Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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. Elegant gloves are not exactly what Botanical Garden visitors expect to find here.  But for me, it was a Godsend, as the day I adm...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Goal for 2020: Alternatives to Lawns

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Many homeowners are obsessed with lawns. Although originally created by European aristocrats in the 17th century as status symbols, to...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Horses Help Garden: Lessons From the Past

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From 1850 to 1900, Paris produced an exceptional amount of food using fine-tuned growing techniques developed over generations of Pari...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

What’s in a Name?

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Plant Names and Their Scientific Universal Names Common plant names are often confusing because the same plants might have different ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

17 November Garden Pleasures & Chores

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Even if your garden is already sprinkled with snow, there are still garden tasks waiting: last-minute bulbs to plant, leaves that sho...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Monsanto RoundUp Trial

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Monsanto Ordered to Pay $2 Billion to Cancer Victims Among the many revelations that have emerged from the trials: * Monsanto neve...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

Farms on Southern Vancouver Island

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Farmers Market With Canada’s only Mediterranean climate, there seems to be no limit to what can be produced here. However, it’s not ju...
Friday, October 4, 2019

Easy Sustainable Gardening

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Here are some tips to create a more sustainable - and far less expensive - landscape on your piece of paradise: Shrink Your Lawn T...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Bucket List: Visiting Southern Englands Gardens

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England is considered by many garden lovers to be the ultimate travel destination. In the south of the country, in particular, a wide v...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

Dividing Iris Plants

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In early summer, I drove from nursery to nursery to buy a certain color of bearded irises. But no luck! I assumed that I was too late...
Saturday, September 7, 2019

A Gardeners Dream: Landhaus Ettenbühl

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Traveling between Freiburg/Breisgau and Basel, Switzerland? Don't miss this hidden treasure for plant lovers, gourmets, and romant...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Pick Fruit, Berries and Nuts for Free

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In Germany, there are plenty of wild fruit trees, fruit bushes, herbs and nuts that provide all sorts of healthy treats. The interacti...