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Gardeners have been warned about a mould, called Aspergillus that grows on compost and decaying wood following the death of a middle-aged man. The Aspergillus mould is very common in UK gardens and is better known as an allergy trigger, but serious illness linked to it remains relatively rare. An expert said a [...]

Urban gardeners are turning deserted, neglected and vacant city land into lively and beautiful green spaces. Buzzfeed describes the green political-social movement as “part political statement, part an act of pure cultivation, the guerrilla gardening movement is sprouting in cities everywhere.”On the Net: The Guerrilla Gardening Homepage

Little Gardeners - Ever since our daughter was old enough to walk, she loved helping us garden. We'd give her pint-sized gardening tools and a spot to dig in and she couldn't be happier. It didn't take long before we created a vegetable patch just for her. More: continued here Other Review: The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year (Paperback)

Photography from the L.A. TimesThe L.A. Times has an article about guerrilla gardening which includes a tutorial on making seed bombs. Could you imagine if we started having guerrilla gardening battles? I like where this is headed.Related articlesGuerrilla Gardening [via Zemanta]Garden guerrillas: Seed bombs [via Zemanta]The guerrilla gardening show [via Zemanta]

Garden shed kit makes erection of the storage facility for your gardening equipment and tools very easy and economical. Discover how quickly and effortlessly your garden can gain a functional and great looking shed. A gardener’s dream! More: continued here

So you're thinking of herb gardening, or maybe you tried it last year and it was an utter disaster? Have no fear. There are a few simple mistakes that many herb newbies make (and I know, because I made most of 'em myself). Master these simple and practical tips for herb gardening and you'll be using your own fresh herbs like Mario Batali in no time. Fresh herbs are one of the greatest ways to

With all of the GMO (genetically modified organisms) laws being passed here and there and everywhere so the public never knows what they’re eating, gardening is becoming the new black. Why be left to wonder if you’re eating pesticides and other toxins when you can grow your own food. More and more people are turning [...]

A SWINDON society is hoping to pull up trees at next month's Chelsea Flower Show.The Federation of British Bonsai Societies will have a floral marquee displaying a variety of bonsai trees and is hoping to make it big at this year's event, which runs from May 20 to May 24.Reg Bolton, of Upper Stratton, who is also chairman of the federation, will be representing the group in London. He will be looking to continue his winning streak of the past 11 years. He said: "We're going to be displaying a variety of trees from the Swindon area."We've had a stand at Chelsea for the last 11 years and have always won a medal. It is the most important show in the gardening world and it is a privilege to take part.inches to about three or four feet. "I'm hoping we'll get a medal this year as well. Last year

Most artistic expressions have similar correlations that can be drawn between them (or so I believe).For the last few weeks, I've been gardening: I'm growing sprouts for lavender, basil, oregano, tomatoes and peppers.And this past Tuesday I began a pottery class.I've uncovered lessons in both practices as I believe both gardening and pottery-making are true art forms...as is copywriting.So what are the commonalities? How are these 3 things like the other? (I can't help it a song just popped in my head- the Sesame Street song "One of these things is not like the other"!). Are these 3 things alike or not?They are in several ways including learning to be present, tapping into patience and accepting and believing that something new will be transformed from the current state we are working with

Beasiswa S2: Master Gardeners 2008-2009 Iowa State University Scholarship The ISU Linn County Extension Master Gardeners scholarship is available for seniors graduates who are residents of Linn County and who attend secondary schools in Linn County. The scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior seeking a degree in the field of horticulture Iowa to a [...]

If you can't prove you are over 18 and you wish to purchase garden tools from Wyvale Garden Centers, you might be in for a surprise.... For many years now I have been a fan of Wolf garden tools. I particularly like using the Multi-Change tools, as many different heads will fit numerous size handles, enabling you to use the right tool for the job. Well I needed a larger rake head , for a forthcoming project, and I decided that the nearest place to get one would be the Wyvale in Donnington. The rake I was after was this bow rake.It is made of solid, high quality steel and the special advantage is that it can be used for two tasks: the strong tines will loosen soil and when turned round can be used for levelling out the soil. It also has these attributes...and another that I didn't know about

Like gardens, garden blogs all... This blog is about urban gardening, nature, garden photography,indoor gardening and plant propagation. Due to content scrapers I've decided to shorten my feed, sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. I hope you continue to subscribe to my feed and visit my blog to comment on the entries and view the photos of my plants.

