Gardening on the Moon ( GOTM )

Written by Jeff

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  Strut your gardening stuff with Park Seed’s Tempting Tomatoes Photo Contest (2009) – Check link for details

http://www.parkseed.com/gardening/GP/gatepage/tempting-tomatoes-photo-contest?cid=pem001670

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  The University of Missouri Extension Center has a fine article describing how to build a compost bin. The article has very detailed information from getting started to keeping the compost pile healthy. A good resource for everything you need to know about composting.

http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G6956

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  Back yards are not only an oasis for the garden owner and family, but it can be a haven for birds as well. The Daily Green provides ideas and information to help make your garden a retreat for feathered friends. (At the website, click the arrows at the sides of the picture to advance.)

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/bird-gardens-47022602

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  Apparently “no dig” gardens are possible as this article explains. I read Ruth Stout’s book many years ago and it was full of good ideas and inspiration. Sad that she is no longer with us.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/try-no-dig-gardening-for-your-backyard-vegetables.php

• This is a unique idea; rain gutter gardens! I never saw this before and it certainly won’t work for me in the AZ desert, but might work for others in more temperate environments. (Quite a novel idea in the right place like the side of a shed.)

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/072508/nei_309624417.shtml

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