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Recent Examples of gardening
Planting at the wrong time Timing is everything in gardening.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Sandra Mao is an urban gardening personality on social media and the author of Vibrant Harvest.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
This nine-piece set tackles daily gardening basics, from pruning shears to a weeder, all made from stainless steel that holds up season after season.
—Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Shultz compared diplomacy to gardening.
—Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Sandra Mao is an urban gardening personality on social media and the author of Vibrant Harvest.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
This nine-piece set tackles daily gardening basics, from pruning shears to a weeder, all made from stainless steel that holds up season after season.
—Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Shultz compared diplomacy to gardening.
—Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gardening
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Ankit Singh, assistant professor and ornamental horticulture educator at the University of Maine Extension, recommends rotating tomatoes and other nightshades so they aren't repeatedly grown in the same soil.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
2 May 2026
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Both are essential micronutrients that plants need for healthy growth, explains Kerry Smith, an expert in home horticulture at Alabama Cooperative Extension System.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 May 2026
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The region is home to armed groups who vie for control of coca leaf cultivation areas and for sea and river access routes to run drug trafficking operations to Central America and Europe.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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The order noted that regulation of medical marijuana has come a long way, with comprehensive licensing polices from cultivation to sales in most states.—
Gene Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Charles is expected to visit a grassroots community organization, Harlem Grown, which created a sustainable after-school urban farming initiative in an effort to combat food insecurity.—
Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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But some farming groups and organic farmers dispute the notion that glyphosate is indispensable.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The industrial agriculture lobby is.—
Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Florida also was still shifting from being a tourism and agriculture state to a more high-tech state, Cox said, which also prolonged the process.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers are drawn to America by the promise of steady, seasonal farmwork through the H-2A program.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2026
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The most popular images depicting families are centered around nature and farmwork, leaving out indoor bonding activities like sharing meals, getting ready for work and school, playing games and shopping.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, 57 percent of acreage uses no-till or conservation tillage, minimizing soil disturbance to reduce erosion, improve water infiltration and lower fuel use.—
SJ Studio,
Footwear News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
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