A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul. -Sadi Ranson
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Common basil (Ocimum basilicum) includes a number of different basils most commonly used for cooking.
Sweet basil
Your basic basil, with large leaves and white flowers. The Genovese variety (names include Sweet Genovese and Genovese or Genova Profumitissima) is particularly nice, with a very pleasing flavor preferred for pestos. I've also found it a vigorous, luxuriant grower, slow to bolt.
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Planting a tree is a long-term investment. Your tree will do the best if you take the time to get it off to the best start by planting and caring for it correctly.
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The National Wildlife Federation has designated the entire month of May as Garden for Wildlife Month. Next up in our weekly series about creating wildlife habitat gardens are some tips on attracting birds from the Federation's Naturalist David Mizejewski.
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Few gastronomical treats come close to the season's first bite into a peach: the faint tingle of fuzz on your lips, the flesh, softer and sweeter than you remembered, and the trickle of juice down your chin, warm, sticky, and wonderful.
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These simple maintenance tasks keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for winter.
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Organic gardeners are faced with many challenges that come with growing food naturally, without the use of chemicals and pesticides. One of the biggest challenges has to do with how we feed our plants, and learning exactly why organic fertilizers take so long to be converted into plant food may help organic growers overcome some of these challenges.
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LOVELY PHOTO BY HENHOUSE
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LOVELY PHOTO BY KETSUI73"First bloom"
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LOVELY PHOTO BY KJF1416
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LOVELY PHOTO BY MELISSAMAEDAY
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LOVELY PHOTO BY MELISSAMAEDAY
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LOVELY PHOTO BY BETJA
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LOVELY PHOTO BY KNIPHOFIA
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LOVELY PHOTO BY VALERY33
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LOVELY PHOTO BY AHEAD
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LOVELY PHOTO BY BIGBILL
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ACTIVE THREADS FROM OUR FORUMS
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THE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK 710 members joined. 5,158 posts written in our forums. 997 photos posted to the plant database. 1,186 plants added to personal inventory lists.
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Where but in a garden do summer hours pass so quickly.
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