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		<title>Learn about Perennial shade garden plants and tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 04:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walk through my back yard paths viewing distinct changes through the spring into summer and fall Recommended ReadingplantsWildflower Seeds &#8211; 1000+ Partial ShadeHow to Plant a Perennial Shade Garden &#8211; Garden Club SelectWhat type of colorful, shade-only, perennial plants exist &#8230; <a href="http://understandplants.com/learn-about-perennial-shade-garden-plants-and-tips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Walk through my back yard paths viewing distinct changes through the spring into summer and fall</p>
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		<title>Tips and tricks for handling plants in the aquarium, Tropica Aquarium Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to handle the plants when planting them into the tank. Produced by Tropica Aquarium Plants in collaboration with aquadesigner Oliver Knott. Recommended ReadingplantsPowerpoint-growing plants, seeds, fruit.Powerpoint-growing plants, seeds, fruit.Home Hydroponic Gardening Guide &#8211; Learn to Grow HydroponicsPlants vs Zombies: &#8230; <a href="http://understandplants.com/tips-and-tricks-for-handling-plants-in-the-aquarium-tropica-aquarium-plants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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How to handle the plants when planting them into the tank. Produced by Tropica Aquarium Plants in collaboration with aquadesigner Oliver Knott.</p>
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		<title>Gardening Tips: Hot and dry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gardening Tips: Hot and dry Last summer it seemed like it rained every weekend and the temperatures rarely exceeded 80 degrees. It was a great summer for gathering mushrooms but not so good for growing vegetables. Many local gardeners lost &#8230; <a href="http://understandplants.com/gardening-tips-hot-and-dry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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Last summer it seemed like it rained every weekend and the temperatures rarely exceeded 80 degrees. It was a great summer for gathering mushrooms but not so good for growing vegetables. Many local gardeners lost their tomato crop to late blight (a water loving fungus) while the rest of the garden just languished in soggy soil. This season has been almost the opposite as we recover from a week of &#8230;</p>
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		<title>Basic Gardening Tips : How to Create Good Growing Soil</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 04:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn how to create good growing soil when growing a garden in this free gardening video.. Expert: Tia Pinney Bio: Tia Pinney is a Teacher Naturalist and Adult Program Coordinator at Mass Audubons Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts. &#8230; <a href="http://understandplants.com/basic-gardening-tips-how-to-create-good-growing-soil/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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Learn how to create good growing soil when growing a garden in this free gardening video.. Expert: Tia Pinney Bio: Tia Pinney is a Teacher Naturalist and Adult Program Coordinator at Mass Audubons Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso</p>
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		<title>Four Tips for Making a Hermit Crab Habitat</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s important &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117; provide &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; crab &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101; ideal living conditions.  There &#97;&#114;&#101; &#97; &#102;&#101;&#119; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#115; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#97;&#98;&#111;&#117;&#116; making &#97; proper hermit crab habitat.  This article &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; give &#121;&#111;&#117; &#97; &#102;&#101;&#119; tips. Size First &#97;&#110;&#100; foremost, &#8230; <a href="http://understandplants.com/four-tips-for-making-a-hermit-crab-habitat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s important &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117; provide &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; crab &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#116;&#104;&#101; ideal living conditions.  There &#97;&#114;&#101; &#97; &#102;&#101;&#119; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#115; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#97;&#98;&#111;&#117;&#116; making &#97; proper hermit crab habitat.  This article &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; give &#121;&#111;&#117; &#97; &#102;&#101;&#119; tips.</p>
<p>Size</p>
<p>First &#97;&#110;&#100; foremost, &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#107; &#97;&#98;&#111;&#117;&#116; &#115;&#105;&#122;&#101; &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; setting &#117;&#112; &#97; habitat &#102;&#111;&#114; &#97; hermit crab.  They &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#97; &#108;&#111;&#116; &#111;&#102; room &#116;&#111; move around.  So, whether &#121;&#111;&#117; choose &#116;&#111; house him &#105;&#110; &#97; cage &#111;&#114; &#97;&#110; aquarium, &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; &#109;&#97;&#107;&#101; &#115;&#117;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; &#105;&#116; provides &#101;&#110;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; room.  A 10 gallon aquarium &#105;&#115; &#97;&#110; inexpensive solution.</p>
<p>Substrate</p>
