Archive for July 2008

Negros Oriental - Visayan Daily Star

Negros Oriental
Visayan Daily Star, Philippines - 3 hours ago
expansion of irrigation system; Bindoy and the Danao Atotes Matobato Multi-purpose, backyard vegetable gardening as its project partner;

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Extension offers Vegetable Gardening Workshop - Tampa Bay Newspapers

Extension offers Vegetable Gardening Workshop
Tampa Bay Newspapers, FL - 5 hours ago
A free Vegetable Gardening Workshop, Saturday, Aug. 9, to be held from 9 am to noon at Pinellas County Extension in Largo. The workshop comes just in time

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John’s Cafe owners’ home garden is source of best food he eats - Dallas Morning News

John’s Cafe owners’ home garden is source of best food he eats
Dallas Morning News, TX - 5 hours ago
And much of that bump, he adds, is coming from people new to vegetable gardening. As many of the new micro-farmers have discovered, growing food is a

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Wall-E ’s Plant Apocalypse - Slate

You might think the air would be full of the sound of Americans ripping up lawns and tearing out petunias to plant tomatoes and lettuce. This past year has seen a marked uptick in spending on vegetable seeds and plants, and the boys at the Burpee …

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Ask the Master Gardeners: August - Wilson County News

If you have a question to be answered, call the Master Gardeners at 830-379-1972 or leave a message and it will be answered. The Master Gardener research library is open Mondays from 8:30 to noon, on the second floor of the Texas AgriLife Extension …

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Food bank offers gardening workshop - Star-Gazette

The Food Bank of the Southern Tier will hold a fall vegetable gardening workshop from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 7 at the food bank garden, 945 County Route 64, next to Lowe’s in Big Flats. The outdoor workshop will explore what vegetables are good bets for …

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Little farm in the city - Ottawa Citizen


Ottawa Citizen
Little farm in the city
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 23 hours ago
number of Canadians who, driven by higher grocery costs, the appeal of organics and concern for the environment, have taken up vegetable gardening.

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‘Thank you ladies’ - This is Salisbury

IT was, says Alderholt grandmother Rita Smith, a wonderful day - and one that Prime Minister Gordon Brown said was long overdue. Rita, 86, was one of 50 former Land Girls invited to Downing Street last week to receive a badge of honour in recognition …

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EQIP can help fund conservation projects - American Farm

EQIP can help fund conservation projects
American Farm, MD - 1 hour ago
Do-it-yourself activities that saw the biggest increase in spending in 2007 from 2006 included lawn care, vegetable gardening, ornamental gardening,

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07-30-08 Local Residents Share Their Love Of Gardening - The Shopper Online

07-30-08 Local Residents Share Their Love Of Gardening
The Shopper Online, IL - 11 minutes ago
container gardening, groundcovers, flowering trees and shrubs, native shrubs and trees, (organic) vegetable gardening, and seed starting.

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