gardening

Gardening is both an art and an occupation, an enjoyable and creative pastime with very real (and often edible!) results. Gardening has gone in and out of vogue in recent years, but experienced a resurgence in 2009 due to increased environmental awareness, lowered economic standards, and the example set by American First Lady Michelle Obama, who oversaw the creation of a new garden on the White House grounds.

There are lots of passionate gardeners on the blogosphere: flower lovers, home gardeners, sustainability and permaculture experts, slow foodies, and renegades all document their love of flora with essays and photos. Whether you're a beginning gardener or a seasoned dirt wrangler, you'll find a vibrant online community with knowledge and experience to make your garden grow.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “gardening”

• in Lifestyle
  Improving Your Home by Beautifying Your World
  Gardening seems to be a very popular way for US residents to make improvements to their home.
  by sageone73 / on May 7, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Women, Power and Quotas: A Necessary Next Step?
  It may take legislating quotas for women to fully break through the glass ceiling.
  by leslielkossoff / on Mar 30, 2012
• in Green
  Save Water While Keeping Lawns Green
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  by yihyeewong / on Jul 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “gardening”

 

• Three Front Yard Vegetable Gardens

  
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  I spotted some nice front yard gardens while I was out for a walk the other day. Check out these finds: Above, these gardeners have used some scrap lumber as retaining walls to allow them some extra soil depth for planting. In this small front yard bed theyre growing beautiful kohlrabi (my new favorite ...
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• Easy Edible Garden Tip: Growing Green Onions

  
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  Growing green onions is easy as pie. All you need to do is save the bottoms from a bunch of green onions that you bought for cooking! Green Onion Family: Papa Onion, Mama Onion, and Baby Onion I know, this isn’t a new idea, but since our CSA has been sending green onions (aka scallions) to us pretty regularly ...
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• What to look for in good quality newt fencing

  
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  Newt fencing, as you may well know, is used to protect endangered or protected species of newt from harm whilst building, construction or other human development projects are going on. It effectively keeps the newts in a controlled and safe area and prevents them from entering working areas where they may face great ...
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• Camping & Hiking Paper Doll {free printable}

  
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  Look at this  paper doll  design just for the month of June! {{LOVE!}}  Who doesn’t love a little happy hiker and camper?  This complete  hiking and camping  themed   Paper Doll Printable Set features a camping set for the “Little Laurie” paper doll that is perfect for the summer and Father’s Day! ...
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• Natomas Rose Garden hosts mixer, seeks business

  
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  Business will be blooming this evening at Sacramentos newest public rose garden. From 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Natomas Rose Garden will host members of the Natomas Chamber of Commerce at a business mixer. Besides an opportunity for networking, the setting will try to sell itself with hundreds of roses in full bloom. ...
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• Vote For Your Favorite Luxe Home Design in This Beautiful NYC Building!

  
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  A new kind of design competition in New York has just caught our eye. A new MetroLoft luxury building, 116 John St., got creative and hosted its very own interior design competition. Six up-and-coming designers traveled to the building and put their personal touches on model homes. Each of the designs is absolutely ...
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• Enjoy Gardening With Garden Hand Tools

  
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  Intro – Garden Hand Tools Enjoy Gardening With Garden Hand Tools – Maybe which should really read, garden hands tools that each garden enthusiast should need to make your existence simpler. And I am sure after groing through a few of the “should haveInch garden tools, you’ll most likely be turning over, ...
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• The World Vision Garden – What the Celebrities Thought!

  
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  Press Day at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show sees the place crawling with journalists along with a liberal smattering of celebrities. I grabbed one or two and asked them for their impressions of the World Vision Garden, I even managed to video one or two! Mesmerising was the word on everyone’s lips (hence Hugh’s ...
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• The Best Varieties to Grow in Your Garden

  
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  Deciding which variety to plant of different vegetables and herbs is always so hard!  All of the seed catalogs seem to promise the most delicious, biggest, flavorful, vegetable – so how do you know what to plant?  These are some tips I have found to work for me when deciding which variety and where to buy them. ...
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• New Work From Zonenkinder

  
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  "CityBilder - Kunst auf Brandwänden" in Dresden, Germany.  The art project aleady started at the end of 2011 and continues in 2012 and is meant to co-create the city and to enrich the urban surrounding in the quarter "Friedrichstadt". featuring FRM & Otecki (Wroclaw, Polen); Jens Besser (Dresden); Zonenkinder ...
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• 50% off Martha Stewart Living Pacifica Collection 4-Piece Patio Chat Set Was: $399.00 Now Just: $199.00

  
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  Another great IN SEASON deal! Thanks HOME DEPOT! SKU: Pacifica Collection Retail Price: $399.00 Sale Price: $199.00 Show me the deal Get all coupons, deals and sales home depot Coupons
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• Strawberry Survival

  
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  The first thing I did upon returning from my old home in the desert southwest was check on my daughters strawberry garden.  I wasnt sure what I would find.  She loves her strawberry garden , and if it had managed to die while we were away shed be crushed. Fortunately, they were still alive.  Not thriving, but ...
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• 50% off Hampton Bay Folding Woven 5-Piece Dining Patio Set with Seat Pads Was: $199.00 Now Just: $99.50

  
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  Another Great choice for summer! *YAY* SUMMER! SKU: 124-018-5D Retail Price: $199.00 Sale Price: $99.50 Show me the deal Get all coupons, deals and sales home depot Coupons
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• 50% off Hampton Bay Morrison 5-Piece Padded Sling Patio Dining Set Was: $299.00 Now Just: $149.50

  
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  Great deal!! 50% OFF and perfect IN SEASON! SKU: 11S742C Retail Price: $299.00 Sale Price: $149.50 Show me the deal Get all coupons, deals and sales home depot Coupons
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• 20 Pieces We Dig From Williams-Sonomas Agrarian Shop

  
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  Williams-Sonoma s new line of healthy living equipment, appropriately called Agarian , has caught our eye since day one. The line aims to support a community of healthy living, and between the gardening tools, homegrown goodies, and lovely decor pieces, its hard to pick just one favorite product. With that said, here ...
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• Recipe: Poached Tilapia on Turnip Greens

  
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  Last year our garden didnt do much of anything.  Before you start fretting about the coming apocalypse, please allow me to point out that it never did anything because we never put anything into the ground.  Life just got away from us last year.  Fortunately we are not and were not dependent on the fruit of our own ...
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• Growing Crops: Citrus Trees

  
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  Grapefruits, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Tangerines…they’re like little balls of sunshine, particularly during the Fall and Winter months, when a great many varieties produce fruit. Contrary to what you may think, you don’t have to live in California or Florida to grow citrus trees. Did you know that citrus trees ...
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• Secrets For Gardening Techniques

  
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  Gardening can be a rewarding pastime and can bring many benefits. Whether you grow flowers or vegetables, there is just something about growing plants and caring for them that is so rewarding. This article can lend you a helping hand and give you important pointers about gardening and growing things. A great tip to ...
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• The Most Expensive Flowers Ever Bought

  
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  An audacious bloom has always been a symbol of luxury or affluence and considered a romantic gift because of this. Their scent and aesthetic are pleasing and non-apologetically bold and ...
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• What is Spilanthes?

  
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  Yesterday, I got to ride out to some local farms with the CSA where I help out, and I learned about a very interesting herb: spilanthes. While picking up some arugula we were chatting with Justin — one of the farmers that runs Serenbe Farms just outside of Atlanta — and I idly munched on a piece of arugula that ...
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