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Thu, 23 May 2013 04:04:35 GMT en-us hourly 1 http://www.toledoblade.com/Weekender/2013/05/23/Toledo-Farmers-Market-will-be-in-full-bloom-this-weekend.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Weekender/2013/05/23/Toledo-Farmers-Market-will-be-in-full-bloom-this-weekend.html#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 01:47:42 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Weekender/2013/05/23/Toledo-Farmers-Market-will-be-in-full-bloom-this-weekend.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/22/Sharing-the-harvest-New-online-map-identifies-fruit-free-for-the-picking.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/22/Sharing-the-harvest-New-online-map-identifies-fruit-free-for-the-picking.html#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 00:28:59 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/22/Sharing-the-harvest-New-online-map-identifies-fruit-free-for-the-picking.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/22/Jason-Red-Kendall-A-teenage-green-thumb.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/22/Jason-Red-Kendall-A-teenage-green-thumb.html#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 00:17:42 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/22/Jason-Red-Kendall-A-teenage-green-thumb.html Name: Jason 'Red' Kendall, sophomore at Waite High School, living in East Toledo. [At last week's awards at Waite, Jason received three service awards, including one for establishing a memorial garden at the school.] http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/22/Lilacs-are-stars-of-late-spring.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/22/Lilacs-are-stars-of-late-spring.html#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 23:26:32 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/22/Lilacs-are-stars-of-late-spring.html Can you smell them? Their fragrance can carry you away this time of the year. Lilacs are really showing off their late spring blooms and will knock your socks off with their bouquet. http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/15/Keeping-Norma-Stark-s-memory-alive-in-Perrysburg.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/15/Keeping-Norma-Stark-s-memory-alive-in-Perrysburg.html#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 00:05:42 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/15/Keeping-Norma-Stark-s-memory-alive-in-Perrysburg.html Name: The Norma Stark Memory Garden and Labyrinth Foundation, 345 W. South Boundary St., Perrysburg. Open to the public, this is the fulfillment of a dream of the late Norma Stark, a music educator and Master Gardener. Jim Stark, Norma's widower, resides in the home and the wheelchair-accessible garden is in the back yard. The public is invited to a celebration of Norma's birthday at 1 p.m. July 12, for a 45-minute program of music, liturgical dance, a garden tour, and an explanation of how to walk a labyrinth. A mailbox on the patio, just inside the gate and to the right, holds information. Appointments are not necessary but groups may arrange for a tour. Contact: www.normastarklabyrinth.com and 419-874-8838. http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/15/Rhubarb-is-a-perennial-favorite.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/15/Rhubarb-is-a-perennial-favorite.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 23:13:58 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/15/Rhubarb-is-a-perennial-favorite.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/08/Laura-Schetter-Digging-in-the-soil-and-raising-a-plant-is-therapeutic.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/08/Laura-Schetter-Digging-in-the-soil-and-raising-a-plant-is-therapeutic.html#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 11:09:55 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/08/Laura-Schetter-Digging-in-the-soil-and-raising-a-plant-is-therapeutic.html Name: Laura Schetter is a third-grade teacher/conservation educator/co-leader of the Eco Club at Wildwood Environmental Academy in Maumee and also teaches four online graduate courses for Miami University's Project Dragonfly. The Holland resident was named the Conservation Educator of 2012 by the Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District. http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/08/Yards-that-go-edible-offer-more-than-just-looks.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/08/Yards-that-go-edible-offer-more-than-just-looks.html#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 03:17:25 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/08/Yards-that-go-edible-offer-more-than-just-looks.html With the popularity of home vegetable gardening at an all-time high, the topic of edible landscaping has been sweeping the country the past few years. As lot sizes shrink and more people migrate to urban environments, they turn to the only suitable place they have to grow their veggies -- the front yard. http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/08/Spring-fever-is-finally-here.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/08/Spring-fever-is-finally-here.html#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 01:18:43 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/05/08/Spring-fever-is-finally-here.html My forehead feels a bit warm, my fingertips are tingly, and my knees are a bit weak. I think I have a bad case of spring fever. My hands are ready to dig and my knees are ready to get dirty. http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/06/Delta-Chamber-of-Commerce-hosts-Green-Thumb-Fest.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/06/Delta-Chamber-of-Commerce-hosts-Green-Thumb-Fest.html#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/06/Delta-Chamber-of-Commerce-hosts-Green-Thumb-Fest.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/01/Ronald-A-Knab-A-reason-to-get-up-in-the-morning.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/01/Ronald-A-Knab-A-reason-to-get-up-in-the-morning.html#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 15:33:58 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/01/Ronald-A-Knab-A-reason-to-get-up-in-the-morning.html Today, The Blade launches the fourth year of Weed It & Reap, in which Tahree Lane speaks with area gardeners who love what they do, whether in plots small, large, or with unusual content. Tell us what's unique about you or your garden in a sentence. Contact tlane@theblade.com, call 419-724-6075, or fill out the questionnaire at toledoblade.com/weedit. http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/01/Call-of-the-wild-Cicadas-have-emerged-from-17-year-slumber-on-East-Coast.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/01/Call-of-the-wild-Cicadas-have-emerged-from-17-year-slumber-on-East-Coast.html#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 11:01:14 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/05/01/Call-of-the-wild-Cicadas-have-emerged-from-17-year-slumber-on-East-Coast.html It will be a few months before northwest Ohioans hear the summer music of cicadas beckoning one another to mate, even though in some parts of the nation the insects have emerged from the ground by the billions. http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/04/28/Death-Beds.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/04/28/Death-Beds.html#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:01:51 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/04/28/Death-Beds.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/04/25/Gardeners-to-share-goods-at-plant-swaps.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/04/25/Gardeners-to-share-goods-at-plant-swaps.html#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Gardening/2013/04/25/Gardeners-to-share-goods-at-plant-swaps.html Mother Nature would approve of plant exchanges. http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/04/24/Just-say-no-to-donuts.html http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/04/24/Just-say-no-to-donuts.html#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:30:45 GMT http://www.toledoblade.com/Kelly-Heidbreder/2013/04/24/Just-say-no-to-donuts.html Do you have a few trees in the yard but never really know what to grow under them? Maybe you have tossed the ring of pavers or bricks around in a perfect circle and filled it with plants or mounded it with mulch?