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No, the question is not: Do we all want to be sustainable gardeners? But, if we were serious about the environment is it actually POSSIBLE for us to be self-sufficient for our food intake? Is there enough land that we could all have a large enough plot of soil to grow all our dietary needs? In a nutshell, the answer is 'Yes'... and 'No'. Greenspree.ca calculated the amount of land required for a family of four to feed themselves as only 1/4 acre. One quarter of an acre - that's all. And according to this site - taking into account that the world's population has now surpassed 6.6 billion - there is enough arable land for each person to have their own 1/2 acre. That means a family of four would be entitled to 2 acres each. With two acres (.8ha) this family would be able to grow enough fruit and vegetables, raise cows, poultry, a few sheep and even grow some grain crops. More than enough to satisfy their needs. Can you imagine it? You wake in the morning to milk the cow, che

Human beings are very complex creatures and it isn't until opposing sexes begin a project together that the enormity of our differences begin to show. Gardening is one such project. Place a man in the garden and he will create a very different vista than a woman, and vice versa. Put them together and you have a recipe for...well, disaster comes to mind...but it's not the expression I was searching for. The Man looks at a blank piece of land and envisions retaining walls, garden paths, arbours, water features, ponds, rolling lawns, enormous garden beds and places to sit and relax. The Woman sees the same things and tells the Man to get working. The Man wants to start with the places to sit and relax. The Woman wants to start with a path to the washing line. The Woman organises the father-in-law to come down for the weekend to give a hand. The Man organises a day of golf with his mates. The Man wants to hire a bobcat to move some of the soil around. The Woman, realising that it w

Container gardening is a fun and rewarding hobby that is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world. Not only is it relaxing and enjoyable, but you get the satisfaction of knowing that you're growing your own plants and you know where they came from! With more and more stories on the news about various outbreaks of food poisoning from things like lettuce and green onions, many people are finding it important to start growing as much of their own produce as possible.Many people are afraid to deal with container gardening. They think it is too difficult or too expensive. On the contrary, it is actually very easy and can be quite inexpensive! Here we explore the ease of setting up your first container garden, as well as the expenses involved.We're going to walk you through the process of setting up your first container garden. In this example, we will be growing some basil.Step One: Purchase your container gardening supplies. You will need the following items for this example. Thr

If you write about your garden on Blogger you may have noticed below the dashboard that Blogger highlighted a few blogs that were powered by Blogger that participated in Blog Action Day. It didn't escape my attention that there weren't any garden blogs in the list.I think it is great that so many blogs participated in Blog Action Day and that Blogger posted links to blogs about the environment but, why wasn't a garden blog chosen for the round up? Every day on our gardening sites and blogs is a "Blog Action Day." We write about the environment, plants, insects and animals, composting, recycling etc. Here on this blog I wrote a short entry on Responsible Gardening where I touched on the responsibility to the Earth that I, as a gardener, have. But I wasn't the only gardening blog that participated in Blog Action Day there were a few others. So I present a list of gardeners that should have been highlighted for Blog Action Day.McGregor's Daughter- Wrote about the destruction of pra

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Just when you thought simulation games - SimsCity, Flight Simulator, and a plethora of other artificial reality games - had reached their climactic point, it seems that gardening has now become a game in itself. Last Day of Work® have created a Gardening Sim called Plant Tycoon®. The objective of the game (apart from waste more of your precious time) is; "... to breed and cross breed plants until you find the 6 Magic Plants of Isola and solve the genetic puzzle. You start with a couple of dollars, a handful of seeds, some soil and water. Grow plants, organize and harvest seeds, monitor your plants' health, age and maturity and protect your plants from dehydration and infestations. Sell some of your creations to fund your research, buy better supplies to use in your Nursery and purchase ornaments to customize your virtual garden." At less than US$20 it might be quite the bargain to add to your blogging - or blog reading - stints. L

