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Sugar.com AD
Sorry for the cross post but both groups touch on this. Just saw my first add. It was beautiful with a dad dancing with his daughter by a corn field . Then the message appeared SUGAR IS SUGAR and...
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Chilli Pepper Pots
These two chilli plants were grown at the same time from seed, one in a plastic pot, the other in terracotta. The plant in the plastic pot has 5 peppers and the other has none! Why do you think this...
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OT Eaarth
Dan L., I finally made it from position 125 at our local library to having recieved the book "Eaarth : making a life on a tough new planet", by Bill McKibben. Last I remember, from a few months ago,...
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Food and environment Early study Different
"Discover the details of the Double Pyramid by bringing your mouse to the food illustrations" In 1992, the US Department of Agriculture developed and released the first Food Pyramid which concisely...
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Frost! and general garden blog
We've had frost here in the southern Appalachians for the last few nights. The summer garden is gone, the okra, peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes look so sad. The sweet potatoes looked scorched over a...
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SUPERCROPS!
Supercrops! With ever more mouths to feed, we really need to pull something special out of the hat, says Debora MacKenzie Take a look around you. All the organic things you see, from your hands to the...
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new garden soil help
hi all i have just moved into a new house and the builders have left no topsoil in the garden just clay i need to make a veg patch about 20feet by 15feet how do i go about getting or mixing good soil...
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Never thought I'd post this Walmart & Sustainable in same sentence.
With the focus on sustainable agriculture, the retail giant is trying to improve efficiency among suppliers. With the focus on sustainable agriculture, the retail giant is trying to improve efficiency...
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Salad all summer.
Is it possible to have lettuce all summer. Not all at once like I got . Around may or June . until it bolted.
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predatores . .
Hello, I'm looking at the territorial seed company catalog. They sell nematodes, lady bugs, and lacewings and praying mantises. Wont they just fly away. My crappy neighbor lets his cat bust my garbage...
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Study finds monarch butterflies use medicinal plants to treat offspring
release date: 11-Oct-2010 [ Print | E-mail | Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Beverly Clark 404-712-8780 Emory University Study finds monarch butterflies use medicinal plants to treat offspring for...
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Purple Peaches - Peche de vigne
Last year I was intrigued by the letters about growing peche de vigne in the UK. I have an eight year old, self sown tree grown from some peaches I brought home from the Charente Maritime in France....
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Off Topic pondering yet again.
Seems the obesity issue is being focused on as a sloth issue. I'm not so sure. Consider Taubes good Calories and bad calories book. Then that Spanish study dealing with DDE and obesity how it affects...
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Honey bee collapse update
"Researchers in the US say they have found a unique combination of a virus and a fungus that could explain Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious illness that is wiping out beehive colonies around the...
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Should I just give up on this pear?
Just over 6 months ago, I purchased a pear tree that has 5 varieties grafted onto it. It is about 5' tall, and perhaps a little over 3/4" across at the base. It actually had 3 pears on it when I...
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