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How to Test Seed Viability
Keep old seeds or throw them out? Are they worth planting? What's the shelf life of seeds? Will seeds you already have still sprout or germinate and grow? Test them!
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Starting Seeds in Spring
Seeds are nature's surprise packages. If you want to start your plants from seed this year, here are some tips that you should keep in mind.
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Historical Mail-Order Nurseries
Now we take garden catalogs for granted. Yet there was a time when they weren't around. Eventually mail-order nurseries came into existence. Some of the historical ones have been around for hundreds of years.
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Seed Germination - Flotation
If you have only considered growing the winged seed of Hippeastrum, Cyrtanthus or others in a soil mix, then stop to consider Flotation. It is a method with a lot of potential and much success.
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Erodiums - Heron's Bill or Stork's Bill
Heron's Bills, like their close cousins the hardy geraniums, are extremely versatile. Read how to grow them, how to use them in your landscape and view a bunch of really nice pictures of them too.
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Heirloom Seed Saving Organizations
Seed saving has become a collaborative effort of gardeners, farmers, the food industry and governments throughout the world. Here are some of the organizations working to help preserve plant diversity.
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Rat Food Recipes on the Web
Delicious food you and your rats can share.
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Saving Flower Seeds
Many gardeners save their own seeds each year. Some do it to save money, some to preserve genetic diversity, some to hybridize, some do it for fun .... Start saving now!
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Small is Indeed Beautiful
Food production works best on a small, local and interconnected scale.
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Pueblo Indian Crops and Gardens
The Indian Tribes of the Pueblo Province of New Mexico traditionally planted their own crops and made use of native, wild plants, using them for both food and medicine.
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Tips to Create a Garden Landscape
The first step to creating flower gardens can be as simple as grabbing pencil and paper. The tip is to research and plan carefully now to ensure later rewards.
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Feeding British Garden Birds
The birdcare industry offers a bewildering array of supplies to attract garden birds. This is a guide to the different types of equipment and how to use them.
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June Gardening In The Low Desert 2000
What to do in the low desert garden in June: watering, planting, disease control.
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June Gardening In The Low Desert 2000
What to do in the low desert garden in June.
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Seed Catalogue Do's and Don'ts
Well let's get right down to the dirt on seed catalogues. Here is a simple little trick I use when shopping the catalogues.
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Tool Procreation
Don't turn your back - tools multiply even when we try our best to restrain them (and ourselves!)

Winter Protection
With winter now under way, I discuss winter protection for all those slightly tender plants both outside and in pots. Short winter days can also be put to good use preparing for next season. Good housekeeping whilst not always attractive in itself, will give you a head start in the New Year.
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Agricultural Biodiversity
Is there such a thing as an illegal vegetable and could you be growing it?
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Online Nurseries 2000-Crownsville Nursery, Bridgewood Gardens-p2
Continuation - page 2 - The Crownsville Nursery and Bridgewood Gardens
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Wild, Wonderful Aroids: Part 4 - Arisaema
A gardener's love affair with a plant, or genus of plants, is very like that between humans. A first glance can be love at first sight, or a mild interest grows into admiration then fascination; obsession, culminating in long-lasting true love. My relationship with the genus Arisaema has followed the latter course.
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Growing From Seed
Most real seedaholics have pretty much finished sowing perennial and woody plant seeds until late summer begins the process again. However, I'm always off sinc. I tend to do things when I have the time, not when I'm "supposed" to. As seed is on my mind, I thought some of you may be wondering how to go about growing plants this way. It's a great way to have large numbers of the same plant for making swathes and drifts or sharing with friends. It's also about the only way you can actually get your hands on some plants; those that are rare or slow and are not to be found in nursery catalogs
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Online Nurseries 2001 - Avant Gardens
Avant Gardens focus on growing unusual plants ranging from alpines through perennials to woody plants. They also have a marvelous selection of annuals and tender perennials, perfect for creating the lush, tropical look so popular today. There are lots of photos, so please be patient while the page loads for you.
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