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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

Michael Jordan








 




 
Featured Gardening Articles

Gardening tips, techniques and plant information
Some of the most spectacular gardening is on the rooftops and patios of the world's largest cities. Today's homeowners and apartment dwellers do not have to discard gardening. In fact, they can create their own garden hideaway. Gardening in small space ...

Hydroponics Gardening
Hydroponics was derived from the Greek word hydro, which means "water" and ponos, which means "labor or water-working". Hydroponics gardening involves growing plants with their roots in other nutrient solutions and without soil. Hydroponics gardening is ...

Insecticides & Fungicides/Spreader-stickers, Wetting Agents: Getting the most out of Your Sprays
Spreader-stickers, Wetting Agents: Getting the most out of Your SpraysThomas OgrenSpreader-stickers or if you prefer, sticker-spreaders, are agents we can add to garden sprays to make them more effective. These additives are commonly used in commercial ...




"Free Plants, Seeds and Flowers"
 
"Free Plants, Seeds and Flowers"

Home gardeners give away free plants and flowers almost every day on the new GardenHere Internet site. Home gardeners save $10's, --even $100's on their landscape and home gardening projects. It's easy, fun, and a great way to make new friends. Visitors to GardenHere forums find listings of free plants, flowers, and seeds or place a notice telling other members what they are looking for.



“Giving away extra plants is a tradition for many home gardeners,” says webpage owner Al Stubblefield. “Just this year, I sent Fuchsia starts to a home gardener in Arizona and Wisteria, Ivy, and Daylilies to GardenHere members in Wisconsin, North Dakota, Montana, and Oregon –all free. It took only a short trip to the post office for me and the cost of postage for my new home gardening friends.”



One forum member from Adair,Oklahoma said, “I have just recently found this forum (Website) and absolutely love it. If anyone would be interested in some Bearded Irises, please let me know.


I have three beds that are extremely out of control!” Another home gardener from Boulder, Montana had this to say about the GardenHere Website, “I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful website you have created. This is a great idea . . .!”



No self-respecting home gardener would throw plants in the compost pile when someone else might like to have them in their yard? "I’ve already gotten free Irises, Columbine, Daylilies, Hosta, Azaleas, Liriope, and Pachysandra," said Stubblefield.



Any home gardener can do the same thing simply by finding what they want in the garden forums and responding or placing their own message. Most home gardeners enjoy giving away extra plants or exchanging them for something they don’t already have.




"Exchanging Plants, Seeds and Flowers is the Neighborly Thing To Do!"



About the Author
© 2004 - “GardenHere is one of America’s favorite home gardening communities on the Internet, says owner and web designer Al Stubblefield. “It is a popular place to make friends, do garden exchanges, trade home gardening tips, and get plant advice.”





Gardening News



Register now for a gardening symposium (Sun Newspapers)
A one-day gardening symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 18 at the East Port Environmental Campus at 25550 Harborview Road in Port Charlotte. This program is sponsored by the Charlotte County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers.

Gardening class Oct. 25 on Hawaiian plants (Honolulu Advertiser)
Waimea Valley Park will host a gardening class on Hawaiian plants from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 25 at its Educational Center, 59-864 Kamehameha Hwy., across from Waimea Bay.

MARY JO MODICA: October the time for fall gardening (The Tuscaloosa News)
October is the month to begin fall gardening in earnest. Crisp mornings and cool evenings are the inspiration needed to shake off the summer doldrums, step outside and spruce up the landscape. It is time to plant pansies to brighten winter days and to prepare the groundwork for an early spring garden.

Updated 10/7: Elmhurst club takes gardening to a spiritual level (The Doings Elmhurst)
Some of the most beautiful gardens in the world are in Japan, and Monday afternoon, Elmhurst Garden Club members learned how they can bring those same qualities into their own gardens.

Plant Exchange: Container Gardening, South Dakota Style (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
Q: You have been creating container gardens since before they had that name. (You started very young.) What have you learned?