<p>One &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; next &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#115; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; consider &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; constructing &#97; hermit crab habitat &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101; substrate.  This &#105;&#115; &#117;&#115;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; line &#116;&#104;&#101; bottom &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; cage &#111;&#114; aquarium.  Since they&#8217;re &#117;&#115;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#105;&#116; &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; wild, sand &#105;&#115; &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; commonly used.  Two &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; options include coconut fiber &#97;&#110;&#100; specially &#109;&#97;&#100;&#101; fine gravel.  It&#8217;s important &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; type &#111;&#102; substrate &#121;&#111;&#117; &#117;&#115;&#101; &#105;&#115; safe &#97;&#110;&#100; allows &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109; &#116;&#111; dig easily.  Never &#117;&#115;&#101; wood chips &#111;&#114; rough gravel.  Although coconut fiber &#105;&#115; fine, &#105;&#116; &#99;&#97;&#110; give &#121;&#111;&#117; problems &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; fungus gnats, &#115;&#111; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#98;&#101; careful.</p>
<p>Temperature</p>
<p>Temperature &#105;&#115; &#97;&#108;&#115;&#111; important &#105;&#110; &#97; habitat &#102;&#111;&#114; &#97; hermit crab.  If &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; crab &#105;&#115; kept &#105;&#110; &#97; temperature below 72 degrees Fahrenheit, &#104;&#101; &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; die.  Therefore, you&#8217;ll &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#97;&#110; undertank heater &#116;&#111; provide &#97;&#110; appropriate temperature level.  However, &#121;&#111;&#117; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#109;&#97;&#107;&#101; &#115;&#117;&#114;&#101; &#121;&#111;&#117; don&#8217;t &#109;&#97;&#107;&#101; &#105;&#116; hot &#101;&#110;&#111;&#117;&#103;&#104; &#116;&#111; cause overheating.  Doing &#115;&#111; &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; cause irreversible damage &#97;&#110;&#100; possibly death.</p>
<p>Decorations</p>
<p>You &#115;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#97;&#108;&#115;&#111; &#112;&#117;&#116; &#97; &#102;&#101;&#119; decorations &#105;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; hermit crab habitat.  You &#99;&#97;&#110; lay &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; shells &#97;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; &#115;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; crab &#99;&#97;&#110; move &#105;&#110;&#116;&#111; &#97; &#110;&#101;&#119; &#111;&#110;&#101; &#105;&#102; &#104;&#101; wants.  Also, &#121;&#111;&#117; &#99;&#97;&#110; give him &#97; &#108;&#105;&#116;&#116;&#108;&#101; taste &#111;&#102; his natural habitat &#98;&#121; providing driftwood, rough rocks, &#97;&#110;&#100; fake plants.  Crabs &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; especially enjoy fake plants &#97;&#110;&#100; vines &#98;&#101;&#99;&#97;&#117;&#115;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; love &#116;&#111; climb.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everytime &#97; &#110;&#101;&#119; chemical &#105;&#115; produced &#102;&#111;&#114; commercial &#117;&#115;&#101; &#97; diluted version appears &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; local garden <br />Centre &#119;&#104;&#105;&#99;&#104; claims &#116;&#111; &#100;&#111; great &#116;&#104;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#115; &#102;&#111;&#114; pest elimination.  The truth &#105;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; &#98;&#121; cultivating &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; own natural <br />Organic garden &#121;&#111;&#117; won&#8217;t face &#116;&#104;&#101; &#115;&#97;&#109;&#101; Problems &#97;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#111;&#115;&#101; &#119;&#104;&#111; choose &#116;&#111; &#117;&#115;&#101; artificial products &#97;&#110;&#100; &#121;&#111;&#117; <br />Will &#104;&#97;&#118;&#101; &#109;&#117;&#99;&#104; healthier organic vegetable plants. </p>
<p>Below you&#8217;ll &#102;&#105;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; top ten actions &#121;&#111;&#117; &#99;&#97;&#110; &#116;&#97;&#107;&#101; &#116;&#111; maintain &#97; healthy organic garden &#97;&#108;&#108; year round <br />And keep pests &#97;&#110;&#100; diseases &#111;&#102;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; organic vegetable plants. </p>
<p>1.  Good cultivating practices</p>
<p>Always keep &#97; powerful organic approach &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; cultivating &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; organic vegetable plants.  Don&#8217;t forget &#116;&#111; feed &#116;&#104;&#101; soil <br />Not &#116;&#104;&#101; plant. </p>
<p>two.  Keep &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; garden neat</p>
<p>Never leave rubbish scattered &#97;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; &#112;&#117;&#116; weeds &#111;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; compost heap straightaway.  This &#105;&#115; extra important &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; thinned <br />Sprouts, &#98;&#101;&#99;&#97;&#117;&#115;&#101; insect pests &#97;&#114;&#101; attracted &#98;&#121; &#116;&#104;&#101; smell &#111;&#102; bruised stems. </p>
<p>3.  Keep &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; compost heap healthy</p>
