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Open Topic / Monarch America Completes Acquisition of The Big Tomato Hydroponics and Indoor Gardening Business

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 21, 2015, 06:14:09 am »

Monarch America Completes Acquisition of The Big Tomato Hydroponics and Indoor Gardening Business

WESTMINSTER, Colo., Jan. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Monarch America Inc. (BTFL) ("Monarch America" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has completed the acquisition of The Big Tomato, an established Denver area store, warehouse distribution facility, and hydroponics and indoor garden supplier.  Following the completion of the merger agreement, The Big Tomato, Inc. is a wholly ...

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Open Topic / Dirty Fingernails: Never leave home without gardening knife

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 20, 2015, 06:09:31 am »

Dirty Fingernails: Never leave home without gardening knife

Q: What are your favorite gardening tools?

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Open Topic / The wonderful world of hydroponics

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 19, 2015, 06:03:25 am »

The wonderful world of hydroponics

There are a lot of techniques in gardening that we know.   These could be kitchen gardening, container gardening, water gardening, etc. Now, there is a new method in gardening that is specifically meant for city-dwellers.  It is called Hydroponics. Hydroponics is the growing of fresh and healthy produce within the comforts of your own home.  It is about planting in highly oxygenated water ...

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Open Topic / Some CAR Gangs Turn to Gardening

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 18, 2015, 12:10:15 am »

Some CAR Gangs Turn to Gardening

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says the Central African Republic needs to find more work for young people if it wants to avoid further violence. The agency is working to show how gardening can be career opportunity for youth involved with armed groups. In a village 26 kilometers north of Bangui, drummers welcome FAO workers who have come to see how a group here is working to grow ...

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Open Topic / Of Special Note (1/14/15)

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 16, 2015, 06:34:21 pm »

Of Special Note (1/14/15)

The Lehigh Acres Edible Gardening Exchange will meet Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Veterans Park Recreation Center, at 55 S. Homestead Road. An informal gardener's chat is held beforehand at 5:30 p.m.

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Open Topic / Saline Stone and Thistle club meets to promote love of gardening

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 15, 2015, 12:14:08 pm »

Saline Stone and Thistle club meets to promote love of gardening

SALINE - The mission of garden clubs is to provide education, resources and networking opportunities for its members and to promote the love of gardening, floral and landscape design, and environmental responsibility.

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Open Topic / Research and Markets: Agricultural and Gardening Tools Market in Ghana: Business Report 2014

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 14, 2015, 06:23:19 am »

Research and Markets: Agricultural and Gardening Tools Market in Ghana: Business Report 2014

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Agricultural and Gardening Tools Market in Ghana: Busin

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Open Topic / FarmGirls: Garden designs

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 13, 2015, 06:19:31 am »

FarmGirls: Garden designs

This FarmGirl is sitting at the computer writing about gardening during one of the colder days of the year.

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Open Topic / Saline Stone and Thistle club meets to promote love of gardening

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 12, 2015, 12:17:45 am »

Saline Stone and Thistle club meets to promote love of gardening

SALINE - The mission of garden clubs is to provide education, resources and networking opportunities for its members and to promote the love of gardening, floral and landscape design, and environmental responsibility.

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Open Topic / Gardening under glass: Terrariums to brighten long winter months ahead

« Last post by Sunny Gardens® on January 11, 2015, 12:03:05 am »

Gardening under glass: Terrariums to brighten long winter months ahead

Growing plants in a clear glass container dates back to the Victorian Age of the mid-1800s. The idea came about from the practice of transporting plants in a sealed, glass box known as a Wardian case. It was designed by an English botany enthusiast who needed a way to protect live specimens as they were being shipped from foreign lands back to the British Isles. The attractive look of these ...

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