English Cottage Gardening for American Gardeners by Margaret Hensel,1992Loving the style of English Cottage gardening with its wonderful examples in jolly old England, I picked up this book with eagerness, heightened by the fact that Tasha Tudor wrote the foreword. If one is unfamiliar with her "Corgi Cottage" garden, it is a delightful example of cottage gardening that truly pictures what is possible for that sort of landscape... with all the old fashioned lifestyle that Tasha Tudor is also famous for, in life and art.I think that the "for American Gardeners" part of the title is a misnomer, unless it refers only to the zones that mimic English climate such as the Northern coastal regions of the West Coast and the lower New England and Mid Atlantic states on the East Coast. A good half of the book showcases gardens situated in England, which is good for educational purposes in style, but holds drawbacks for the American gardener.A few of the reasons:we have a lack of ancient stone wal

Our insatiable appetite to grow flowers, coupled with the desire to prove ourselves as gardeners, may just be the undoing of our fragile environment. While we blame Amazonian timber-loggers, multi-national petrochemical producers and our government's inability to deal with ozone depleting gases, some of our environmental problems may be occurring much closer to home, possibly in our own backyard. Gardeners are no strangers to societies ills. Our own gardens are often the result of trying hard to keep up with the proverbial Jones'. Our drive to have more, be more and do more is what keeps us as fat as our friends and away from our families. That same drive forces us to skew nature to our advantage with little respect for natural order and at a cost to which we are unaware. The accomplices: Garden Shows and Magazines, Green Thumb Sunday and Garden Blogger's Bloom Day. While none of these are specifically evil, and are certainly not created to be, they do encourage us to put our

I could hazard a guess that a greater percentage of vegetarians, especially vegans, grow their own vegetables than buy them. And, if I did a quick word association game with you and mentioned the term vegetarian, what terms would flow through your mind? Soybeans? Tofu (a soy bean extract)? Bean curd? So, why don't vegetarians grow soybeans? I guess it all comes down to cost. Soybeans, lentils, and many other pulses are essential cereal crops in the western world. The efficiency of producing them en masse reduces their price that it becomes a futile exercise to grow them yourself. Currently, here in Australia, potatoes and garlic are expensive items to buy in the shops so many home gardeners are growing them in their vegie patches. Carrots are a dime a dozen, and unless you really wanted to grow your own most gardeners would opt for the convenience of buying them. And this is another reason why gardeners aren't planting soybeans - convenience. The use of soybeans in many products

A lot of the time we have to go out of our way to see some of the amazing things mother nature has to show us in the country, but sometimes nature comes to see us.We sere sitting outside enjoying a brief spell of sun before darkness fell and more rain came down when we heard a shuffling at the bottom of the garden, thinking nothing of it and assuming it was one of the many cats from the surrounding homes we carried on chatting until I looked up and spotted this little fellow looking back at me.I managed to get very close and as you can see, the Hedgehog was in no way camera shy.We left him to his evening stroll hoping that he would eat as many slugs as he could find, they eat up to 15 a night so that should save a few of the leaves on the plants.We haven't been sea fishing or walking recently as the weather has been atrocious for June but we're hoping to get out and about once the rain stops but looking at the weather forcast for the coming weeks it looks like we'll have to keep our

Manor Park Allotments, came under increasing pressure from the London Development Agency (LDA) as works commenced on the 2012 Olympics and looked like they would lose their 100 year old growing plots. However, it seems that this may have been averted now as allotmenteers are offered an alternative until the Olympics have come and gone. GTNI first mentioned this story back in February when Manor Park gardeners were begging for people to sign their petitions. The LDA originally proposed an alternative venue but when it couldn't be secured they reneged on their promise and ordered that allotment owners leave their plots empty-handed. The Manor Park allotmenteers then sought legal advice and planned to sue the LDA in London's High Court. Well, it seems the LDA has finally taken a more gentle approach and has secured land in Marsh Lane Waltham Forest. However, while there are 64 plots to be made available at this new site, 80 will be bulldozed at Manor Park. Still, it seems this ma

