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		<title>New EZ Plant Protectors for Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though my vegetable garden is covered with 15 inches of snow today, gardening season is just around the corner.
Gardeners who used plant protectors last gardening season outsmarted the rest of us who didn&#8217;t.
There was such a chilly start to last year&#8217;s vegetable gardening season, plant protectors helped gardeners in the long run.
If you want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seed Sowing Made Simple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last Saturday in January is designated as National Seed Swap Day. You can celebrate with these ideas for making seed sowing simpler this season.
Many beginning gardeners fret about starting their garden from seed. I know, because I worried about every seed I planted when I first started gardening, too.
But the basics of planting seed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Guide to Vegetable Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Bob Gough may have departed the gardening world last year, but he left gardeners with more than 17 books on horticulture including The Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Growing.
I never had the opportunity to meet Dr. Bob Gough face-to-face, but I got to know him anyway. He was the author of the &#8220;Ask Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heirloom Gardening Seed Catalog Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baker Creek Seed Catalog review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In keeping in the spirit of The Heirloom Life Gardener book giveaway, here&#8217;s a short review of the Baker Creek Seed Company catalog for fans of heirloom gardening.
I had the chance to meet Jere Gettle, founder of Baker Creek Seed Company, at a garden writers trade show in Raleigh several years ago. I was delighted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Means Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Cherrie LiFonti for winning The Heirloom Life Gardener in last week&#8217;s special book giveaway*.
I thought asking gardeners what gardening means to them was as a good way to share my review copy of a new gardening book. It turns out the giveaway resulted in much more.
I learned just how much gardening really means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win a Copy of The Heirloom Life Gardener</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t put down my copy of The Heirloom Life Gardener, the fascinating story of how Jere Gettle started the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company. You can win a copy of the book that boldly states, &#8220;Anyone can start a garden.&#8221;
To enter the book giveaway, post a comment here on what gardening means to you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sunny Way to Start the Gardening Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Gardening Year to You!
One of my favorite gifts from the holiday season is this happy solar-powered sunflower. When light shines on its adorable solar cell, the flower sways from side to side and the leaves bounce up and down. This little plant doesn&#8217;t need any batteries, water or special care.
If only all gardening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brighton Shares the Harvest Reaps Big Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brighton (Colorado) Chamber of Commerce recently recognized our friends at Brighton Shares the Harvest with the Nonprofit of the Year Award. Congratulations to Linda C. Young and her group of dedicated volunteers for organizing a community effort to donate 4,300 servings of fresh produce to area families! 
I met Linda through our mutual interests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win Dirr&#8217;s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you love trees? Adore shrubs? If so, you could win Michael A. Dirr’s new book, Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees &#38; Shrubs (a $79.95 value).
All you have to do is leave a comment with Timber Press, the book’s publisher, before Friday, December 2, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. Pacific time.
The contest is open to residents of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aprons Ready for National Tie One On Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get your favorite apron ready. Tomorrow, November 23, is National Tie One On Day.

National Tie One On Day was started by &#8220;apron lady&#8221; EllynAnne Geisel to help us put the giving back in Thanksgiving.
Her idea is that each of us should use the Wednesday before Thanksgiving as a time of sharing instead of stressing. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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