If you’re searching for the perfect flower for North Texas, you don’t need wizardry skills. Cheerful, hearty marigolds are heat-tolerant and easy to grow in poor soil, plus they produce beautiful blooms. Marigolds are easy-care, hardy…
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Adelaide weather for April continues to be hot and dry, hitting gardens and water supply
SOUTH Australia’s continuing dry spell is taking a toll on gardens and water supply. Only 14.2mm of rain has been recorded at the weather bureau’s West Tce rain gauge so far this year, with little…
Community gardens pave way for a green AP
VIJAYAWADA: The horticulture department of Krishna district is trying to come up with new initiatives towards making the environment clean and green. The department is planning to rope in educational institutions and companies to take…
Pollinator Gardens Help Ensure Food Supplies
Bees have been in the news over the last few years because many hives have become sick or have colony collapse. There are many reasons for this, ranging from the use of pesticides to…
Correction: Fall Homes-Indoor Grow Gardens story
In a story Aug. 8 about gardens that can be grown indoors, The Associated Press misidentified a company that produces vertical gardens for indoors. It is LA Urban Farms, not LA Farms. Its founder is…
Lake County’s finest on display at Day in the Gardens
In 2012,Lake County Master Gardeners Association opened its annual garden walk to the public. Five years later, Purdue Master Gardeners present A Day in the Gardens on July 8 with nine stops in Crown…
School gardens teach students the value of fresh veggies — even turnips
1 of 6 Students in the gifted and talented program at Pikeville Elementary raise vegetables such as kale and turnips in a winter garden at the school. Here, they look at vegetables in one bed…
High Stakes for BJP and Congress in the Fragrant Tea Gardens of Upper Assam
File photo of tea gardens in Assam. Credit: Akarsk Simha flickr cc There is a common saying among Assamese that you know you are in upper Assam by merely smelling the air. With roughly 800…
iGrow Creating a Brand-new Industry by Bringing Gardens and Farms Indoors
iGrow, an innovative new company that uses science and technology to move gardens and even farms indoors, is altering traditional plant and vegetable growing methods in an effort to free agriculture from the restraints of soil and ultimately make…