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		<title>New Ideas in Straw Bale Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t think of a single gardener who wouldn’t want to plant a vegetable garden that could grow anywhere&#8211;without soil—and never needed weeding. 
When something sounds too good to be true, in most cases it means watch out for all the pitfalls. Gardeners are used to hearing claims for plants, products and tools that sound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Northern Flickers Build Their Nest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A happy couple of Red-shafted Northern Flickers took just a week to create this impressive nest.
I was away in Gillette, Wyo., giving the keynote presentation at the Native Plants Speaker&#8217;s Series when I called home to check in.
John brought me up-to-date on what was happening at the homestead and before ending the call he said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Gardening Tips for Hardy Gardeners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of these days it&#8217;s going to stop snowing so we can start gardening. If you&#8217;re a gardener in the Rocky Mountain region, you know how challenging gardening can be. After all, it was 60 degrees yesterday and 29 degrees today. That&#8217;s a shock to plants and gardeners alike.
What gardener couldn&#8217;t use a little help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Projects for Citizen Scientists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention, Gardeners! Science needs you to join the army of citizens advancing the body of scientific knowledge.
Citizen scientists are the extra eyes researchers need to help look for nine-spotted ladybugs, note the first tulips in spring or keep watch for endangered arboreal toads. They partner with scientists to provide valuable data that helps answer real-world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Gobs of Gardening Books for 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New gardening books are published every year, but this crop is especially fruitful.
If you need inspiration to help you add more vegetables to your family’s menu, look no farther than this new cookbook from the folks at the Baker Creek Seed Company. The cookbook, written by Jere and Emilee Gettle with Adeena Sussman, is a natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening in a Drought</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if we had a drought and the lawn didn&#8217;t notice?
It&#8217;s time to rethink how to use water in the landscape.
Because of the continuing drought, gardeners in the Denver metro area will have twice-a-week lawn watering restrictions starting April 1&#8211;no fooling.
Along with these restrictions will be higher water bills for using more water on other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salute to Spring Gardening Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Spring 2013.
Today is the first day of spring, according to the calendar.
But seasoned gardeners around these parts know it won&#8217;t feel like spring for a few more weeks.
The morning temperatures are still quite chilly and there&#8217;s always the threat of a late spring snowstorm to keep us on our toes.
But it was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has it Really Been 4 Years?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Fourth Anniversary to WesternGardeners.com!
It was February 24, 2009, when I hit the &#8220;publish&#8221; button on my first gardening blog post.
I wrote a short post about the predicted drought conditions in the West, with the headline: Warmer, Drier Forecast is Daunting!
It seems like I could have written that headline yesterday, too.
Over the last four years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Items for Gardening from Territorial Seed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new gardening catalog from Territorial Seed Company is about twice the size of other seed catalogs.
I&#8217;ve written about Territorial Seed Company in the past and have placed orders with them. But the company&#8217;s garden seed, plants and supply catalog for spring 2013 is something special.
This catalog is huge and features 240 new gardening products [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jung Seeds &amp; Plants Gardening Catalog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Torpey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jung Seeds &#38; Plants, based in Randolph, Wis., is a is a family-owned business that has offered gardeners quality products since 1907. 
The annual Jung Seeds &#38; Plants home gardening catalog is one I always look forward to reading.
This catalog features, vegetables and flowers, seeds and bulbs, fruit and all kinds of gardening supplies. It [...]]]></description>
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