Archive for July, 2008
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008‘Water-wise’ plants rescue parched gardensSouth Carolina Now, South Carolina - 10 hours agoContain yourself—Container gardening saves water and is visually appealing. Group plants according to complementary colors which boosts design appeal. …
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Skip deadly learning curve with flowerpots - Calgary Herald
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Skip deadly learning curve with flowerpotsCalgary Herald, Canada - 11 hours agoYear five: I’m cocky enough to think I’ve mastered outdoor container gardening. I plant the pots, water and fertilize excessively, and watch my flowers …
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Seattle’s urban composters: “Cadillac of worms” - Seattle Times
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Meet the new goldfish for urban hipsters. From Belltown to Capitol Hill, condo and apartment residents are making room for the red wiggler, a slender worm that eats half its weight each day and produces prodigious clumps of poop (”castings”) perfect …
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Showing entries for Category: container-gardening - San Francisco Examiner
Friday, July 25th, 2008Good things come in small packages…It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Okay, enough for the barely relevant clichés . The point I want to make is that you can pack a lot of gardening wallop into a …
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Musician Teal Collins escapes to a courtyard of color in between … - Austin American-Statesman
Friday, July 25th, 2008Musician Teal Collins escapes to a courtyard of color in between …Austin American-Statesman, TX - 20 hours agoShe likes a “no rules” approach to container gardening and likens this to the way she decorates her holiday tree: “all jumbled up. …
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Coming Up: Design, antique and gardening events - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Friday, July 25th, 2008X-Mas in July Festival: Vendors with home decor, art, silver, crystal, plants and raffle prizes 10 a.m.-9 p.m. today and Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday at Coral Ridge Mall, northeast corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway, Fort …
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Home & Garden - The Worst Spot in Your Yard - Seattle Post Intelligencer Blogs
Friday, July 25th, 2008Could your garden use some expert advice? Marianne Binetti, author of numerous gardening books including “Container Gardening for Washington and Oregon,” will select one photo each week and write a detailed description of what to do with that problem …
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Nursery School: Tropical World Nursery, west of Boynton Beach - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Friday, July 25th, 2008When it comes to plants, Tropical World Nursery has it all. The nursery encompasses 17.5 acres of gardens, with about half under shade or in greenhouses. Co-owner Bruce Pearson has been collecting rare and exotic plants from around the world since he …
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Coming Up: Design, antique and gardening events - Sun-Sentinel.com
Friday, July 25th, 2008Coming Up: Design, antique and gardening eventsSun-Sentinel.com, FL - Jul 25, 2008Container Gardening class: Learn how to have a little garden and create an arrangement to take home 10 am-11 pm Saturday at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, …
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Container plants hot for summer gardens - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Thursday, July 24th, 2008For those living in apartments or condos, container gardening is the only way to go. And blessedly, most plants here - even fruit trees and vegetables - do very well in containers. Among the top nurseries in the country that ferret out the best …
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