National Gardening Month
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November 19, 2009
Upper South
By Maggie Oster, Borden, IN

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In My Garden

Houseplants for Health

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Winter certainly has its own beauty, but as almost any gardener will attest to, there's nothing like surrounding yourself indoors with green, growing, even flowering, plants during this time. So, if for no other reason, we grow houseplants for our...
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Resources

Web Finds

Cornell Ornithology Lab As your attention turns to cleaning and filling bird feeders, it%s also a great time to visit the...

Books

Sustainable Farming and Gardening First published in English in 1978, Masanobu Fukuoka's book The One-Straw Revolution: An...

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Regional Reminders
  • Visit A Farmer's Market
  • Tackle a Landscaping Project
  • Begin Gathering Natural Decorations
  • Protect Broad-Leaved Evergreens
  • Snag Winter Weeds
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National News

From NGA Editors

New Colorful Butterfly Bush

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The butterflies have flown South and West for the winter, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start...

Colorful Book on Plants

While most gardeners enjoy practical books on gardening techniques and plants, sometimes it’s...

Don’t Touch Your African Violets

There’s no doubt that African violet plants are beautiful. In looking at and caring for them,...

Bird Feeders Spread Noxious Weeds

Bird feeding is a popular fall activity. People love to watch the birds gathering at the feeder;...

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