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Many of the new gardeners didn't know how to grow vegetables, and weren't sure what to do with them once they did.

MORE and more people are discovering the joy of growing their own, especially so in the current tough financial climate.

One winter morning a couple of years ago, I was shoveling snow that had fallen overnight when someone said, "I could do that for you." He politely introduced himself as Ziggy and said a neighbor sent him.

MERRILL -- The youngest students in Merrill Area Public Schools might not know it, but their new play area is full of teachable moments.

Suppose you could look at the pool in back of James Cameron's Malibu estate. Or admire the ornate garden on Haim Saban's Beverly Hills mansion.

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Plateau Gardening reader Sue of Crossville sent an e-mail asking, “What have I done wrong? I got this Christmas cactus years ago. It is a Zygocactus truncates according to my flower book. The plant was growing in a shallow amount of poor looking soil. I changed the pot and dirt in the spring of 2008. It normally blooms in early June but had no flowers that year. Though it has been getting new shoots, it did not bloom in spring-2009 either.”

A new book by a Wookey gardener has hit the shelves. Ornamental Vegetable Gardening by Sally Gregson was written in a year and includes colourful photographs and ideas for the new and well-seasoned gardener.

A HAPLESS cannabis farmer tried to grow his own drugs in a greenhouse a ' and failed to produce a single bud.

Mr Gray said the set-up was "unsophisticated" and argued that because there was no bud, the usable part of the plant, Keenan did not warrant a spell in custody.

Inmates of the Green Bay Correctional Institution are getting their hands dirty while cleaning up their acts.

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Clearfield Center for Active Living in partnership with the Penn State Cooperative Extension is offering a new series of programs aimed at the home gardener.

A Cape Town gardener is lucky to be alive after rain and winds toppled a huge old oak tree on to the garden shed he had left just minutes before.

Most local garden centers are loaded with fresh bedding plants to give you months of cool-season color and splendor.

PUPILS went one better when they were asked to created a butterfly garden - they also hatched the butterflies.

You could be called the lawn Luddites. You're the holdouts who shun leaf blowers and lawn vacuums, the hardy types who find satisfaction in the scrape of tines on grass.

Planting seeds is a satisfying way to grow trees and shrubs, and gives you a special affection for the plants.

Plenty of food for thought in the movie Food Inc. I recently had the opportunity watch the documentary Food Inc.

Bridal Fashion Week is the chance for top designers to show off their new lines, and our chance to find out what's hot in wedding fashion.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A little homemade sunshine, a sprinkle of dew and covering it all in chocolate is not how you receive a miracle or two.