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The DirtNorthwest Flower and Garden Show
It's flower and garden show season around the country, and Steve Aitken and I were lucky enough to head out to Seattle a couple weeks ago to check out the…
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The DirtThe 10 Easiest Plants to Grow from Seed
The top ten easiest plants to grow from seed, according to a list created by the Home Garden Seed Association.
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The DirtAn everyday object makes an unusual but handy garden tool
While I combat the tech onslaught with a sharpened pencil, do you choose to embrace it? Tell me your tech-savvy soil solutions. I promise, I'll listen, even if it's from…
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The DirtLawn Problems: Is the Lawn Passé?
Next to invasive plants, lawns have become the most hated thing in gardening. The evidence usually offered against lawns makes sense: They take up too much water, fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides...
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The DirtAnnouncing the Winners: Pets in the Garden 2010
Two cats and two dogs carry off top honors in the January contest.
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The DirtThe origins of everyday things
Way back when, I used to collect rubber duckies. When you start to have more than a few dozen of something, you start to wonder where they came from. I…
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The furor over school gardens
Are school gardens valuable? Or do they take students' eyes off of more important topics?
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The DirtAnnouncing the Winners of the December Winter Gardens Photo Contest…
Congratulations to the winners of the December Photo Challenge, Winter Gardens: Anne Clark, Mike Lane, Kare Sanders, and Dennis Kruse.
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The DirtIs gardening going down the toilet?
Newsweeks top 10 Urinal list has an overwhelming floral theme.
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