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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 2:57 pm

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Organic Gardening Magazine- 3 Aspects Of Organic Gardening Magazine!

The Organic Gardening magazine covers three aspects–

(1) History:

The year, 1930, saw the launch of a company called Rodale Inc. The company has been achieving milestone after milestone over the years, to become the largest publisher of any printed matter related to health and fitness today!

During the 1940s, J. I. Rodale realized that organic gardening was related to health too, and decided to create public awareness through a magazine titled “Organic Farming and Gardening”. The first publication to be launched by the Rodale Press was in 1942.

Robert D. Rodale (son of J. I. Rodale) took charge of the magazine after his father’s death in 1971. When the son was killed in a road accident in 1990, J. I. Rodale’s daughter (Maria) was appointed as the leader of the company. The title of the magazine was changed by Maria. It is now known as Organic Gardening magazine.

Even today, this magazine enjoys maximum popularity as compared to other magazines devoted to organic gardening! The magazine is brought out as a bi-monthly, and the annual subscription is 25 dollars.

Publication of the Organic Gardening magazine is not confined to the US only; it is published in UK too. Here, the magazine is available as a monthly issue and the cover price is

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Exaco Trading EARTH Earthmaker 120-Gallon Three Stage Aerobic Composter

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Earthmaker 3 – stage Compost Bin turns trash into treasure! Dumping yard refuse and food scraps in the trash not only wastes landfill space, it’s a waste of money too! Don’t believe me? Well, think about how much you spend on lawncare services or products every year. Sending organic waste to the dump means you’re literally throwing out valuable nutrients you COULD be using to keep your yard and ga…

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Rodale Press, publisher of Prevention Magazine and Organic Gardening warns of the health hazards of modern chemical-laden, fragranced soaps which include
“…chemicals known to be carcinogens, endocrine-disrupters and reproductive toxicants, even at low levels.” Rodale recommends “Go the unscented route whenever possible, especially with soaps and detergents.” Recent information has made it very…

The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!

$11.49

The Backyard Homestead Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard Homestead shows you how it’s done. And when the harvest is in, you’ll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits o…

The 50 Mile Bouquet: Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Flowers

$10.92

Most flowers on the market today are imported, mass-produced and chemical-laden. The 50 Mile Bouquet introduces some of the innovative voices of the dynamic new Slow Flower movement: the organic flower farmers, the sustainably-motivated floral designers…and the flower enthusiasts who are increasingly asking, Where and how were my flowers grown, and who grew them?With documentary-feature reportin…

Great Garden Companions: A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden

$6.11

Discover the secrets of a naturally pest-proof vegetable garden with Great Garden Companions. Let master gardener Sally Jean Cunningham show you how to keep pests and diseases at bay with her unique companion-gardening system. By planting special combinations of vegetables, flowers, and herbs, you can minimize pest and disease problems and create a high-yielding, beautiful garden!…

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Gardening Is Good For Your Health

Saturday, August 21st, 2010 at 1:24 pm

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Gardening Is Good For Your Health
I love flower gardens but I don’t have a green thumb. I really don’t have any know how on where to even begin

I have managed to plant 3 miniture rose bushes but I am amazed that they are still living because I haven’t taken good care of them. I have two nice areas to plant flowers but there are a lot of small rocks in there. That I think is what is really stopping me. I have a lot of health issues and it is hard for me to get down and pick all those rocks out. I just love petunias, tulips and lilies but until I can tackle this I will never have a garden. I know it is too late this year, can anyone tell me where I begin and how to do it? I want you to know I appreciate your answers in advance.

Can you pay someone to clear a wide line or circles ?

Do you have a volunteer group in your area or a CASA group that has volunteers to go over for a few hours and do things like this?

I would leave a good bit of the rocks in unless they are overwhelmingly in the dirt so things can’t grow. They will prevent weeds.

Instead, plan where you want clusters of flowers, plant ground climbing flowers or ivy. Just don’t let the ivy get out of control. Shamrocks are pretty, too.

Add 1 or 2 large boulders to create more of a rock garden, garden stepping stones, a garden reflection ball, bird feeders, or add birdbath, a garden flag, or other concrete figure.

A St. Francis of Assisi statue, Bonsaie trees, a water pond with koi fish and water lillies and small waterfall, are other considerations. A water fountain coming from the middle of the pond is pretty, too.

If you have a large enough area, a wooden tier with dirt can produce quite a few strawberries. A domesticated blackberry bush, a blueberry bush, a hydrangea bush, are nice.

For now, I would wait for the mums to come in and set out a bale of hay (or small one), fake Fall leaves, and preplanted mums in pots. For the upcoming holidays, buy flags for the garden flag pole/holder, or lighted garlands for the pole holding the birdfeeder.

Pound short “rebars” {the metal rods put in concrete for support} or camping spikes into the ground to support the potted mums or other things. I have also driven a straightened coat hanger wire through the pot into the ground IF I was lucky enough that the ground was not hard.

If you get someone to help, think about this idea, too. Put a short, hollow pipe into the ground several feet. The pipe needs to be large enough to set a painted metal “tree” with only limbs on it. So look for the tree first. I’ve seen them in hobby shops and discount stores . It should look like a natural, unevenly branched tree. White, brown, or green is a good color to spray paint it. Set the tree up to hang red and pink hearts on for Valentine’s Day, plastic Easter eggs on, patriotic things for Memorial & Labor Day and 4th of July, attach a scarecrow to it for Halloween and Fall (along with your hay bale & mums), pumpkins & bunched corn stalks for Thanksgiving, lights for Christmas, – oops sorry, any Jewish holiday items if this is your denomination. You can take the “tree” out of the hole and put it up.

