April 8, 2011 RSS feed / Home & Garden

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Rambling Rose Returns

Stopping to smell the flowers
By Arlene Marturano marturanoa@yahoo.com
If you have avoided including roses in the garden because you didn’t want to invest time, chemicals, and labor maintaining hybrids, you haven’t met Lady Banks, Rosa banksiae. More...

Rhythm and Blooms returns to Riverbanks Botanical Garden

Contributed by Riverbanks Botanical Garden

Unwind with family and friends at Riverbanks Botanical Garden, one of the nation’s most beautiful and inspiring public gardens, during the fourth annual Rhythm and Blooms music and art in the Garden series, Thursdays in May. More...

Star Chefs

Pea and Letttuce Soup witth Lemon Crream For the soup3–½ oz. unsalted butterPared zest of 1 unwaxedlemon, plus 2 Tbsp. juice1 bay leaf3 oz. onion, finely chopped1 lb. 10 oz. frozen peas5 oz. More...

Great Backyard Bird Count produced a “gold mine” of information

Contributed by GBBC

When tens of thousands of people watch birds and report what they see online, they create a snapshot showing the whereabouts of many hundreds of bird species across the United States and Canada. More...


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