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No, it's..." the 2008 Iowa DG Roundup at Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids! See the "Fun Facts" list below for details.hile the weather wasn't exactly heavenly (cloudy, cold, and lots of wind), spirits were high.The sun did manage to come out during a wonderful...

I am stuck to DG like a piece of iron to a magnet for all the good reasons. I had opened my first e-mail in 1998. But the situation was rescued by "Garden Angels" to whom I am profoundly grateful for their gift subscriptions, year after year.

They enjoyed some of the same books, movies and TV shows. Aurora sings and dances with the animals while smelling all the beautiful flowers she is surrounded by. They had parenting issues, and dilemmas about what to serve for dinner.

I promised her that day that I'd make sure we "kept up". Multiplied to the point of folks just gasping in the Spring at her woodland area. This isn't an article about politics or religion, it's just about Mothers - those gone, those here and those in...

These birdhouses are unbelievable and amazing. Soon people began to slow down their cars to look at his bird house. He stated, "After sitting around for a few years, I thought maybe I could still do some woodworking on a smaller scale.

With so many choices, there should never be a year pass that one can not add a Love Plant to their Love Garden.To find these and many other plants with the word love in their name, go to Dave's Garden, type "love" in the search bar and settle in for a...

February brings Valentine's Day for the romantics and American Heart Month for the pragmatic and health conscious among us. "" will help you decide whether a potted orange tree is right for your situation.Delicous, nutritious sweet potatoes are another...

They spend most of the summer growing to blooming size, and then in fall they put on their most colorful show. To their dismay, most of the pretty spring flowers become scruffy and unkempt as summer's heat and humidity take their toll.

This database has a category dedicated to Birds and Butterflies. Even though Dave's Garden is primarily focused on plants, we have several features for those who love their feathered friends too.was launched by popular demand for a database that catalogs...

I think my favorite tomato will become more popular each year, and the more people who grow it, the easier it will be to find seeds the following year.Let's spread the fame of ‘Potato Top' from coast to coast and beyond, keeping Limbaugh's Legacy growing!Photos...

During the planting and preparation, aggiegrl added flower beds and improved the soil. What better sunshine and atmosphere is there for children to grow up in? A family is growing and their hearts are overflowing with kindness from the DG community and...

That way, you don't end up with 17 two liter bottles, trying to cover everybody's preferences. Ask for a couple of volunteers who are willing to linger over a cup of coffee and help clear away the aftermath.

This here's goin' to be chewed like tobacco." Somebody's gonna chew this? There it was, still standing in the middle of a leaf covered bare spot about halfway up the north side of the mountain.

Maybe that?s why green blooms seem so magical? Maybe it?s seasick because I?ve overfilled the water tray. We might be familiar with pink, white, or even multicolor flowers with stripes, edges, or fantasy markings.Among all these more usual colors, a growing...

Farmers will give more attention to how they cultivate and amend their land, embracing soil practices that encourage the production of nutritionally healthier and more flavorful fruits and vegetables, as well as native plants that can be foraged for food.

That alone is sufficient reason to include them in your garden.Pronounce: san-toh-LEE-na rose-ma-ree-nee-FOH-lee-uh,Other names: Lavender cotton, green santolina, rosemary santolina, gray santolinaSize: 18 to 24 inches tall, or 3 to 4 feet tall depending...

Work is to be complete in 2012.) From this starting point, one is tempted by nearby formal plantings and more natural areas. The decades since have seen creation of areas of formal landscape, and display gardens of various themes.

Plant layers of early and late varieties for a long blooming season.And if you ever get the chance to travel to the Netherlands, try to go in late April, during the height of spring flowering at the Keukenhof!For an overview and more photos of the Keukehnof,...

The following is a continued alphabetical listing, as an introduction to this species many floral presentations as witnessed in Southern California. Part 5 and last of this article series will be out some time later.

The average soil temperatures for March 2013 are forecasted to register between 5 and 12 degrees F below normal, while last year's March temperatures were 5 to 15 degrees F above normal, according to Frederick Gesser, senior global meteorologist for agriculture...

Through the years, we watch our saplings mature to beautiful trees, our perennial beds offer color, form and texture year upon year and through time and passionate work, we are familiar with all the nuances of our beloved space.

Talk about your mission. An IATP survey of 67 small- to medium-scale farm in Minnesota also demonstrated a strong farmer interest in selling to schools. “Welcome folks on your farm with tours and open houses and farm stands .

Saddle shoes and poodle skirts. But what about gardens? This article focuses on the use of pink, black and turquoise plants for a 50's garden theme.In the 1950's garden, an assortment of mass produced decorations scattered about was not uncommon – plastic...

Let me remind for the newcomers/new readers that I live on Reunion Island which is a volcanic one and actually an active volcanic one! Our local volcano, the Piton de la Fournaise (literally ‘blaze peak') usually stays rather quiet but every once in...

They need an image make-over, as, for me, they will always represent the suburban garden at its lowest point. Adrian Bloom showed us this brave new world, and there was no place for the Chrysanthemum or the Dahlia and they all but disappeared for years,...

“Hauling livestock to market two times a year is hardly the same as hauling goods across the country on a daily basis,” Bacus says. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), has been supported by a number of agriculture organizations, including the American Farm Bureau...

It also makes good quality fuel. It comes from deciduous low altitude dry forests areas (but has also adapted to somewhat rainy places) in south Asia and India but can still be found growing as high as 1300 m in the Himalayas.