Feb 22
Succulents are perfect plants for dry gardens and are easy to root and grow. once you learn how easy it is to propagate succulent plants, it’s a great way to expand your plant collection – and it’s free! You can use this planting technique with succulent plants from the Crassula family like Jade (C. ovata), …
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Feb 15
by mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio February 10, 2012 Worthington, Minn. — after a year of extraordinary profits pushed by high corn prices, Minnesota farmers are looking forward to planting season. But their hopes of another strong season may be threatened by a growing scarcity of seed corn. That doesn’t bode well for spring planting …
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Jan 22
by Charlie Thigpen You might not want to say goodbye to chrysanthemums forever, but you should try some different plants in your garden this fall. when I first started landscaping many years ago, mums were pretty much the only choice for October planting. I learned to dislike them because they were brittle and would break …
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Jan 13
This year east Africa experienced its worst drought for 60 years, leaving more than 13 million people facing desperate food shortages. but in Tharaka, in Kenya’s Eastern Province, the community is proving resilient to the worst effects of the famine. This is because child-sponsorship funding, donated to the global children’s charity plan UK, had been …
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Jan 07
Residents return to their homes to save some household items after tropical storm Washi brought devastating flash floods to the southern Philippines, killing hundreds. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) Source: AP IT'S been a tough year for the world's poor. These past few days alone have seen hundreds of people killed, and tens of thousands made homeless, …
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Dec 31
A lady had just moved to Memphis and was thrilled with the variety at our local farmers markets. She e-mailed me to pose some questions about items she was used to seeing on the West Coast but was unable to find here. one request struck me as very funny. “Why can’t I find rosemary at …
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Dec 29
Celia Thaxter said, “there shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.” With Thanksgiving 2011 just a memory now, we definitely face the end of summer. I have tried hard to keep my containers filled with annuals well watered and fertilized to coax that last beautiful from them. I’m so happy to see the young …
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Dec 08
In the UK the number of households under ‘water stress’ will increase to almost a quarter of the population as the average temperature rises by up to 3C in the south. This means that by 2100 18 million people will be at risk of ‘not having enough water to meet their daily needs’. Water stress …
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Nov 30
Brought to you by: Mercy Hospital Copyright ©2010. the Associated Press. Produced by NewsOK.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The trees have been showcasing a spectacular and ever-changing chorus of fall colors the last few weeks as we make the annual march of time toward winter. …
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Nov 28
Where there is limited space on the ground for plants or an unsightly view that needs screening, vines are the solution. Butterfly vine Mascagnia or butterfly vine has yellow flowers that are followed by light-green seed pods that resemble butterflies. the evergreen vine is moderately aggressive. while it will cover a 10-foot-by-10-foot section of fence, …
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