Today is Veteran’s Day in the USA, it is also the feast day of St. Martin of Tours on the Christian calendar. Today is also the beginning of “Indian Summer” according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. St. Martin’s Day, November 11, is considered the beginning of Indian summer, a period of warm weather following a cold spell [...]
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Indian Summer begins today
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End of the month
30 Oct 2009 | 10:38 amIt is the last business day of the month. We are about to say so long to the month of October and hello to November. Talk about time flying–this month sure has. Yes, I know, I have been lax in my writing for the past few weeks. Blame it on the weather. Blame it on my work. [...] -
Catching up
20 Oct 2009 | 8:22 amAfter my trip to Denver, all kinds of things have happened in my life and in the garden. I am catching up, at least from this point on a Tuesday. Weather comments: This has been a period of cool and rain that I have not experienced for some time. Since September 15, I have dumped over 12 inches [...] -
Fall is here…
8 Oct 2009 | 6:27 amI am finally catching up on things after being away for a week. I plan to spend some time in the garden this evening, and have a little time to write this morning between tasks. Evidence that fall is here in the mountains of North Carolina: Regular morning temperatures around 40 degrees. While I was in Denver, [...] -
Back from Denver
4 Oct 2009 | 6:06 pmI have been out of town much of the week. On Tuesday I flew into Denver for a conference dealing with crime victims with disabilities. I flew back to NC on Saturday. I spent a bit of time in the garden on Saturday afternoon, not much this afternoon, and I have plans for tomorrow afternoon [...]
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GARDENING - Google News
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Select the right tree to accent your garden - Seattle Times
Select the right tree to accent your gardenSeattle TimesYardsmart: Maureen Gilmer, a horticulturist, offers gardening tips. This week's topic is on accent trees. By MAUREEN GILMER This Japanese maple will become and more » -
Florida aims to boost credit to small businesses with `Economic Gardening' - MiamiHerald.com
Florida aims to boost credit to small businesses with `Economic Gardening'MiamiHerald.comFlorida's Economic Gardening Program -- designed to help high-growth companies with loans and training -- is now taking applications. Get your gloves for some economic gardeningSarasota Herald-Tribuneall 2 news articles » -
Correa 'Sister Dawn': Subtle Aussie evergreen - San Francisco Chronicle
Correa 'Sister Dawn': Subtle Aussie evergreenSan Francisco Chronicleis a nurseryman, gardening writer and photographer who cares for a sprawling Oakland garden. E-mail comments to home@sfchronicle.com and check and more » -
Michelle Obama visits Va. school, tours garden - The Associated Press
The Associated PressMichelle Obama visits Va. school, tours gardenThe Associated PressFirst Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from students Wednesday as she toured a Virginia elementary school's vegetable garden. and more » -
Inquirer Gardening Columnist - Philadelphia Inquirer
Inquirer Gardening ColumnistPhiladelphia InquirerStart your holiday shopping for gardening friends by perusing the Web site of the Mail Order Gardening Association, which provides links to numerous online and more »
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Home Gardening News
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Getty Center's spectacular gardens are worth a visit
21 Nov 2009 | 8:15 amWe had a short drive from the Virginia Robinson Garden in Beverly Hills to the Getty Center, located on its own hilltop in the Santa Monica Mountains, right off the 405 Freeway. -
Lingonberries shine at Thanksgiving tables
21 Nov 2009 | 3:47 amNot to be unpatriotic, but another "cranberry" outshines the traditional Thanksgiving cranberry.This fruit, sometimes called mountain cranberry, partridgeberry or foxberry, is esteemed in other parts of the world. You may know it by its Scandinavian name, lingonberry, because that's where it is most popular, with many thousands of tons harvested each year from the wild. -
Stretching the season in your vegetable garden
21 Nov 2009 | 2:32 amDepending on where you live, by mid-summer, some gardens are finishing up for the season, others are in their prime and still others are just starting to produce. -
Mountain cranberry: Grow lingonberries yourself -- they make a great backyard fruit
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New Departure in Gardening. Ireland Welcomes Gardeningonline.ie
20 Nov 2009 | 5:50 pmGardeningOnline.ie has just gone live. The new site offers a new dimension to gardening in Ireland.
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Sustainable Gardening Blog
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On Being Paid to Blog, and What I Really do in my Garden in November
20 Nov 2009 | 8:51 amFor three years I wrote how-to gardening articles for local readers of the Takoma Voice and loved it – til I finally gave it up to focus on activities that would help pay the bills. Reality, I hear you! That meant confining the garden-teaching to garden-coaching clients, which brings in a bit, and looking for [...] -
The Great Dead-Leaf Debate – who knew?
