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• Weeding Tips from Shakespeare--Weeding tips, plus a look at how Shakespeare used weeding as a metaphor in Richard II.
• Captain Cook's Love Affair With Cabbage: If he were alive today, he'd say, "Ahoy there, grow this vegetable in your garden!" Learn how to grow cabbage and more...
• Aspirin Water Aids Plants: Research, interview and links
• Amaryllis care: Now and forever! Plus, how to get free amaryllis plants
• Toss Some Edibles Into Ornamentals: The Associated Press interviews Marion Owen about edible landscaping
• Acid or Alkaline?: What pH means in gardenspeak
• Transplanting Tips : Plus a lesson from bald eagles...
• How to grow a pineapple plant -- And really get fruit!
• Gardening by the moon: May the Force be with you -- in the garden!
• Elvis and the Year of the Pea: The how, what, when, where and why of growing peas
  What Seedlings Want A Mel Gibson approach to raising seedlings and bedding plants
• What's a soil cuber? Seed starting is easy and sandbox-style fun!
  Have you been slimed? How to get slug slime off your hands
• Slug and snail baits: How coffee help you win the war against slime
• Manure Matters: How they rate; how to use them
• A Beginner's List: Easy-grow varieties for northern gardens
• Hold the Chocolate and Pass the Fish Tank: Houseplant food comes in many forms!
• So Many Choices! What to look for when choosing a plant
• Chase away the winter blues: Grow a simple window garden
• 7 Ways to Get Rid of Dandelions--Without Chemicals!
• Artichokes in Alaska Coastal living off the land
• Seaweed and kelp: How ocean plants help our garden plants
• Why Roto-tilling is a No-no And how Jethro Tull led us astray
• How to Bring and Grow Herbs Indoors
• Have Your Landscape and Eat It, Too! --How to landscape with edible plants
• Compost Happens! Hot tips for composting in cool climates
• 163 Things You Can Compost
• How to Make the World's Fastest Compost
• Rhubarb: America's Favorite Pie Plant
• Gardeners, Start Your Seedlings! Step by step guide for growing your own bedding plants
• Add years to your houseplants with these simple cleaning tips
• Three Cheers for Houseplants! The unsung heroes in our homes and office spaces
• What's Up Doc? Carrots! How to grow and use Bugs Bunny's favorite snack
• Why organic fertilizers and organic gardening are darn good ideas
• How To Re-Pot Tired Houseplants: Without the fuss!
• The Art of Weeding (Part 1)--Year-round strategy for organic weed control
• The Art of Weeding (Part 2)--More strategies for organic weed control
• Equinox Egg Balancing Myth: How my sister eggs me on, plus gardening and the equinox.
• Lemon Tree, Very Pretty...: How to grow a lemon tree indoors
• Spider mites: Ackk! What the are and what to do about them
• Is Your Christmas Cactus Misbehaving? Does it wilt, shrivel, look pale or refuse to bloom?
• Dust Bunnies on your African violets? How to clean fuzzy houseplants
• Blue roses: The race is on, plus an inside look into the not-so-clean cut flower industry
• It's the Pits! How to grow a mango houseplant
• There's Always Room for JELL-O, but on your plants?
• Do You Love Pansies? How to Grow Your Own Flowers from Seed
• Here kitty kitty! Safe and effective ways to shoo cats from your garden.
• What Bugs You More? A telemarketer calling during dinner, or fungus gnats?
  

Miscellaneous Tips for Home, Garden, Travel, Work...

• Gardening is Like Falling in Love: Head over heels stuff. Remember?
• Why Grow Your Own (Reason #25): Even just a teensy-weensy bit
• Home Cooking, Now More Than Ever: Discover easy ways to avoid junk food, right in your own kitchen
• Don't Check Your Email on Sundays: 12 little New Year's resolutions that promise big results
• Gardening Behind Bars: Plants can transform lives, even in a women's prison
• International Plant Appreciation Day: Imagine a world without plants (no toilet paper, either). Annual celebration on April 13
• Why do leaves turn color? (Tip: It has something to do with egg yolks)
• Easter Egg Colors to Dye for! From fruits, vegetables and other foods
• How to predict the next frost.
• How gardening can weed out diabetes
• Who invented the garden hose?: And what was the first hose made of?
• Unshopping: 25 Ways to Get and Give What You Need Without Money, by Co-op America
• Cabin Fever Gardening: Seven cures for a gardener's winter blues
• What Gives? Attitudes and simple gifts for year-round giving
• Talking Fruit: How to tell if fruit is genetically modified
• Dr. Andrew Weil Reveals His Top Three Foods (and his least favorite vegetable!)
• What's in your food? (The most and least contaminated produce)!
• Natural Care for Cut Flowers: How to keep fresh cut flowers looking fresh longer
• Recycling for Gardeners: 27 uses for garden catalogs
• 35 Uses for Plastic Milk Jugs: For home, garden, garage, and boat!
• The Rule of Thirds When composing your photographs, this tip is tops
• What are Apertures? Understanding this overlooked feature will improve your photographs
• Flower Photography for Everyone: Tips and tricks for taking pictures in bright sunlight
• A Pencil Is a Gardener's Best Friend
• Want Healthy Kids? Turn off the TV!
  

• Dust Off Your Waffle Iron! For pennies, you get a million dollars worth of nutrition with these oat-bean waffles!
• Quick and Easy Appetizer: Layerer Hummus dip is tasty and healthy, too!
• Are your spices and herbs dead or alive? How to keep spices and herbs singing with flavor
• Poor Man's Capers Make your own capers from nasturtium seeds
• Alaska Raspberry Mint Punch A treat for every occasion
• More Rhubarb Recipes: Readers share their favorites
• Nasturtium Pesto -- A recipe to die for!
• Potato fudge recipe With a serving of humor on the side
• How to use a carload of carrots Harvest, storage tips & off-the-wall recipes
• Chocolate Beet Brownies--They Can't Be Beat!
• Northern Lights Pumpkin Pie: An American classic, made healthy with an Alaskan twist
• Dilly Snap Peas: Fun facts about snap peas and a pickle recipe to die for

• What is a garden?: The word means many things to many people. And you?
• The Power of Purpose: By Roy H. Williams
• The Smell of Green: Personal essay by Marion Owen
• Beyond Dirt and Plants: Gardening is good for your mind, body and spirit
• Great Garden Goofs: Life in the garden wouldn't be complete without them
• For the Love of Peanuts: A short essay by Marion Owen
• A Garden for Kaye: How to plant a garden near a hospital bed
• Dream Big, Start Small: Encouraging you to do what you love
• Lighten Up Gardeners!: Forget weed wars and NPK's
• Joseph Mohr's Gift of 'Silent Night' and other Christmas timelines
• Small Wonders of the Soil, Plants, Trees, and Critters Fun garden trivia
• How to Communicate With Plants: Step-by-step guidelines for anyone who would like to be a part of the conversation
• A, B, C, D, E, F, Garden: An Inspirational Alphabet