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HOME & GARDEN 
December 7, 2021 Gardening as a Hobby: Exploring the Benefits of Gardening
If you’re looking for an activity that can take your mind off of your daily troubles, then gardening may be the perfect hobby for you. Gardening has been found to provide many benefits, including stress relief and improved mental health. Many homeowners invest in-home services such as paving paving services . They can also invest in gardening […]
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January 23, 2018 Growing trends in gardening
It’s only 59 days until March 20, the first day of spring. Have you examined your garden yet to begin plans for improvement? Or, have you considered how your landscape might be updated to enhance your life? If not, then let me share what I’m reading about garden trends for 2018. First, gardening is on […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
January 23, 2018 Gardening May Help Cancer Survivors Eat Better, Feel Greater ‘Worth’
FILE – Sweet peppers are seen in a garden in Virginia. (Photo: D. Bekheet). Share For cancer survivors, three seasons of home vegetable gardening may increase physical activity, fruits and vegetables in the diet and also enhance feelings of self-worth, researchers say. Possibly as a result of these healthy behaviors, gardeners in the small study […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 18, 2017 The Russian gardening revolution: where the good life meets luxury
A dacha gardener, Kaliningrad, Russia CREDIT: AGENCJA FOTOGRAFICZNA CARO/ALAMY The winds of change are blowing in a new Russian Revolution that’s having a dramatic impact on some of the last vestiges of the Soviet Union and is making its mark in the UK, too. A people once ordered to dedicate any patches of soil they had to […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 18, 2017 Sponsored: Fall / Winter gardening tips for new homeowners
In many parts of the country, the advent of fall and winter means a winding down of garden-related tasks. Protecting outdoor plants, moving pots indoors and prepping bulbs for germination is the sum of it. But in Northern California, with our year-round growing season, gardening activity can rise to a fever pitch in autumn. New […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 14, 2017 ‘I just needed to feel the real world’: gardening writer Anna Pavord describes crawling onto lawn after cancer
Anna Pavord at her home in Dorset CREDIT: CHRISTOPHER JONES FOR THE TELEGRAPH Barely out of intensive care and unable to walk after treatment for stomach cancer, Anna Pavord quite literally “crawled” on her hands and knees onto a patch of grass, desperate to reconnect with nature. The much-loved gardening writer has told how she dragged herself along a […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
September 13, 2017 Tucson Gardening and Home Sept. 17-23
Tucson Organic Gardeners Monthly Meeting — St. Mark’s Church, 3809 E. Second St. Have Your Best Soil Ever, an introduction to garden soil and composting. 7-9 p.m. Sept. 19. 749-9429. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star All events are free or included in the cost of admission unless otherwise noted. Tuesday Herbs — Dussenberry-River Public […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
October 22, 2016 White House kitchen garden expansion, fall gardening seminar and landscape photography: Home and Garden News
WHITE HOUSE KITCHEN GARDEN: As the Obama administration winds down, First Lady Michelle Obama recently unveiled numerous updates and changes to the White House Kitchen Garden that will make the garden more accessible to White House visitors. The updates, made public in a recent ceremony, include an entryway with an arbor, a wider walkway and […]
