The Inside Dirt @ iloveplants.com for December 2006

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In This Issue:
* Holiday Feature: BH&G Holiday Plants Resource
* Garden News: Audubon Bird Count
* Garden Project: Christmas Flower Pot Bells
* Garden Bargains: Holiday Shopper’s Guide
* Garden Blog: Birds Etcetera
* What’s New at iloveplants.com

Happy Holidays fellow gardeners and a warm welcome to all of our new subscribers!

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.

I hope you enjoy this month's newsletter and that it contains some helpful gardening information. Wishing all of you the happiest of holidays this month and a bloomin’ good new year in 2007!

Susan

“Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.” Chinese Proverb


HOLIDAY FEATURE: Better Homes & Garden Holiday Plants Resource

There is little time for gardening this month with the holiday rush and all that entails, but most of us purchase holiday plants to enjoy. Better Homes & Garden Holiday Plants Resource page provides some timely tips for holiday plants, Christmas trees and decorating with poinsettias.

With a little extra care you will be able to enjoy your holiday plants and Christmas tree a little longer this year thanks to Better Homes & Gardens helpful tips.

GARDEN PROJECT: Christmas Flower Pot Bells

The folks at Craftown.com have come up with a clever craft project for turning unused clay pots into festive flower pot bells. This quick holiday project will look great in the garden and will help to ring in the new gardening year.


GARDEN NEWS: Audubon Christmas Bird Count

The Audubon Christmas Bird Count begins December 14th and runs through January 5th. Visit the Audubon website for more information and to find out how you can participate in this year's count.

GARDEN BARGAINS ONLINE: Holiday Shopper’s Guide

If you’re purchasing gifts this holiday season for your gardening friends, then you won’t want to miss Garden Bargains Online HOLIDAY SHOPPER’S GUIDE. We’ve got some very unique gift ideas from beautiful holiday gift baskets to friendly forest faces, evergreen wreaths, heirloom seeds and of course, the very best garden books. Take advantage of the special offers provided and save while you’re shopping for great gifts at GardenBargainsOnline.com.

GARDEN BLOG: Birds Etcetera

Winter is the time of year that our bird friends can use a helping hand. Perhaps some extra seed, a heated water source or shelter from the cold. For those gardeners who love to entertain birds in their yard, the Birds Etcetera blog will be a hit. John Trapp is a bird fanatic and wildlife biologist in West Virginia who shares his love for birds. On his blog he states that, “I eat, drink, sleep, and even dream birds. Birds are my vocation as well as my avocation.” And it shows on his blog. Along with bird information from around the world, John includes an impressive list of 130 plus other bird blogs in the United States, as well as ones from folks in other countries. This has to be the most extensive bird blog on the planet! Take a break from the holiday shopping and perch for a spell at Birds Etcetera.

WHAT’S NEW AT iloveplants.com

Check out the new websites and blogs added to iloveplants this past month. In the upcoming month, I will be moving the garden blogs around and featuring them in our Regional Gardening Directory, so that you can find others who garden in your garden zone.

Some great news for iloveplants.com this past month. Iloveplants.com received the Garden Site Award for our “rich content and excellent links and information about gardening.” A viewer nominated us, and we would like to extend a BIG thank you to that viewer if you are reading this. Also, Garden Gate Magazine mentioned us in their December issue as a “Plant lovers’ (online) paradise.”

For more great horticultural websites, please visit iloveplants.com – your online garden resource!