19 Nov 2009 | 4:16 amWho knew there was so much controversy around the question of what's the "greenest" thing to do with dead leaves? Actually I've gotten more than a hint of the controversy because over on GardenRant people have, of course, ranted about this very topic. More than a few who follow the "leaf it be" practice of [...] -
Say hello to Olive Barn and Jackie D’Elia
15 Nov 2009 | 10:34 amI started hearing from Jackie months ago – some comments on GardenRant and the occasional helpful tip ("That link's a dud!" And for the record, I WANT y'all to tell me these things! ) Then last summer I asked for eco-dubies to step up and pay my expenses to attend an awesome conference about Urban [...] -
How to hurt your back in the garden
11 Nov 2009 | 11:36 amDo I know to bend at the knee? Was I born yesterday? Of course I know to do that!. Ditto doing regular exercises to strengthen the big muscles that take the load off our tired old back muscles when we're working hard. (I use weights and Pilates.) Now about stretching before gardening, do YOU do that? [...] -
Sustainable and Urban Gardening Newsletter, November 2009
7 Nov 2009 | 5:21 amBlog edition. The whole newsletter is right here. Urban Gardening on the Web Urban Gardening – What is it? is my definition and a call for links to more great programs across the U.S. USDA reports that farmers' markets are up 13 percent over 2008! Here's the story. Excellent new resource: Growing School and Youth Gardens in NY [...]
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Natural Gardening
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Salvia coccinea
20 Nov 2009 | 5:38 pmSalvia is an excellent genus from a wildlife gardener's point of view. The flowers of most of the species that I've grown (with the exception of an annual bedding plant) provide nectar for bees and butterflies of all sorts, as well as ruby-throated hummingbirds.Some of them, such as S. guaranitica (Brazilian sage or Anise sage) and S. coccinea (Texas sage) flower all season long in our Zone 7 climate. What's not to like about that?A cultivar of S. coccinea 'Coral Nymph' - selected for its coral pink flowers - was still providing sustenance for honeybees and carpenter bees on a late November… -
Fallen leaves
19 Nov 2009 | 6:13 pmMany of the leaves in our garden have fallen now, although there are still holdouts.The two white oaks in back still have all their leaves, and one of them, amazingly, is still almost all green although the other has leaves that are a deep maroon color.The crape-myrtle above my potting bench is a brilliant orange-red. Spectacular.The big-leaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) is now leafless, but on the ground, they're still lovely. -
Looking ahead
18 Nov 2009 | 7:05 pmThere are too many things to plan (for winter and spring programs, etc.) to be able to savor the last bits of fall in any depth, alas. A great walk before the rains of today and yesterday, and promise of clear weather to come help.I WISH I had a lot more time to read other gardening blogs (I'm going to recommend some in a program tomorrow), but for now, I barely have time to reflect on what was most interesting (in terms of nature and gardening) in my day, and do a short post.Thanks to all of you who do read my reflections and make comments! They're always appreciated. -
A final bit of fall color
17 Nov 2009 | 5:29 pmThe long, protracted fall here in the Southeastern U.S. has meant that fall color has been stretched out in spits and spurts - a highlight here, and then there. Native and non-native species alike have put on a show, from Fothergilla major (a native) to Ginkgo biloba (an ancient tree from China).With still no hard freeze (or even light frost) in sight, flowering perennials are still nice, too. The Mexican hyssop (genetically programmed from a different climate) as well as a native Aster (Symphyotrichum patens) are still in flower along with the native witch hazel.There are still blooming… -
Yellow-bellied sapsuckers
16 Nov 2009 | 6:41 pmAn excellent friend saw her first yellow-bellied sapsucker this weekend at the Garden.It wasn't so long ago that I saw my first confirmation that sapsuckers actually exist (we see their evidence everywhere). I saw a pair last weekend (remarkably), but had seen several at the Garden (with my gardening companion) a couple of weeks ago. He remembered that we saw our first sighting last fall (at the Garden).
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The Growing Edge
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Chicken Shows Up At City Council Meeting
20 Nov 2009 | 2:12 pmA person dressed up as a chicken showed up at a Durango, Colorado city council meeting where the council was discussing the language of a recently-passed backyard hen ordinance relating to predators and allowing chickens within city limits. The chicken sat in the mostly empty audience area and when the council was about to adjourn to a closed session, arose and walked up before the council, left an egg on the floor and walked out of the building. Click HERE for the story. -
Another California City Looks To Ban Leaf Blowers
20 Nov 2009 | 1:08 pmThe northern Bay Area city of Sebastopol is looking at banning the use of gas powered leaf blowers within the city limits. Sebastopol would join over a dozen other California citys that ban leaf blowers. What is next? Lawn mowers and rototillers? I am all for mower mulching your leaves in place and converting lawns to veggie gardens and cutting back on the use of gas powered implements but there are times when blister causing lawn and garden hand tools just don’t cut it. Photo credit: Kent Porter/The Press Democrat And watch the video below for the creative way they can be used with… -
Edible Walls Add To The Urban Garden Landscape
20 Nov 2009 | 1:06 amLarge scale rooftop gardens are expensive propositions and usually require a lot of technology. Vertical edible plant walls on the other hand, are a fraction of the cost, don’t need much technology and require less maintenance once they are installed. Read about New York City vertical plant walls HERE. Photo credit: Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times -
About News Portals, Aggregators And Parasites
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If You Think GMO Plants Are Funky…
19 Nov 2009 | 11:06 pmConsumers, when given truth in labeling about GMO foods, don’t want to buy or consume GMO food. Now, bioengineers are growing nerve, heart and other tissues in labs. This could lead to raising GMO meat in laboratories without animals ever seeing the inside of an industrial factory farm. The pr spin has started… GMO “test tube” meats are being touted as a “sustainable” solution to what is ailing the planet…As Charles Q. Choi reports for LiveScience.com, *Avoiding animal suffering by reducing the farming and killing of livestock. *Dramatically cutting…
