<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Veggie Gardener&#187; Gardening In The News</title> <atom:link href="http://www.veggiegardener.com/category/gardening-news/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.veggiegardener.com</link> <description>How To Grow Vegetables and Vegetable Gardening Tips</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:35:27 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator> <item><title>Seeds: As Gardening Expands, So Does Burpee Mailing List &#8211; sacbee.com</title><link>http://www.veggiegardener.com/seeds-burpee/</link> <comments>http://www.veggiegardener.com/seeds-burpee/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:00:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gardening In The News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Burpee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[garden news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seeds]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veggiegardener.com/?p=2873</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Debbie Arrington Published: Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 Gardening grows on you. That&#8217;s one reason so many people discover the hobby later in life. Baby boomers are gravitating toward gardening as a way to exercise, unwind and spend time together. It&#8217;s one of a number of trends that converged in backyards across America last summer [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.veggiegardener.com/seeds-burpee/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Freeze May Have Damaged 30% of Crops &#8211; TBO.com</title><link>http://www.veggiegardener.com/freeze-may-have-damaged-30-of-crops-tbo-com/</link> <comments>http://www.veggiegardener.com/freeze-may-have-damaged-30-of-crops-tbo-com/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:30:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gardening In The News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[garden news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veggiegardener.com/?p=2848</guid> <description><![CDATA[By MICHAEL SASSO &#124; The Tampa Tribune Published: January 14, 2010 TAMPA &#8211; Thirty percent of Florida&#8217;s crops may have been lost in the cold snap, Florida&#8217;s agriculture commission says, but for now it appears that the Bay area&#8217;s strawberries avoided catastrophe. Overall, certain crops in Florida were whacked hard by the sub-freezing temperatures, while [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.veggiegardener.com/freeze-may-have-damaged-30-of-crops-tbo-com/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Monsanto v. Food, Inc. &#8211; BusinessWeek</title><link>http://www.veggiegardener.com/monsanto-v-food-inc-businessweek/</link> <comments>http://www.veggiegardener.com/monsanto-v-food-inc-businessweek/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:54:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gardening In The News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[garden news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monsanto]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veggiegardener.com/?p=2772</guid> <description><![CDATA[Posted by: Michael Arndt on January 11 Anyone who’s seen the documentary Food Inc. knows that Monsanto comes across as a thug. Its bioengineered soybeans, designed to be unaffected by Monsanto weedkiller Roundup, command 93&#37; of the U.S. crop, yet there’s Monsanto in the 2008 movie, heartlessly hauling farmers into court to jack up its [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.veggiegardener.com/monsanto-v-food-inc-businessweek/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What Are The Hot Gardening Trends For 2010? &#8211; PennLive.com</title><link>http://www.veggiegardener.com/what-are-the-hot-gardening-trends-for-2010-pennlive-com/</link> <comments>http://www.veggiegardener.com/what-are-the-hot-gardening-trends-for-2010-pennlive-com/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gardening In The News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gardening trends]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veggiegardener.com/?p=2618</guid> <description><![CDATA[This article was originally posted at PennLive.com. It will be interesting to see how these trends unfold in 2010. Gardeners will dig even deeper into old-fashioned values around the yard in 2010, trend-watchers predict. Tops on the list: another increase in traditional vegetable gardening. Veggie gardening was up nearly 20 percent this year on top [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.veggiegardener.com/what-are-the-hot-gardening-trends-for-2010-pennlive-com/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Squeezed By Space In The City &#8211; Washington Post</title><link>http://www.veggiegardener.com/squeezed-by-space-in-the-city-washington-post/</link> <comments>http://www.veggiegardener.com/squeezed-by-space-in-the-city-washington-post/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:21:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gardening In The News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[garden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veggiegardener.com/?p=2219</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Adrian Higgins of The Washington Post Suzanna Dennis surveys the fruits of months of tender care: a vegetable garden of vigor, health and bounty. Five tomato vines form one tangled mass, belying the notion that congested vines are disease-prone. Hers are green and lush and full of trusses of ripening berries. Seven chili peppers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.veggiegardener.com/squeezed-by-space-in-the-city-washington-post/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gardening For The Soul &#8211; smdp.com</title><link>http://www.veggiegardener.com/gardening-for-the-soul-smdp-com/</link> <comments>http://www.veggiegardener.com/gardening-for-the-soul-smdp-com/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:58:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tee</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gardening In The News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vegetable garden]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veggiegardener.com/?p=2174</guid> <description><![CDATA[This article was written by Melody Hanatani SUNSET PARK — There&#8217;s a hearty vegetable garden in Greg Fuller&#8217;s backyard with seemingly enough vegetables to fill the produce section of a small grocery store, teeming with zucchini, corn and tomatoes. 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