Country Roads Magazine - Garden

Sat, May 17 2008

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Garden

Flowers aren’t just for picking

“One of the important reasons to eat flowers is the amount of absorbable base metals in them."....more>>

Flowers aren’t just for picking
Plant and food enthusiasts insist edible flowers are coming back in style and with good reason.
Master Gardeners announce 20th annual garden show
Can you dig it? Hendricks County Master Gardener Rosie Lenihan says that virtually anyone can, provided they have the time, pledge the effort, and receive the proper education.
Farm tries share program to survive
Community Supported Agriculture is a growing trend among farms that allows residents to buy a share of the farm and reap the benefits of its harvest.
Silent Seed: Port man opens shop
A warm fall day good to dig in - and dream
Yard Dirt gardening column
Column: The season for risks worth taking
The frost on the ground the day I was supposed to pick up the seeding machine was a false start. Who would have predicted two weeks of warm days, mild nights and occasional gentle rains? It’s been perfect grass-growing weather.
My garden overfloweth with veggies — and rewards
Yard Dirt column: It’s a wonderful feeling to be, for the first time, a vegetable giver as well as a taker.
School: Teach children to grow food and they will eat
“If you put a radish on a kid’s plate, they’re not going to eat it. But if they pull it out of the ground, they will wash it off and try it.”
Always something to add to a water garden

• Teaching teens the value of a dollar
• So, what are you going to do with your tax rebate?
• Should you reapply to Social Security?
• Make the most of the underused, misused 401(k)
• Protect your credit rating from identity theft

• Be a better role model
• Playgroups can help keep kids active, mommies sane
• Cat tales: As the fan blades turn
• On Mother's Day, like every day, moms just pray troops stay safe
• Abstinence topic of girls' tea

Home

• Nissan 350Z a future icon
• Biopetroleum, electricity could power future vehicles
• Addiction to speed
• Two flavors of practical style
• Patrick's win big on many fronts

Life

• Art plays role in Pittsburgh’s 250th
• Tampa: Short visit simply isn’t enough
• Busch Gardens Tampa a real treat
• Red tide rising: Scientists find 30 percent more spores than in 2005 crisis
• The fashion rules they are a-changin'

• Eel-like fish makes rare appearance
• Air Time photo
• State pulls food pantry venison to check for lead
• Bear, bee buzz may prolong hunting season
• A beloved resort erodes

• Christmas in America A Melting Pot of Traditions
• formal wear '08
• Gloria Moran
• Bringing Carnival to you!
• Games bring home the magic of the movies

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