<p>remember &#116;&#111; &#111;&#110;&#108;&#121; &#112;&#117;&#116; healthy plant waste &#111;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; heap.  If &#97;&#110;&#121; hint &#111;&#102; disease, burn it{!}  Always burn prunings &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; <br />Fruit tree&#8217;s &#97;&#115; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; &#97;&#114;&#101; &#112;&#114;&#111;&#98;&#97;&#98;&#108;&#121; &#103;&#111;&#105;&#110;&#103; &#116;&#111; become infected &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; mildew.  The ashes &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; plants may &#98;&#101; &#117;&#115;&#101;&#100; &#97;&#115; &#97; manure <br />For &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; organic vegetable plants. </p>
<p>4.  Sterilize &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; pots &#97;&#110;&#100; seed trays</p>
<p>remember &#116;&#111; keep pots &#97;&#110;&#100; seed trays awfully clean &#97;&#110;&#100; &#105;&#102; possible sterilize &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; boiling water.  If you&#8217;re growing <br />Your organic vegetable plants &#105;&#110; &#97; greenhouse keep &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; extra clean &#97;&#110;&#100; always pick &#111;&#102;&#102; &#97; pest &#111;&#114; &#97;&#110;&#121; <br />Fungus &#121;&#111;&#117; &#102;&#105;&#110;&#100; &#111;&#110; &#97; leaf immediately. </p>
<p>5.  Keep &#121;&#111;&#117; daily wariness</p>
<p>To keep &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; organic vegetable plants upto scratch &#121;&#111;&#117; &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; &#110;&#101;&#101;&#100; &#116;&#111; &#98;&#101; double vigilant especially &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; summertime <br />Months.  Get &#105;&#110;&#116;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; practice &#111;&#102; walking &#97;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100; &#116;&#104;&#101; garden &#97;&#116; least once &#97; day.  Remove errant weeds &#97;&#110;&#100; keep &#97;&#110; eye <br />Open &#102;&#111;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#102;&#105;&#114;&#115;&#116; signs &#111;&#102; attack &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; pests &#97;&#110;&#100; diseases. </p>
<p>six.  Always buy healthy plants</p>
<p>In &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; nations &#116;&#104;&#101; govt.   cover &#115;&#111;&#109;&#101; plants &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#97; certificate &#111;&#102; health &#116;&#111; show they&#8217;re free &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; illness.  <br />It &#105;&#115; &#114;&#101;&#97;&#108;&#108;&#121; &#101;&#97;&#115;&#121; &#116;&#111; buy plants &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; &#104;&#97;&#118;&#101; viruses &#111;&#114; diseases. </p>
<p>seven.  Don&#8217;t &#106;&#117;&#115;&#116; buy healthy plants, raise healthy plants too{!} </p>
<p>Safeguard plants &#121;&#111;&#117; &#104;&#97;&#118;&#101; raised yourself.  It &#99;&#97;&#110; &#98;&#101; difficult &#116;&#111; remove &#116;&#104;&#101; weaklings &#119;&#104;&#101;&#110; &#121;&#111;&#117; &#104;&#97;&#118;&#101; grown &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109; yourself.  <br />Remember &#97; young plant infected &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; &#97;&#110; illness &#105;&#115; &#97; drawback &#116;&#111; &#97;&#108;&#108; &#111;&#102; &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; organic vegetable plants &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; &#116;&#104;&#101; start. </p>
<p>8.  Reduce Aphids</p>
<p>Hover flies &#97;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; valuable pest predator &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; garden.  The female &#119;&#105;&#108;&#108; lay &#104;&#101;&#114; eggs &#111;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; colonies <br />Of aphids &#115;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; larvae &#104;&#97;&#118;&#101; &#97; widely &#97;&#118;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#108;&#101; source &#111;&#102; food.  To draw &#105;&#110; hover flies plant marigolds <br />( Tagetes &#97;&#110;&#100; calendula ), poppies ( papaversp ) &#111;&#114; nasturtiums ( Trapaeolum ). </p>
<p>9.  Inspire &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; predators</p>
<p>It &#105;&#115; tougher &#116;&#111; attract &#109;&#111;&#114;&#101; predators &#98;&#101;&#99;&#97;&#117;&#115;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; don&#8217;t always feed &#111;&#110; flowers.  Wasps, ladybirds &#97;&#110;&#100; <br />Lacewings &#99;&#97;&#110; &#98;&#101; encouraged &#98;&#121; planting carrots between rows &#111;&#102; onions &#115;&#111; &#116;&#104;&#101; smell &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; carrots &#105;&#115; disguised. </p>
<p>ten.  Control birds &#97;&#110;&#100; animals</p>
<p>The single &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; deleterious pests &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; garden &#97;&#114;&#101; &#116;&#104;&#101; bigger ones &#108;&#105;&#107;&#101; birds, deer, rabbits, moles &#97;&#110;&#100; mice.  <br />The &#109;&#111;&#115;&#116; effective &#99;&#111;&#110;&#116;&#114;&#111;&#108; &#105;&#115; &#116;&#111; stop &#116;&#104;&#101;&#109; reaching &#121;&#111;&#117;&#114; crops.  Physically cover seeds &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; netting &#97;&#110;&#100; protect <br />Crops &#98;&#121; placing stakes &#105;&#110; &#116;&#104;&#101; ground &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; netting placed ott.  Do &#110;&#111;&#116; forget &#116;&#111; &#112;&#117;&#116; jam jars &#111;&#118;&#101;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; top <br />Of &#116;&#104;&#101; stakes &#116;&#111; defend &#116;&#104;&#101; netting.</p>
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		<title>Lawn Care &amp; Gardening Tips : How to Make a Compost Bin for a Home</title>
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