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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

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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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Happy New Year – A New Post Next Week!

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Happy Holidays a New Post Will be Published Shortly!

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New post coming to mark the beginning of September with more hints, tips and items of interest to gardeners and desert growers. I look forward to sharing it with you then.

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The desert has been putting on quite a show. The cactus are blooming as are the wildflowers, trees and shrubs. This period of floral beauty is quickly heading toward an end as the heat trips in to the 90′s more often.

While our Chollas (choy – ahs ) seem very appealing, these are the devil in disguise. The blooming season makes them seem very appealing and perhaps approachable (see photos below), but don’t! I have seen bikers, hikers and gardeners covered with cholla segments which have the nasty habit of attaching themselves to clothing and sticking into the skin of their unwilling hosts. They are doing what comes naturally since this is one way they propagate. They stick to animals and eventually drop off in a new location where they will try to take root.

For those who are tired after spending a day in the garden, but still can’t get enough, here is some suggested reading material; books and websites! I hope you find something worth investigating further!

(Click the links for more information.)

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  Flowering Plants A Pictorial Guide to the World’s Flora

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  Garden book recommendations from garden writers

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Gardening/diggin-it/2011/0329/Great-garden-books-part-1

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  Garden Up – A book about vertical gardening. It appears to be inspirational with many interesting ideas for unique gardening exploits!

http://lifeonthebalcony.com/great-vertical-gardening-inspiration-and-information/

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  Far Out Flora – Recently acknowledged as one of Horticulture’s Best Gardening Blogs award.

http://faroutflora.wordpress.com/

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