardener Rich Flynn on an easy walk to explore and identify the native plants in the Botanical Garden. Steady rain cancels this event. For more information, visit njbg.org/events. Come work in the Lilac… Full Story »
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Lovely Leopard's-Bane
Dave's Garden &bull Sep 4, 2010
You've found the famous Dave's Garden website! Join this friendly global community that shares tips and ideas for home and gardens, along with seeds and plants! Most gardeners are familiar with leopard's-bane. They are among some of the oldest cultivated 'ornamental' plants. They are mostly appreciated for their spring display, but there are a few that don't bloom until late spring or early summer. This versatile plant can be used… Full Story »
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Fremantle Press: INTERVIEW: Ellen Hickman, Brush with Gondwana
fremantlepress.blogspot.com via @artplantae &bull Sep 2, 2010Environmental consultant and botanical artist Ellen Hickman discusses biodiversity in WA The southwest of Australia is one of the top 34 biodiversity hotspots of the world. It occupies a roughly triangular area on the southwestern tip of Western Australia, approximately 48.9 million hectares (489,944 km2) stretching between Shark Bay in the northwest… Full Story »
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Enrollment Opens for Master Gardener Class
www.thepilot.com via @kennethfachws &bull Sep 1, 2010Do you believe that beautification and community gardening projects are valuable assets to a community? Do you like to explore the mysteries of successful gardening in light of the sciences of botany, plant pathology, soil chemistry, entomology and horticulture? Do you want to learn… Full Story »
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Absentee Blogger Returns with Tales of the Gentian
My Roots Run Deep &bull Aug 28, 2010
So, how is it possible to get from Tulip Time to late summer without a single blog entry? A simple equation explains this unexpected turn of events. Home renovations + an active seven-year old + a persistent throat infection and fatigue + a… Full Story »
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A modest proposal for Arcade Fire's Win Butler: Come home to The Woodlands - 2010-Aug-22 - CultureMap Houston
culturemap.com via @WoodlandsShow &bull Aug 25, 2010Took a drive into the sprawl To find the house where we used to stay in Couldn't read the number in the dark You said let's save it for another day - "Sprawl (Flatland)" by The Arcade Fire. Hey Win! Congrats on the new album, and hitting number one; beating the mainstream pop juggernauts is no easier now than it was… Full Story »
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Organic Living Club - (2/23/09, Hour 1, 1 of 5) | Information Related to Gardening
gardening.related-to.info via @gardeninguide &bull Aug 25, 2010Organic Living Club Presents: Keith Amelung Have Spade, Will Travel Landscape Consulting Our first guest is Keith Amelung of Have Spade, Will Travel. Keith discusses organic vegetable gardening. Informative entertaining You can find Keith @ www.havespadewilltravel.com, http or keith@havespade.com Standard… Full Story »
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Budding horticulture team set to tackle a growing menace - Scotsman.com News
news.scotsman.com via @brownthumbgirl &bull Aug 25, 2010The spread of the non-native rhododendron comes at a cost to native species in Scotland, particularly in the west, where it thrives on the damp climate. Of all the invasive species, the rhododendron pink ponticum is believed to pose the… Full Story »
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Blackberries
North Country Maturing Gardener &bull Aug 24, 2010
I just came inside from a circumnavigation of our gardens. That is where I find the wild Blackberries and Raspberries . All of the raspberries are gone by, but the blackberries are "in" or "coming in"! What a joy to… Full Story »
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Seeds of improvement in core neighborhood
www.eating-greens.com via @KristyMaysi82 &bull Aug 22, 2010It's just a volunteer, a pumpkin seed that sprouted in a compost heap - and yet has grown into a vibrant, twisting vine that's taken over a good stretch of garden behind the Summit House in the Pettigrew Heights neighborhood. Like the vine, tendrils of activity are starting to spread within the neighborhood. People are planting flowers or a small vegetable patch, or fixing a busted door frame. It's not by happenstance.… Full Story »
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Better Woodlands for Wales grant scheme to close
Horticulture Week: Latest Arboriculture News &bull Aug 18, 2010
Wales' Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has confirmed that Better Woodlands for Wales (BWW), the woodland grant scheme delivered by Forestry Commission Wales (FCW), will close from 1 January 2011. Woodland grants will be integrated into Glastir, the Welsh Assembly… Full Story »
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Walkway pavers, residential commercial brick pavers Florida
www.digyourhandsinthedirt.net via @iwellbc &bull Aug 13, 2010The wild garden is best described in reverse: it is not formal in any way, it should not appear to be designed, it should not contain florists' or garden strains of flowers. It may be defined as cultivating hardy species in surroundings which suit them, and enjoying the best effect they can give. It followed as a natural revulsion from the artificiality of Victorian times, when the species of plants grown in shrubberies… Full Story »
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Celebrate This Summer Vacation At Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta Georgia, U.S.A!
wademorris.net via @wademorris1 &bull Aug 13, 2010The AtlantaBotanicalGarden is a showcase of the most beautiful and unusual flora in Atlanta. Where Atlanta itself is one of the worlds most visited tourist's places. It is estimated that it attracts more than thirty seven million visitors each year.… Full Story »
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Prairie Delights
Gardening Gone Wild &bull Aug 9, 2010Just back from Minnesota where I was shooting for a new book with fellow Lawn Reform Coalition member Evelyn Hadden, and spent my free time looking for prairies. OMG! OMG, O-M-G . The Crow-Hassan Park Reserve is part of Three Rivers Park District, a regional park for the Minneapolis area. I did not expect to find beautiful wild prairie so close to the… Full Story »
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4 Links: Help With Salty Pickles, Ticks, Seed Saving
A Way to Garden &bull Aug 8, 2010
AFTER MY EDGER, MY FAVORITE TOOL IS THE COMPUTER. Mea culpa. The latest harvest: the secrets of Kosher salts, above (and why your pickles taste too salty some years); tactics for going pesticide-free indoors and out-and even how to save… Full Story »
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Whitehall Monogram Plaque Standard Wall Ac
easy-organic-gardening.com via @GoodLiven &bull Aug 4, 2010In Stock and Ready to be Personalized! Our Whitehall Monogram Address Plaque is a quick easy and affordable way to boost your home's curb appeal. Each plaque is crafted from rust free recycled aluminum. Paints have been specifically formulated and… Full Story »
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Whitehall Monogram Plaque Estate Lawn Wh
easy-organic-gardening.com via @GoodLiven &bull Aug 4, 2010In Stock and Ready to be Personalized! Our Whitehall Monogram Address Plaque is a quick easy and affordable way to boost your home's curb appeal. Each plaque is crafted from rust free recycled aluminum. Paints have been specifically formulated and… Full Story »
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Whitehall Monogram Plaque Estate Wall Wh
easy-organic-gardening.com via @GoodLiven &bull Aug 4, 2010In Stock and Ready to be Personalized! Our Whitehall Monogram Address Plaque is a quick easy and affordable way to boost your home's curb appeal. Each plaque is crafted from rust free recycled aluminum. Paints have been specifically formulated and… Full Story »
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