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A 'Passport to the World' through films- free event

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The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society is hosting the October installment of their gardening related film series today. Movies in which nature,...
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Camden Children's Garden fall event: Hefty Harvest & Scary Scarecrows

On Saturday and Sunday, September 12 & 13, The Hefty Harvest and Scary Scarecrows Family Festival will be held at The Camden Children's Garden....
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Gardening 101: Backyard beekeeping

Keeping backyard bees can be a wonderful, relatively inexpensive, and rewarding hobby. According to Penn State University, due to a number of...
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New "garden-farms" sprout up in the Delaware Valley in response to the buy local movement

Characterized, not by acres of corn fields and loud combine harvesters, the new "garden farm" phenomenon - plots of land in urban/sub-urban...
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Irish Potato Famine Disease affecting Gardens in our area

"Late blight" (Phytophthora infestans), the same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 19th century, is spreading through the...
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Micro-gardening: Growing and using microgreens

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Microgreens are the highly nutritious, but immature stage (between sprouts and leafy greens) of vegetables, herbs and some edible flowers. Though...
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Microgreen salad with orange champagne vinegar and shaved Piave cheese

In another article I detailed a method for growing microgreens - the versatile and nutritious greens that are obtained after seeds have sprouted, but...
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Recipes from the garden: French breakfast radishes with garden cress on a buttered baguette

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French breakfast radishes with garden cress on a buttered baguette Though members of the horseradish family, French breakfast radishes are milder than...
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Free: Hands-on work-shop: Invasive vegetation removal

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Invasive species, like multiflora rose, Japanese honey-suckle and many others, not only cause problems for the environment (by displacing native...
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Free: Sharing Backyards links people with unused space to those looking for a place to grow food

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Sharing Backyards links people with unused yard space to those looking for a place to grow food.Have a garden to share it? Looking for a space to...
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