Fri 20 Jan 2012
Garden Sprouts – January 20, 2012
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Seed Starting 101 – Start with Part II and if you want to learn about selecting seeds and the difference between Heirlooms and Hybrids, look at Part I
Part II – http://www.growingthehomegarden.com/2012/01/dirt-on-seed-starting-soil-seed-sowing.html
Part I – http://www.growingthehomegarden.com/2012/01/selecting-seeds-seed-sowing-101-part1.html

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Many elementary school students learn the importance of trees in helping to provide more oxygen and clean air. This post provides an interesting look, via NASA Map, of those areas of the US with the greatest density of trees. It was a bit surprising to see how relatively few areas have a great quantity of trees. Check the link supplied in the article for a better look!
http://inthegarden.marthastewart.com/2012/01/17/seeing-the-forests-for-the-trees/


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Cold-Weather Compost. Keeping the compost cooking through winter in any region. When living in New Jersey, this was a problem I had to confront. Make sure to check out all parts via link at the bottom of each page!
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/cold-weather-compost


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Find out where Fine Gardening (Magazine/Web Site) and staff will be visiting this January, February and March. Some topics are listed for your consideration as well.
http://www.finegardening.com/item/18242/fine-gardening-on-the-road-2012-edition


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The folks at rodale.com recommend several foods to avoid. Click the link in the upper-right side of the page to go to the next tip. While I can’t say “never” eat these foods, some very good questions are raised and I am sure most of us do eat some of these apparently less-than-healthy foods as explained in the article (some of the time it is the packaging and not the product).
http://www.rodale.com/7-foods-you-should-never-eat


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