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life style / gardening news stories aggregated by Feedzilla.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:33:37 +0100 Flowering Houseplants Worth a Look. Many people shy away from houseplants because it can be hard to provide ideal growing conditions in some homes. But houseplants bring life into a room. As ornamental as houseplants...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST Keep an Eye Out for Fungus Gnats It's always puzzling how fast insects can find their way to houseplants, once the windows close. Fungus gnats just seem to appear out of nowhere and begin destroying our...   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST It's National Mail Order Catalog Month As If We Need a Reason to Look at Garden Catalogs! Planning season has started and to do it properly, we need lots and lots of plant and seed catalogs. Make sure you're on the mailing list for these top...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST Featured Plant: Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis). Every year since 1995, the International Herb Association (IHA) has designated the Herb of the Year. We?ve learned to appreciate fennel, calendula, scented geraniums and lemon balm. The...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST January Gardening Almanace and Garden Trends for the Coming Year Happy New Year! Another year, another chance to garden. Here are some gardening tips for the month of January, to get you back outdoors, where we belong. And if...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST Don't Get Caught with Your Plants Down! Now here?s a New Year?s resolution we can actually stick to. The Plant Doctors at The American Phytopathological Society, (plant disease people), have thoughtfully outlined the steps to having...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST Are Dried Flowers Bad Feng Shui? That?s what I?ve always heard. Of course, since dried flowers eventually need to be dusted and I can think of no more objectionable chore than dusting, I look for...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST Tropical Relief, Just When You Need It. Gardening with Palms. If you need a quick dose of the tropics? According to our Landscaping Guide, David Beaulieu, ?Nothing else gives a landscape that ?tropical? feel quite like palm trees.? ...   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST Eco-boosting, Winter Basil and New Year's Resolutions On this last day of 2008 it is traditional to look back and review the highlights of the past year, but I think that it would be more interesting to peer into the future and see what's in store for us in 2009. The Garden Media Group has published a list of...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:32:30 +0000 Birdfeeders and Gardening Books Here's a timely reminder that the wild birds that visit our gardens need feeding at this time of year. In fact the article is full of suggestions as to how you can make good use of the holiday leftovers to sustain our feathered friends. Throw out your Chri...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:46:40 +0000 A Green Christmas Tree and a Long Life Tip(ple) Keen gardeners are usually fanatics who need no encouragement, but at this time of year when the weather is mainly wet and cold some less committed souls may feel their enthusiasm wane. So here's some good news for a change. No longer is ''An apple a day k...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:08:02 +0000 Modern Marvels and Growing Your Own Having spent the last two weeks on vacation in the oldest city in the world, Damascus, I return to find the gardening news dominated by the ultra-modern. On one level Majesco has announced that Gardening Mama will be coming to America in Spring 2009. Appar...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000 The Grounded Gardener: Ornamentals can be counted on for a bright show in winter Master Gardener Marty Wingate spots ornamentals that stand out best in winter.   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000 Just Ask: Dig into the new year without sweat Ask Marianne Binetti: Five resolutions for the dirt-cheap, lazy gardener.   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000 Ironclad intentions ... with soft fillings Ciscoe Morris' ironclad New Year's resolutions.   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000 Green Gardening: Getting close to earth is heaven Garden expert Ann Lovejoy on the enduring joys of gardening.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000 Fix Bad Soil: Build a Berm In our story "Quick & Easy Shade Border" in magazine issue 80, we talked about how a raised or bermed bed   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000 Create Microclimates in Your Garden Issue 80 we showed you a before & after garden that took advantage of microclimates to grow less hardy plants. Here'   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000 Issue 80 The Best New Plants Out There If you couldn't get enough of the new plants the "New Plants of 2008" story in magazine issue 80, here are 11   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000 Small Space, Big Color Little houses don't have to have little gardens! In fact, a too-narrow foundation planting just looks wimpy. And don't   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:54:14 +0000