The Inside Dirt @ iloveplants.com - September 2006

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In This Issue:
* Featured Website: Your Garden Club
* Garden News: The 7th Annual Scott’s Give Back to Grow Awards
* Garden Bargains: Crocs at an Affordable Price
* Garden Blog: Earth Friendly Gardening Blog
* From my garden...
* What’s New at iloveplants.com

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Thank you for subscribing to The Inside Dirt @ iloveplants.com. Each month I review a new website, bring you up-to-date on the latest garden news and bargains, and give you an insider’s look at new websites and blogs added to iloveplants.com during the last month.
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Susan

“There shall be an eternal summer in the grateful heart.” - Celia Thaxter

FEATURED WEBSITE: Your Garden Club

Have you ever wanted to join a local garden club but just couldn’t find the extra time for meetings and activities? Well, the next best thing is an online garden club. At “Your Garden Club” (www.gardenclub.net), gardeners can share information and get answers to problems at a time that’s convenient for them. Cilenia who goes by the nickname, The Fake Hermit, is the gardener who dreamed up this idea. She created “Your Garden Club” so that gardeners could communicate with each other, swap plants and share helpful ideas. Each month they feature a slideshow of one of their member’s garden and those who don’t have their own garden blog, can add their thoughts or share their stories in the club blog. Drop by “Your Garden Club” today to see what’s going on.

GARDEN NEWS: 7th Annual Scott’s Give Back to Grow Awards

Scotts Miracle-Gro Company created these awards so that gardeners who generously donate their time by helping out with school gardens, urban gardens, community beautification programs and feed the hungry programs can be recognized for their efforts. If you know such an individual, you can submit their name for consideration. Click here to submit an individual you know for Scott’s Give Back to Grow Awards.

GARDEN BARGAINS ONLINE: Affordable Crocs

Everywhere I go I see Crocs. Red ones, blue, yellow, pink – every color under the rainbow. What started out as a functional garden shoe has now gone mainstream, and has become a popular everyday shoe. My stepsister recently told me that she bought a pair for their built-in foot supports on the suggestion of her podiatrist. She was aghast at the $48 price tag she paid at a local department store. A quick check at a popular online shoe store revealed a price of $35.95. After doing a little more research, I discovered an affordable price of $29.95 at Park’s Seed Company. Their selections come in a range of colors, including red, sage, navy, khaki, lime, orange, black, light blue, purple, sea blue, chocolate and pink. Read more about the benefits of CROCS at Park Seed Co.

Visit Garden Bargains Online for more discounts and special offers.

GARDEN BLOG: Earth Friendly Gardening

A self-proclaimed “rat race refugee,” Caroline Brown became interested in sustainable gardening. From that interest grew her blog on earth friendly gardening practices where she shares the resources and information on how we all can garden in a more “earth-friendly” way. Visit Caroline’s Earth Friendly Gardening Blog to learn more about gardening in tandem with nature.

FROM MY GARDEN..

I have now taken to the cultivation of my own garden blog. Please visit Simply Susan! to see what’s happening in my zone 9 garden and please be sure to leave your footprints by posting a comment. I would love to hear from you! Click here to visit Simply Susan!

To create your own free garden blog, visit LiveJournal.com.

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