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Pieces of the Past: Beauty, entertainment blossomed at Pavilion Garden – Ithaca Journal

Gardening Diva — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:22:51 +0000

Pieces of the Past: Beauty, entertainment blossomed at Pavilion Garden
Ithaca Journal
He set out flowerbeds, bowers and created an aquatic garden — a rather unusual feature for the time. Bruyn's gardens contained plants from his early home …

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September gardening essentials – San Francisco Chronicle

Gardening Diva — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:22:46 +0000

September gardening essentials
San Francisco Chronicle
The approach of autumn is hardly the time to slack off in the garden. Plants need tender care to get them back in shape for next year's display. …

Amateur gardener grows world’s biggest potato – Telegraph.co.uk

Gardening Diva — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:56:25 +0000

Telegraph.co.uk

Amateur gardener grows world's biggest potato
Telegraph.co.uk
The vegetable, Peter's Kondor variety, was put on show on Friday at the National Gardening Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. It is not the first time Mr …
Fry me up, Scotty! Monster veg grower shows off world record-breaking potato …Daily Mail

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Every Rose Has Its Thorn; Legionnaire’s Disease In The Garden – Medical News Today

Gardening Diva — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:10:23 +0000

Telegraph.co.uk

Every Rose Has Its Thorn; Legionnaire's Disease In The Garden
Medical News Today
A healthy 67 year old man contracted Legionnaire's through a cut on his hand while handling compost in his garden. This week's edition of The Lancet reports …
Legionella Risk With GardeningMedIndia

Potting compost to carry warnings after gardener gets LegionnairesScotsman
Story Of The Day: Potting Compost Gives You Legionnaire's DiseaseAnorak.co.uk (satire)

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Giant tomato from Chandler’s Ford garden – Daily Echo

Gardening Diva — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:00:58 +0000

Giant tomato from Chandler's Ford garden
Daily Echo
But this huge fruit is what gardening enthusiasts Antonio and Elisa Martone have grown in their Hampshire back garden. …

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City offers soil-cleaning tips to promote urban gardening – Toronto Star

Gardening Diva — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:53:30 +0000

City offers soil-cleaning tips to promote urban gardening
Toronto Star
Brandy Humes now enjoys a lush garden full of tomatoes, watermelon, peppers and raspberries, but it took replacing all the soil on her property to make her …

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Potting compost to carry warnings after gardener gets Legionnaires – Scotsman

Gardening Diva — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:08:34 +0000

Potting compost to carry warnings after gardener gets Legionnaires
Scotsman
They are the first cases of Legionnaire's disease linked to gardening in the UK. However, the disease has previously been linked to gardening or potting …

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Spare Times: For Children – New York Times

Gardening Diva — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:00:20 +0000

Spare Times: For Children
New York Times
He added that he hoped the festival would help children understand gardening's variety and its universality. “It's a tradition, and we're inviting people to …

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Get growing: Gardening news for Southwest Florida – Naples Daily News

Gardening Diva — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:53:44 +0000

Get growing: Gardening news for Southwest Florida
Naples Daily News
University of Florida/Collier County master gardeners have teamed with Naples Botanical Garden to offer a walk-in plant clinic to answer your …

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Home and garden news and notes – Kansas City Star

Gardening Diva — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:15:33 +0000

Home and garden news and notes
Kansas City Star
Starting a school garden presents more challenges than just preparing a site and deciding on plants. There may be money to be raised, …

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