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The onion (Allium cepa) is thought by some authorities to have been one of the first vegetables domesticated by ...

By Christopher Jay Vegetable gardening is a favorite pastime for many, especially for those of us who love to ...

By James Ellison First, this bug has many names. Some of it's names are: lady bugs, ladybugs, lady beetle, ...

The principles of horticultural therapy date back to ancient times when Egyptian physicians prescribed ‘walks in the ...

Native to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Americas, Hippeastrum is grown for their large showy ...

By J. Ruppel We all are looking for ways to get garden crops sooner, or get more of them. One way to get an early ...

Put a little vinegar on your cutting board when cutting onions to keep yourself from crying.
If you have extra garlic that isn’t being used soon enough, freeze it.
Plant marigold seeds in a border around the garden to keep most harmful insects away from your vegetables.
Tinfoil spread on the ground around plants will keep cats away.
Use broken cassete tapes to tie plants to stakes.
To kill grass and unwanted weeds growing between cement sections, pour salted, boiling water over them.
Hairspray will help remove sticky residue left by price tags.

Verbal communication skills account for 7% of the communication process. The other 93%
consist of non-verbal and symbolic communication and are called ‘listening skills.’
The two Chinese characters for ‘change’ are crisis and opportunity.
Criticism is destructive and leads people to feelings of inadequacy: Love and acceptance
lead to feelings of self-worth.
Self-appreciation is the cornerstone in determining one’s health, one’s success, and one’s
abundance and prosperity in both our public and our private lives.
William H. Walton is quoted as saying “To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.”
False Expectations Appearing Real spells the word fear.
The Chinese art of Feng Shui describes balance as being comprised of Yin and Yang energy.