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2009-11-20

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2009-11-05

GARDENING

BLOOMING DELLS

Audrey
Lintner

LINTNER: Here’s a berry good idea
Friday, November 13, 2009 10:50 PM

LINTNER: Staying a cut above the rest
Friday, November 06, 2009 10:12 PM

LINTNER: There’s no claws for alarm
Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:00 AM

Gardening HEADLINES

When is the best time to prune roses?
Beware autumn pruning, which can be a little early to cut back your roses By Helen Yemm Published: 4:04PM GMT 20 Nov 2009 Helen Yemm tackling her roses in late winter. An autumn prune can lead to a second flush, which is vulnerable to frost damage.

Best ingredients for a great compost heap
Bonfire ash and leaves can make excellent additions to the compost heap By Helen Yemm Published: 4:36PM GMT 20 Nov 2009 Helen Yemm treading down leaves. Most leaves can be added to the compost heap. Photo: MARTIN POPE Write to Thorny Problems at

Christmas 2009: Top 10 plant presents
There’s a hint of spring in this elegant scented pot of forced narcissi arranged as a little topiary. Available now. NOTE: Prices do not include delivery.

Great Gifts for a New Home
Gifts for a New & Garden Free Newsletter!Sign Up BlogFrom Apply Now, Former About.com Guide to Add to: Great Gifts for a New Friday November 20, 2009 It's a good idea to have a gift in hand when you visit a friend's . Whether you're inclined toward

How to stop honey fungus spreading
The toadstools of honey fungus are not the main worry: it's what's going on underground that's the problem Honey fungus toadstools clustered around the base of a tree. These are relatively harmless. Photo: Write to Thorny Problems at

Hort hotties something nasty on the compost heap gardening in the jungle
Gardening insider Matthew Appleby ponders the state of horticulture By Matthew Appleby Published: 11:15AM GMT 20 Nov 2009 Comments 0 | Comment on this article William Appleby, unwitting accomplice in a wee experiment at Merton Allotments. Hort hotties

They dig garden tools
Maybe, says Harold Sweetman, there are no new ideas when it comes to garden tools. No good ones, anyway. Maybe the old standbys - spade, trowel, hoe, fork, pruner, saw - cannot be improved upon, though Lord knows, the marketplace keeps trying. 'It's not

Check out Beautiful Kitchens magazine's new blog
Keep up-to-date with the latest in kitchen design, trends and more If you love to read about the latest kitchen trends, check out the new blog written by the team at Beautiful Kitchens. Packed with news, views and more fabulous kitchenalia than you can

How does your garden grow? How about in fast forward?
If you’re the type of gardener who starts every day with a quick tour just to see how well everything is blooming, you’ll get the idea behind PlantCam. It’s a four-megapixel time-lapse digital camera that captures mini-movie frames of your plants

GH Guide to the Holidays
Get recipes, gifting ideas, and a chance to win a copy of GH's The Great Christmas Cookie Swap Cookbook.

Only One Week Till Thanksgiving!
Can you believe there's only one week 'til Thanksgiving? Hopefully you've got almost everything ready. Sailing through these final chores will be a breeze. Get your Guest Room ready for your house guests. Prepare your Thanksgiving menu, including all the

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Ideal Home makes its film debut
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Ideal Home's Complete Guide to Christmas
NEW Our special bumper Christmas issue is on sale now With Christmas just over five weeks away, our guide to all things Christmas will ensure your festive celebrations go with a swing. Packed with craft ideas, menu suggestions and decorating tips, you

Brown rot: how to spot and prevent it
This fungal disease starts as a soft brown patch on the fruit that quickly spreads By RHS Advisory Service Published: 3:54PM GMT 19 Nov 2009 Brown rot on pears. This fungal disease is on the increase. Photo: DAVID AND CHARLES LTD If you grow fruit trees

Protecting fig trees
How to prevent damage to your fig tree over winter By RHS Advisory Service Published: 4:04PM GMT 19 Nov 2009 Winter protection for fig trees: small and immature trees can be wrapped in fleece to protect crops Photo: MARTIN POPE If you have not done so,

Early winter tree pruning
Certain trees and climbers are best pruned before the New Year Winter pruning: apple trees can be left until the New Year, but many trees will bleed sap if left to late. Photo: MARTIN POPE In the run-up to Christmas, getting tree work done can be low

Chicory & kale: kings of the winter veg patch
If you're after a touch of glamour in your winter garden, try growing and cooking kale and chicory. Here's how. How to grow and cook chicory and kale: Sarah Raven's recipe for beef and chicory tagliatta Photo: JOANTHAN BUCKLEY More of us should grow

Vertical gardens: an exciting idea we can all look up to
A living wall gives us something to aspire to and then adapt in low-key ways that work at home By Mary Keen Published: 6:55AM GMT 19 Nov 2009 Patrick Blanc's living wall at The Athenaeum hotel, London. In Madrid a couple of weeks ago, walking back from

'If Great Dixter ever bored me I would leave'
the gardening world lost its most respected and iconoclastic plantsman and author. Many at that point wondered what would become of his celebrated garden, Great Dixter in Sussex. Would it be turned into a hotel, like Rosemary Verey's Barnsley House, or

Duck! Its the Holidays.
When families come together, rudeness is often served with the cranberries and yams.

A Convergence, Somewhat Harmonic
ART and design collided, albeit gently, at the Park Avenue Armory on Nov. 12. Vladimir Kagan tables, Halston evening gowns, Chanel bracelets from the 1980s and some paintings by artists whose names you couldnt quite catch all clamored for attention that

California Energy Commission Approves TV Efficiency Regulations
Commission Approves TV Efficiency Regulations Free Newsletter!Sign Up Robert's BlogBy , About.com Guide to Add to: See More About: Energy Commission Approves TV Efficiency Regulations Wednesday November 18, 2009 In a meeting filled with

Home Theater Term of the Week - Toslink
Toslink Free Newsletter!Sign Up Robert's BlogBy , About.com Guide to Add to: Term of the Week - Toslink Wednesday November 18, 2009 TOSLINK refers to a fiber-optic connection that is used for transferring digital audio signals (such as PCM, Dolby

Consumer Alert: Warner Offers DVD to Blu-ray Movie Exchange Program
Warner Offers DVD to Blu-ray Movie Exchange Program Free Newsletter!Sign Up Robert's BlogBy , About.com Guide to Add to: Alert: Warner Offers DVD to Blu-ray Movie Exchange Program Wednesday November 18, 2009 Earlier this year, I which gave HD-DVD owners

Holiday Planning Guide
The second Sunday of every December, you'll find Eileen Milner of Alexandria pulling a filet (medium rare, hopefully) out of her oven as 20 friends crunch on homemade coleslaw and trim her tree. Like many Washingtonians, Milner has a busy job and long