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Deceptive orchids, Love and Lies

Humans and animals go to any lengths to attract members of the opposite sex, including the use of aliases and lies. More than 10,000 species of beautiful orchids also utilize deception in order to be...

0 comments    plants flower bees
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Organic Seeds

Choosing organic seeds for your garden is an important, positive health step as well as a step forward for the environment. There are more varieties to choose from than ever before!  The gardener has a...

1 comment    shopping gardening organic
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Summer squashes

It happens all too often. You'll see big blossoms on your summer squash plants and tiny little squashes forming behind the blossoms. But after a few days the blossom dries up and the tiny squash shrivels and...

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Borage, the Forgotten Herb: Attractive, Beneficial, Easy to Grow

  Borage, a little known herb in North America, is a good plant, almost of hero status in the vegetable or flower garden. An attractive herb with blue, star shaped flowers, it attracts many gentle...

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SAVE OUR BEES

Headlines on the news some time ago but today it sank in. 2/3 of the world's bees have died from Colony Collapse Disorder. When the hives are opened, the usual community buzz is absent because the hives are...

4 comments    global warming bees honey bees
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Heritage Seeds Why and Where to Buy

Sun, soil and seed, are three of the essentials for a healthy garden. How much sunlight your garden receives depends upon your location and the existence or not of any obstacles that will restrict the sun...

4 comments    advice online reviews
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How to pollinate the indoor vegetable garden

To garden organically means to develop a network of beings that work together to create the conditions which enable plants to grow and produce flowers and fruit. When the plants are part of...

5 comments    advice how to home
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What's killing the honey bees?

There are about 250,000 species of flowering plants on earth that require pollination. Wind, gravity, water, birds, bats and insects are the forces that accomplish pollination. This process accidentally...

0 comments    plants honey pennsylvania
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How to Grow Avocados Indoors and Out

How to grow avocados is a question with a few answers possible. First it depends on how soon and if you want the tree to fruit. Grown from the seed an avocado fruit will take about ten years to mature and...

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Collapse of the Honey Bee Colony

According to the Congressional Research Service, updated May 28, 2008, our Honey Bees are in danger. They are suffering from Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Apparently, in 2006, it was noted that our bee...

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