A NEW COMIC THAT YOU CAN PLANT

Lots of superheroes fight crime, but only one spends his time fighting off bland dinners.  The Gardener is the star of a new comic book-style pamphlet that’s embedded with seeds, so you can plant the pages right in the ground.  In about two weeks, the paper sprouts into an assortment of basil, thyme, chives, parsley [...]

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WHAT IS AMERICA’S MOST EXPENSIVE HOBBY?

More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby in the United States and these days we’re spending more on our gardens than ever before.  Sales of plants were up over 500% last year and a higher percent of those than usually sold were vegetable plants.  Experts cite a “new frugality” among Americans [...]

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WOMEN GROW BETTER TOMATOES THAN MEN

Tomatoes like women better than men.  In a recent experiment, Britain’s Royal Horticultural Society found that tomato plants grew up to two inches higher when women talked to them, compared with plants chatted to by men.  Score another one for female superiority!

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