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Flowers, better in a bed then in a bouquet.
AboutMyPlanet.com — ... I’m a woman so naturally, I love my flowers. I love receiving them, I love being around them. Everything from the way they smell to the way they look entice me, but it depresses me when they wither away and die- especially if they came in a basket or in a bouquet. ...

Top 7 Green Lists of 7 Green Things
TreeHugger — Image by Freefoto Seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven! It's a magic number; people are addicted to the number seven. Doesn't it feel good, just looking at all those sevens? You get a thrill right, something deep down inside, a little frisson of yee-hah that is much bigger than looking at, say, twelves 12's or (Allah forbid) sixty-two 62s, the latter of which is statistically proven to be the most boring thing ever to be looked upon. Couple this love with the love of lists; there's even a ...

Is Patience A Virtue?
Garden Rant — 07_17_40_prev Spring is here, and yahoo!  Yesterday, I gave each asparagus plant a nice shovelful of compost.  One of them was already sending up a purple spear.  I planted a pear and two weeping willows, a tree I have been obsessed with for 20 years and never found a spot for until now.   Plus, I found another blueberry plant in the brush and put it into the vegetable garden.  The blueberry was the remains of my husband's experiment with exo-garden planting last spring. I warned him that it is extremely hard to take care of anything outside of an established garden, but he swore he'd weedwhack regularly ...

Out to Sea: Swimming the English Channel for a Cause
TreeHugger — Credit: freefoto.com In the days before Big Brother, children used to dream of being famous for doing something. I wanted to be an archaeologist when I grew up. On horseback. That is, until I discovered those particular combination of skills didn't constitute a recognized job description -- not since the 19th century anyway. Luckily I had another big idea up my sleeve, and it wasn't so much a career choice as a statement of intent. I was going to swim the English Chan...Read the full story on TreeHugger ...