Flip through magazines or get on the computer to scan for landscape gardening or landscape flowers for ideas. I love walking through greenhouses and places like Home Depot or Lowe’s for ideas to pop in my head. I bet you will, too!

I hope this helps, because I would love for you to have fun decorating and watching nature grow !

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If appropriate, I like arbors or a bench of iron & wood or concete/stone/marble.

How does your garden grow? Here’s mine!!!

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Before you discard your carrot tops, potato peels, eggshells and coffee grounds, stop! Keep this Compost Pail handy and you can put those things and more to good use in the garden. Made of 18/8 polished stainless, it can sit on your counter or prep area and still look attractive. It also fits easily under a sink, too. The lid features holes for aeration and inside contains a charcoal filter to eli…

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Herbal Scalp Formula (Natural hair textures, braids, and weaves). A natural approach to hair & scalp restoration. Here’s the Secret to Our Science: Organic Root Stimulator is based on a fertilization system that uses botanical ingredients and herbal extracts in a five-stop process similar to the principles of gardening. 12 Herbal extracts & vitamins exfoliate, stimulate scalp while revitalizing ha…

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Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower’s Bible

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With 512 full color pages and 1120 full color photographs and illustrations, Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower’s Bible is the most complete cultivation book available. The Fifth Edition of the former Indoor Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor Bible was originally published in 1983, when it immediately became a best seller. More than 500,000 copies of the Indoor Bible are in …

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places

$11.19

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a tasty dish rich in iron), cattail (cooked stalks ta…

Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

$19.10

Newly Expanded Edition!Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The WorldThis book is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. Setting the stage for the mycorestoration revolution, Mycelium Running unveils new methods for growing mushrooms, generating mycelium, and implanting mushroom colonies into the environment. Capitalizing on the digestive power of mycelium, this pioneering boo…

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Organic Gardening At Home

Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 10:40 pm

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‘Agri-Preneurs’ Dig Deep To Sprout New Business
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In shallow trays of organic soil at her greenhouse in Harrisburg, N.C., onetime real estate agent Kate Brun is cultivating a business: growing and selling microgreens, tiny herbs and vegetables harvested when their first leaves appear.
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Monterey Sluggo Snail & Slug Control For Organic Gardening – 2.5 lb Shaker Bottle LG6500

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EarthBox 1010001 Garden Kit, Dark Green

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Greencure Fungicide 8oz

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Certified Organic Hard Red Wheat – 5 Lbs – For Growing Wheatgrass to Juice, Sprouting Seed, Grinding to Make Flour & Bread, Growing Ornamental Wheat Grass & More. Makes Excellent Food Storage. Outstanding Germination Rate.

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Indoor Garden For Your Home: A No-Fluff Guide To Vertical Gardening And Other Small Garden Ideas

People other than chefs and florists grow their own vegetables and flowers indoors as well. A sunroom or screened porch are great locations to grow your own vegetables, herbs or flowers.Just come home with some fresh mozzarella, pick a ripe tomato from the plant in your sunroom, snip an aromatic basil leaf off your kitchen wall, and be enjoying a fresh made, 100% organic, totally pesticide free, I…

Vegetable Container Gardening: 7 Easy Steps To Healthy Harvests from Small Spaces

Almost everything edible that’s grown in a traditional garden can be grown in containers – and container gardening is a whole lot easier!In fact, anyone, anywhere can enjoy container gardening: children, adults, people with limited mobility, people who have never planted anything before, ever, can see amazing results.This step-by-step guide covers everything you’ll need to get started, including:-…

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Gardening Architecture

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm

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Yu Garden – an architectural miracle

Also known as the Yu Yuan Garden, the Yu Garden is the most celebrated and lavish classical garden in Shanghai giving a great example of the traditional Chinese gardening as well as the ancient architecture in China. The recognition it has as “an architectural miracle in the region south of Yangtze River” makes it a must-visit for any tourist for an enriched travel experience in Shanghai.

Located in the center of Shanghai’s Old City, the Yu Garden shows every aspects of Ming Dynasty’s traditional style and Suzhou garden design. It features over 30 pavilions linked by a maze of corridors, numerous rock and tree garden areas and zigzagging bridges over ponds. The major areas of interest include the Grand Rockery and the Exquisite Jade Rock, a slender lucid rock with a wrinkled appearance. Another highlight is the famous “dragon walls” which separate the garden areas.

The 400-year-old Yu Gardens has an interesting history which starts with a local official first building it as a private garden for his parents’ use. The garden is abandoned with the decline of the original family and during the 19th century it is bought by merchants. After being occupied by the British army and imperial troops it gets damaged by Japanese. Later the Shanghai government restores the garden complex and after being opened to the public for some time it is being declared as a national monument.

The Yu Gardens are one of the country’s most popular landmarks and is perfect for a relaxing stroll to get away from the modern Shanghai. A Shanghai traveler should certainly visit it especially during the springtime when the beauty of the landscape is at its peak. If you are planning to stay in a Shanghai Hotel during your visit, Millennium Hongqiao Hotel Shanghai would be ideal for your stay which is located within 8 km from the Yu Gardens.

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Pushpitha Wijesinghe is an experienced independent freelance writer. He specializes in providing a wide variety of content and articles related to the travel hospitality industry.

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Gardening Watchdog

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 8:26 am

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Presidential Bridge and Presidential Gardens – do you know about the garden?

What happened to the Garden – Obama 100K grant – what happened to the money

http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/1184049,CST-NWS-watchdog25.article

There is no garden, where did the money go?

Just a small sampling of lies and crooked deals.

They ate the forbidden fruit and now……………..Poofff. It’s gone.

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