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Ground Broken on White House Vegetable Garden

Today First Lady Michelle Obama with elementary school children began preparing a plot on the White House lawn for a vegetable and herb garden.
As a gardener, I could not be happier to see a return to our roots. Of course, I am not wanting to go back to the horse and carriage days, but [...]

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White House Will Have Vegetable Garden

For the first time since Eleanor Roosevelt’s Victory Garden during the WWII era, the White House will have a real vegetable garden.
This comes following a petition by over 100,000 gardeners encouraging the Obamas to plant a garden and to set the example for the nation.  Laura Bush planted a small garden and the Clintons had [...]

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A New Year and a New Garden

A new year brings hope. A new garden brings hope and good food. Now more than ever is the time to begin a new garden, whether it is a container garden or a large vegetable garden. 2009 is the year to eat the backyard.

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Happy Holidays!

Well, folks, it’s the holiday season and yes, we are taking a break.  We have some traveling ahead of us and we need to get home in time for the big holiday dinner.  This year we are having a community holiday dinner with neighbors and extended families and friends.  I believe Maya said we are [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all our regular readers.  We will be taking a short holiday until the December 1, 2008 so we can enjoy some time with family and friends.
For any of you who may read Maya’s Online Gratitude Journal, you know that life in the [...]

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Go Green and Spread a Little Peace

The “Peace It Together” Tote was created by one of our friends, and is available on Cafe Press.  Visit the BernieHund Store to see the tote, shirts, hoodies, messenger bags and dog shirts with the “Peace It Together” logo.
We use ours for shopping at the grocery market and have several that we use in the garden [...]

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A Note from Happy

With the economic times being what they are, I just had to add a few personal words.
Times are hard across our country.  We all know that.  We are feeling the pinch at the grocery store more than every before.  I have received a few emails from readers saying that they would love to have a [...]

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Solar Power for the Greenhouse

I suppose in truth this is an advertisement. But, I am posting it only because it works!
Recently, a group of high school kids more or less adopted some of us older folks. In fact, they seem to have become enamoured with the greenhouse. It’s a neighborhood thing, I suppose.  While I’m not going to go [...]

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Bulletin Board: Garden Chat

Although this is a new site, we have decided to include a Bulletin Board. It is titled “Garden Chat.” The link is through the navigation bar under the header at the far right.
“Garden Chat” was added because so many of us are new to gardening. Many of us don’t know what to [...]

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