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December 27, 2016 Jillian Logan: It’s time to enjoy your garden
TAKE stock of the garden for its shade, entertaining ability, seating, nooks and crannies and wind shelter from a few different directions. It’s at this time of year, when we have a few days break for the festive season and New Year celebrations, that we can get outside and enjoy the garden and pleasant weather. […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 GOCO grant will fund Manaugh school garden in Cortez
Great Outdoors Colorado awarded $340,000 to projects in Montezuma and La Plata counties last week. The Southwest Conservation Corps got a $25,200 Youth Corps grant for the Montezuma School to Farm Project at Manaugh Elementary in Cortez, according to a news release from the agency issued earlier this month. A portion of the grant will […]
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December 27, 2016 Students to build amphitheater for Ohana Kuleana garden
High school students will build a new amphitheater for the Ohana Kuleana Community Garden in June thanks to a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado. The $25,200 grant announced in December will pay high school students to work for the Southwestern Conservation Corps this summer and build the amphitheater and a school garden at Manaugh Elementary […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 Fast relief for garden – State rushes to get tea estate reopened to save face
Samsing Tea Estate. Picture by Biplab Basak Jalpaiguri, Dec. 24: The Bengal administration has intervened to reopen a Dooars tea garden within seven days of its closure because of alleged vandalism by a Trinamul-backed union. Sources said the administration showed unusual alacrity in fast-tracking negotiations to open Samsing Tea Estate, which employs 1,460 labourers, because […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 In Mumbai: Citizen group gets notice for misuse of garden
The Malabar Hill Citizen Forum, which is in charge of maintaining the 20-acre Priyadarshani Park at Napean Sea Road, has been served a notice by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for allegedly misusing the park and conducting commercial activities on it. According to the notice sent by the BMC, a gymnasium and recreation room were […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 The garden shed full of helping hands
Media captionWATCH: Team Unlimbited’s 3D-printed limbs are changing lives At first glance, the shed, in a back garden in Swansea, doesn’t look remarkable. Step closer and you’ll hear the whirring of a hard-working machine. Open the door and, while I’d like to tell you it is Tardis-like inside, it isn’t. Every inch of space is […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 Enjoy fresh vegetables year round with a kitchen garden
The kitchen garden should be protected with wire mesh. Have you ever imagined the magic feeling of grabbing fresh fruits and vegetables at any time straight from your home garden no matter the size of the backyard? Even if you are not a fun of gardening, a kitchen garden will gradually motivate you and your […]
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NEWS 
December 27, 2016 SEE PIC: Sridevi meets Sasikala at Poes Garden
Actor Sridevi met VK Sasikala Natarajan, confidant of late J Jayalalithaa at Poes Garden in Chennai today (December 27). According to reports, Sridevi also paid homage to J Jayalalithaa, who passed away on December 5th. She was buried next to her mentor MG Ramachandran at the MGR Memorial in Marina beach. ALSO READ: Did Thala […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 Police trim presence as private guards take charge at Poes Garden
Private security guards posted at Poes Garden in Chennaion Monday.— Photo: R. RaguR. Ragu In the wake of widespread criticism about the heavy deployment of police force at Poes Garden even after the demise of former chief minister Jayalalithaa, the strength of the police personnel has been drastically reduced. Senior police officials confirmed that they […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
December 27, 2016 Ancient Underwater Potato Garden Uncovered in Canada
Submerged rock pavement (shown here) would have allowed the indigenous people to control how far their tubers grew, making for easier harvesting. Credit: Katzie Development Limited Partnership This harvest came 3,000 years too late. Hundreds of blackened potatoes were pulled out of the ground at a prehistoric garden in British Columbia, Canada. Dating back to […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 19, 2016 “Voice Over Garden” A Community Choice Winner in 2013 Small Business Book Awards
“Voice Over Garden: How To Create Abundance As A Global Online Voice Actor” is written and published by Jonathan Tilley. With a background in theater, dance and choreography, voice-over artist and coach Jonathan Tilley transitioned his career to focus solely on voice-over work. He shares his personal experiences in becoming a global online voice actor […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 19, 2016 Art in the Garden
Tracy DiSabato-Aust, author of The Well-Tended Perennial Garden and The Well-Designed Mixed Garden , made this interesting assertion at a garden design seminar that I attended today: “Garden art … we’re not talking about the little wooden bent-over lady you see everywhere … but true art … is a necessity in the garden today….” That […]
