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Yard, Garden & Patio Show steps it up; Portland Home & Garden Show opens Wednesday
February 22nd, 2012 | 
Author: In high school and college, my friends and I would drive my VW bug down to San Francisco to sit in front of two-story speakers at very loud rock-and-roll concerts.
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Activist say 2 foreign journalists killed in Syria
A Syrian activist in Homs reports two foreign journalists have been killed by government troops shelling the city.
Louisville Home, Garden and Remodeling Show set for March 2-4
The Louisville Home, Garden and Remodeling Show Presented by Window World will run March 2 to 4 at the Kentucky Expo Center.
Gardening club holds active year
After a very successful spring and slow summer and fall, here’s what’s been happening and what we hope will happen.
“The Bakery Is Back…and Much M…
The wait is finally over. New Shoots Farm Store, Bakery & Caf will officially open to the public on Thursday, Mar.
Into the no-man’s land of Fukushima
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI, Japan – Every two minutes on the bus ride through the ghost towns surrounding Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a company guide in a white protective suit holds up a display showing the radiation level.
Tsawwassen’s Earthwise Farm store opens Feb. 29
By Staff Writer – South Delta Leader Published: February 20, 2012 2:00 PM Updated: February 20, 2012 2:57 PM Earthwise Society’s store for fresh local organic vegetables is holding its season opening with coffee and treats on Feb.
eBook lending service launches in Wiltshire
Following demand, customers will now be able to download books electronically out of an initial selection of 1,500 titles ranging from popular novels for adults, as well as plenty of crime, a selection of books for children and teenagers, and non-fiction for adults including travel guides, cookery books and gardening books.
Organic Gardener Provides Tips for Your Home
On Feb. 4, Jeanne Pinsof Nolan, noted North Shore organic gardener and ever-popular presenter, gave her audience a breath of spring at the Wilmette Library’s “Greener Choices,” co-sponsored by Go Green Wilmette.
Food, wine, inspiration and dedication
ONE glimpse at Tony and Lina Siciliano’s amazing garden and you are instantly transported to the rolling hills of Tuscany.
USDA changes Southern Tier hardiness zones
Annie Deguire, 7, left, holds a bag as brother Eli, 7, and sister Jane, 4, all of Big Flats, choose potatoes from a garden box Wednesday during the garden harvest celebration at the Food Bank of the Southern Tier.
Tips For Your Garden
Plants have not gone to “sleep” this winter and gardeners say it will be an easy transition into spring and now is the time to start cleaning up and getting prepared.
Recipe for healing is in the garden
Marion Moyle is putting her skills as a naturopath to use in her recovery after being hit by a drunk driver while in her car last October.
15 Minutes: Meet nutrition expert Georgette Brown
Georgette Bowen Age: 61 Lives in: Elyria Pursuit: Good nutritionWhat do you do for a living?
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A Garden Primer
A Garden Primer By Richard Hefley, Nordland, WA rkhefley@olypen.com Northwest plant life, from mighty firs to mycchorizae and everything in-between. Living Christmas trees may be aesthetically challenging at times, but they more than make up for it by bringing years of rewarding memories.
Phuket Gardening: North and South – The biodiversity of Thailand
Thailand’s topography allows for diverse microclimates such as woodlands in the north to beaches in the south .
Garden boost for Montpellier Court
Residents of Montpellier Court, Harrogate, celebrate their i 1 227.5K Big Lottery Fund windfall in the soon-to-transformed garden area along with Scheme manager Lesley Walton and community investment manager Beverly Kelly .
White House chef Kass dishes up plates and policy
In this Oct. 20, 2010, file photo Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass weighs sweet potatoes as he works with first lady Michelle Obama and students on the White House Kitchen Garden Fall Harvest on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
Artie Knapp
At first, nothing seemed out of the ordinary on that Tuesday evening in Belvar. The local bowling alley was packed, as a large crowd had gathered for the 26th Annual Belvar Bowling Championship.
‘Mummy’s dead,’ I told the girls. ‘But Daddy,’ Lucy wailed. ‘You can’t cook’
In Saturday’s Mail, Jeremy Howe, Radio 3′s former head of drama, described the awful day his 34-year-old lecturer wife was murdered in a senseless attack.