From: DailyMail When Ian and Barbara Pollard let it be known that they enjoyed gardening in the nude, they attracted a fair amount of coverage. What they didn’t expect, however, was to discover that their enthusiasm for clothes-free horticulture was shared by so many others. So much so that the Pollards now hold special naturist open days at their highly acclaimed five-acre garden in Wiltshire. On Sunday, they had about 350 visitors, with about 300 disrobing. This feels like Adam and Eve to me! If you liked this post, buy me a beer!Share This

"Google for Gardeners" is a Google Custom Search Engine that I've been experimenting with. What I've been doing is hand selecting websites that have content that we as gardeners are looking for. When you search Google for something you always get the most popular results first but sometimes the most popular results are websites where you can buy plants or garden products.That's great if you're looking for buy plants or other items for you garden but not so great if you're looking for information on plant propagation or information on growing a plant or trying to diagnose a problem. So I've been hand selecting sites which are not retail based that have information that's useful to gardeners. Most of them are edus or gardening societies and a few blogs because they have actual information. As of today Google for Gardeners searches 206 websites and can be used to search for all kinds of gardening information ranging from gardening indoors to organic gardening.If you have a suggesti

Even at 34 years of age, I'm already noticing that there are some things I'm no longer able to do. So I worry that when I'm 60+ the limitations of my body are going to be to acute to continue in my preferred hobby. "Nonsense!" Bob Souvestre, instructor of horticulture at LSU and Louisiana Master Gardener program coordinator, would say. "I am 52 and have arthritis," he said in a telephone interview. "I know nerve deafness. My eyes. I wear glasses. My back hurts. I have bursitis and tendinitis." And still he lectures! Maggie Martin's recent interview with Souvestre highlighted that while we age and need to adapt to our limitations it shouldn't be an excuse for no longer being involved in our favourite pastimes. Ida Hayden, 84, a gardener for 50 years, said stability and endurance are the only problems she faces. "I haven't changed tools. No pads, but I do have a stick that (husband) Harold made that helps me get up when I get down. It is a walking stick with a flat bottom.

My mother, and many gardeners who are part of her generation, seemed to marry both gardening and flower arranging and do it quite well. She took a flower arranging course when I was young and has since continued both hobbies as if they were joined at the (rose) hip. So I wonder which hobby benefited the other or was it a type of synergy that was created because they both had similar characteristics. From what I understand, and observed from my mother's flower arrangements, arranging flowers is really no different to gardening. The arranger, like a gardener, has a plethora of considerations to be made before they plonk a few stems into an awkward shaped vase. Firstly, the flower arranger needs to imagine the end product. This isn't unlike a gardener who needs to plan out their garden design with the end result in mind. This initial design period is essential for both the person doing the flower arrangement and the gardener and if not conceived properly will lose focus and the resu

Have You Got The Perfect Name For A Gardener? Did you know that your surname may have been used to indicate your profession ... obvious ones would be Archer, Baker, Carpenter, Fisher, Hunter, Miller, Shepherd, Smith, Wright ... so would I be right to assume people called "Gardener' came from families of gardeners?? Now, "cause it would be boring for every gardener to have the same name ... what do you think of these for suggestions for the prefect gardeners name ... Mr Hedges ... Ms Katie Cane ... Bob Flowerdew ... (we love Bob Flowerdew ... but do you think he changed his name to suit his job?) Mr Bush ... putting politics aside ... Ms Berry ... Holly of course Penny Royal ... if but a bit annoying ... A Mole ... although I wouldn't invite him to a garden party … Ms Petal ... first name Rose Ms Cherry Forrest ... although this sounds a bit like yoghurt … But I'm sure you can do better ...

Hobby gardeners love the challenges a greenhouse offers them. Just think about being able to trudge through the snow in the winter, open the door to your own little hothouse, and spend a wonderful afternoon tending to your plants, raising tomatoes and flowers, and doing all the gardening chores you ...

If you are a dedicated gardener, you know about the importance of having your own little greenhouse. Professional growers have long since learned to employ the advantages of these hothouses, and have realized profits for decades simply because they were oftentimes able to get a head start on growing seasons, ...