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Question
Is this a gardening discuss group or a general discuss group???? Rich
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OT: Merry Yule-tide Season
This holiday time year is supposed to be filled with happy people baking cookies, wrapping presents, and spending time with seldom seen relatives. Yesterday morning, one of my neighbors blew his...
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Merry Christmas
Hi Everybody, Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year in 2011, Bob
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Green our Earth with Tree-planting bags
Nowadays, awareness of environmental protection raises, everyone knows that planting trees and green plants protects the earth more. People almost use plastic bags as garden materials traditionally,...
 
The Best And The Worst Heirloom Tomatoes
Last season was an experiment in growing heirloom tomatoes. Zone 5-6 central Pennsylvania. I grew about a dozen different varieties and was slightly impressed with only one. That being Pruden's...
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Great Plants for tropical gardens
Tropical zones are really great places to have your garden. Flowers can bloom at their brightest colors. Aside from that, the warm weather and fertile soil will be perfect for your gardens. Here are...
 
OT: Environment credit cards
I am leaving Bank of America, where I have a MasterCard and Visa, both with environmental "affinity" groups. I looked for other environmental/nature/animal welfare cards, but B of A seems to have a...
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Growing grass for cat & artificial light
Hi Paul, You can get 60 Watt grow light bulbs that fit into regular light sockets. This bulb would be sufficient to cover your pot. You may also think about getting Gro-Lux light tubes. This way you...
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New Member - Introduction
Hi Rich, Nice to meet you. I prefer hybrids over heirloom plants as well. They also show greater disease resistance and produce more. One of my favorite peppers is 'Giant Marconi'. It produces and...
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University Research
Hello members of Garden Banter, I am a student studying Product Design at Salford University. For my major project I am researching into gardening. My aim is to design something that will make an...
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OT: Happy Holidays...
...to all the nice gardeners on this NG. My holiday gift to the NG is an introduction to the funniest satirist writing today -- Andy Borowitz. (The below is a quote from somebody on Amazon; they put...
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Live Trap Garden Pests
So you're a coward... hope someone pellets your eye out.
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Bedroom Plants
Hi, I want to purchase a plant for my room. I know all plants give off Oxygen but are there any plants in particular that give off more Oxygen then others and if so does anyone know what they are...
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Boysenberries -cut back vines?
I can't believe I'm asking this -- talk about stooopid... Is one supposed to cut back the vines after bearing? If so, how far? Or? Neighbor gave me several plants years ago as b'day gift. Now they...
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Persistence of plants
Here in So. Calif coastal, which normally has a boringly consistent weather pattern, we are experiencing some of the short-term effects of climate change.**** Flluctuations undreamed of in the...