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Wisley protest over compost plans (BBC News) Plans to build compost sites near a Royal Horticultural Society garden lead to concerns that diseases could spread. us.rd.yahoo.com
Judy Frank: Mom Is Home At Last (The Chattanoogan) Mom went home Monday. We buried her beside my dad in a beautiful, hilly West Virginia cemetery just a couple of miles from the house where she was born more than 86 years ago. It was a small funeral; virtually all the family and friends she still remembered vividly from her youth were long dead. us.rd.yahoo.com
Want more gardening shows? Tell the networks (The Herald-Mail) There have been quite a few lively discussions going on in the gardening blogosphere lately about the lack of quality garden-related programs on HGTV, DIY and others anymore. My blog (Compost Confidential) along with two of my favorites, Garden Rant and Red Dirt Ramblings (I'm sure there are others), have also addressed this less-than-obvious trend in the decline of real gardening on television us.rd.yahoo.com
Wide variety of citrus fruit on display at show (Galveston County Daily News) Many home citrus growers have been harvesting a respectable crop of citrus fruits, the focus of the Gulf Coast Citrus Show on Dec. 11. us.rd.yahoo.com
How to plant spring bulbs (The Record-Courier) Many types of spring bulbs are now available at nurseries and home improvement stores for fall planting. us.rd.yahoo.com
Rethinking the commode (The Capital Times) Dianne Aldrich carefully planned a home office and studio in back of her Monona home. The walls are built of cedar wood from sustainable forests in the state of Oregon and the flooring is reclaimed wood from the Madison Civic Center. The foundation is built on posts to protect the roots of tall oak trees on the property and skylights will augment electric lighting. All that is missing is the ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Kanakapura: Hot destination in lukewarm realty? (Deccan Herald) Real estate is an industry that never says die. Despite the economic recession and property sales' diminution, there is an area in Bangalore that is flourishing with developers' projects, finds out Bindu Gopal Rao us.rd.yahoo.com
Compost plan 'threatens top garden' (Guardian Unlimited) Leading gardeners fight plans for site next to RHS's flagship gardens at Wisley in Surrey us.rd.yahoo.com
In the Garden: Thoughtful gifts for the gardener in lean times (The Wenatchee World) Many people are thinking seriously about being more creative and less extravagant about their Christmas gifting this year. Something I have noticed over the years is that a gift given with thoughtfulness and caring, even though not very expensive, can mean more to a loved one than the most costly trinket or ornament. us.rd.yahoo.com
Hantavirus preventable (Alamogordo Daily News) The New Mexico Department of Health is advising Otero County citizens to take precaution against rodents with the winter months approaching after a 22-year-old Otero County woman died from hantavirus. us.rd.yahoo.com
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