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	<title>Tips, Tools and Gardening Secrets for Western Gardening by Jodi Torpey &#187; Organic gardening</title>
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		<title>BBB Seed Boosts Gardening Efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBB Seed is a big supporter of Colorado&#8217;s Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign.
BBB Seed is a a small, family-owned company with a big heart.
For the last two years, BBB Seed has donated thousands of vegetable and herb seeds to metro Denver&#8217;s Plant a Row for the Hungry gardening campaign.
But the company has much [...]]]></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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		<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>Carved Pumpkin or Orange Tomato?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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Thanks to a packet of free organic tomato seeds from Lake Valley Seed Company, I was able to grow some wonderful orange tomatoes in my vegetable garden this year. The tomatoes were beautiful to behold on the vine and equally lovely in salads, sandwiches and salsas.
You can read all about how the heirloom tomato Amana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopt a Vampire Bat for Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camilla (left) and Cocoa, two ambassador bats from the Organization for Bat Conservation, had fun hanging around during a Live Bats! program at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science last October.
If you&#8217;re looking for a special way to celebrate Halloween this year, I have the perfect idea. Adopt a vampire bat.
As most gardeners know, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going West to The National Heirloom Expo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m taking my &#8220;Edible Spaces in Small Places&#8221; presentation to The National Heirloom Exposition in beautiful Sonoma County, Calif.
The National Heirloom Exposition is shaping up to be the World&#8217;s Fair of the heirloom and local food movements.
I&#8217;m delighted to be one of 70 speakers at the world&#8217;s largest heritage food event.
I&#8217;ll be sharing my experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pleeze Count Your Bees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spending 15 minutes in your garden counting bees is a pleasant way to pass the time while helping with bee conservation efforts.
I&#8217;ve been counting the bees that land on the &#8216;Lemon Queen&#8217; sunflowers in my garden and I&#8217;m delighted at the results.
During my latest 15-minute observation, I counted 12 honeybees landing on one large flower&#8211;almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Giant Fields are Like My Veggie Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Agriculture Practices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d always wanted to drive a tractor and my wish came true on my Green Giant Valley Visit. 
I didn&#8217;t know what to expect on my all-expense-paid Valley Visit to La Sueur, Minn., to tour the Green Giant research facility and cornfields, but I didn&#8217;t expect to discover how much the fields and my garden [...]]]></description>
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