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Country & Rural Garden News (13)Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)Botanical discipline, daily. 14 Sep 07 On the case on MySpace ... I am a willow of the wilderness, Loving the wind that bent me. All my hurts My garden spade can heal. - Ralph Waldo Emerson ?Musketaquid,? Poems (1847)... 8 Sep 07 May all your gardens bloom In the week since I last posted, summer has turned over to a dreary autumn in a neat little turn of pathetic fallacy. Rain, rain, rain... even the leather grips on the handlebars of my bike are spotted with mildew... 30 Aug 07 Jake: 1991 - 2007 We made the painful decision to put Jake, our Border Collie, to sleep this afternoon. He was 16 years old. Jake was a magnificent animal inside and out, and a wonderful, wonderful friend. We miss him.... 30 Aug 07 Never mind orchids... asparagus? Cool. Now there is evidence that orchids have been in existence since dinosaurs were running around the earth. A 15-20 million year old bee has been discovered preserved in amber, with orchid pollen on its back... 28 Aug 07 Another reason why I love the British It must be some kind of big year for the Queen's anniversary, because there are lots of nostalgic articles in British newspapers about her wedding. Either that, or it's a very slow news week. My favourite so far is "The... 26 Aug 07 The Jolly Green Giant of Geraniums We visited Madeira almost three years ago, a gorgeous little volcanic island off the coast of Africa. Madeira's year-round spring temperatures make it a gardener's paradise, and I brought home more than a few souvenirs, including orchids and some cuttings... 25 Aug 07 Jake ... 25 Aug 07 The quest for horse manure Orchids in horse poop... I've read about it, and I've always wondered if it worked. An entire website is devoted to the glories of growing orchids in horse manure, and I'm sure that I'm not the only fool who has... 20 Aug 07 Sunlight Lomantica This lovely yellow floribunda rose is growing in a large pot on my patio. It's called Sunlight Romantica, a floribunda from the house of Meilland in France. Meilland's Romantica roses are considered France's answer to the old English rose, and... 19 Aug 07 Ghost pain of a gardener There is most definitely a hint of autumn in the air, a certain crispness and energy that urges me to get out into the garden. It's an instinct really; a strong sense of needing to be out harvesting and tending... 18 Aug 07 Damsons in distress Here's an interesting article from the UK's Telegraph about a very rare variety of plum, or "Damson", called "Blue Violet":An amateur horticulturalist is nurturing what are believed to be the last wild-growing examples of a rare damson tree... 18 Aug 07 Don't poke your eyeballs A Discovery News report reveals that all cactus' have teeny, tiny little leaves. All of them. Discovery News very helpfully suggests that curious cacti owners exercise caution when moving in close to investigate... 16 Aug 07 Repeat bloomer on steroids Twice is nice. Three times is just showing off: A magnolia has flowered for the third time in a year, possibly due to climate change and the unpredictable weather. John Anderson, 47, head gardener at Exbury Gardens in Hampshire, said... 9 Aug 07 Any low-rent allotment gardens around here? A few days ago I mentioned the proliferation of allotment gardens here in Germany, and by coincidence I came across an article in the Telegraph by an expat who has actually rented one. You have to understand, these allotment gardens...
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