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Turn kitchen scraps into a bountiful garden. Many common vegetables and herbs produce seeds or root stock that can be turned into next summers crops.

Cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers and trees is synonymous with China. So, why aren't the Chinese people spending hours in their backyard gardening?

Before the ground thaws cultivate garden vegetables indoors using kitchen scraps. Common vegetables can be turned into a garden delight.

It's possible to bring a little Sissinghurst style into any garden by following Vita Sackville-West's and Harold Nicolson's love of profusion and informality.

Join a community garden to meet other gardeners, learn about organic gardening and trade plants and seeds with other gardeners.

Garlic mustard is an invasive species native to Europe, but its superabundance makes it ideal as the main ingredient in pesto, which requires large quantities of greens.

A young Jewish American man sets out to find a woman who saved his Ukrainian grandfather during WWII. He finds her in a small house in the middle of a sunflower field.

Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is one of those rare plants with many extraordinary medicinal characteristics and is prized throughout Europe and Asia.

Dubbed "butter" pear,unassuming, and once reserved for the elite - avocado has taken center stage as a Superfruit for its epicurean flavor and proven health benefits.

The situation for animals outside of protected areas is becoming increasingly precarious as development and pesticides take their toll.

Eravikulam National Park in the state of Kerala, India is one of the best-managed parks in India, and is the abode of highly endangered Nilgiri tahr

Fragrant climbing plants, such as honeysuckle and clematis, add both color and sweet scents to the garden. These aromatic climbers can also be found growing wild.

The Hopi Indians, the oldest Native American tribe to occupy the Four Corners region of the American South West, traditionally farmed many native plants.

Industrial hemp is non-narcotic and one of the most useful and "green" plants for industry. The US imports hemp-based products, but it's still illegal to grow hemp there.

Best known as the stone plants from Southern Africa that have fused their leaves together to conserve water and appear as unlike a plant as possible.

The online resources of Kew Gardens, the RHS and the Natural History Museum offer unique examples of botanical art.

To protect rhinoceros from extinction, the use of Saiga horn was promoted as a replacement in Chinese Medicine. Now Saiga antelope are critically endangered as well.

Seeds are said to be dormant when they will not germinate even when placed in optimal environmental conditions.

Vertical farms can be created in the middle of a city, creating access to fresh produce, improving the air quality and reducing fossil fuel use.

Botanically known as "false fruits", their taste & nutritional content is quite the reverse. With widespread availability, they are a must for Summer.

While plant growth is regulated and controlled internally, it is greatly influenced by external conditions such as the availability of moisture.

While the sight of an inchworm arching across a leaf might delight a youngster, it should trigger alarms in the minds of gardeners who grow cruciferous vegetables.

Holiday landscapes and decorations in the Colonial Williamsburg Christmas Look highlight this first Web Site of the Month topic for Landscaping at Suite101.

This spring, musicians can follow millennia of instrument makers from every part of the world by planting some gourd seeds and watching what instruments grow.

It is reliable garden information rather than green thumbs that guide gardeners to successfully grow plants. Here is how to find horticultural resources for gardeners.

From mouth odour to teary eyes, the onion is a much maligned vegetable. But there are far more health benefits afforded by the onion than we know.

As with any perennial, careful selection and preparation is critical to the long-term success of plants that will be in the same site for years at a time

Historically plants have been valued not only for their medical value but also for their psychoactive effects.

There are hundreds of plant possibilities, and multiple combinations of plants and specific pots. The design and the delirium are part of the artistry of indoor plants.