The Inside Dirt @ iloveplants.com for January 2007

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In This Issue:
* Featured Website: Planning a Garden from DoItYourself.com
* Garden Wisdom: Mail-Order Tips for Plants & Seeds
* Garden News: 2007 All-America Selections
* Garden Bargains: Get 10% off your order at Blooming Bulb
* Garden Blog: The Landscape Design Blog
* From my Garden..Simply Susan!

Happy new gardening year 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. Drop me a line anytime you like with requests for future information or just to say hi and let me know what's growing in your garden. Susan

“Perhaps what moves us in winter is some reminiscence of far-off summer.” - Henry David Thoreau

FEATURED WEBSITE: Planning a Garden
Are you thinking about creating a butterfly garden or adding a child friendly area to your garden? Perhaps a theme garden, such as French country, English cottage or Japanese tea is on your to-do list for 2007. Or, maybe you would like to spruce up a shady area of the yard, add some stones and rocks, or a retaining wall to your landscape. If so, you will find some great advice and helpful tips for planning a variety of gardens at the DoItYourself.com website.

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GARDEN NEWS: All New for 2007 – Flower & Vegetable Varieties
View the 2007 All-America Selections online. The varieties chosen are Celosia ‘Fresh Look Gold,’ Petunia F1 ‘Opera Supreme Pink Morn,’ Vinca ‘Pacifica Burgundy Halo,’ and Pepper F1 ‘Holy Mole’.

2007 All-America Selections are available at Park Seed Co., as well as brand new Park Seed selections.

GARDEN WISDOM: Mail-Order Tips for Buying Plants & Seeds
It’s that time of year, when nursery catalogs begin arriving in the mailbox. The excitement of the spring garden begins as you settle in to a comfortable chair with the catalogs, pen and paper. Before placing your order, read our helpful mail-order tips.

Order your FREE catalog from Nature Hills Nursery
Nature Hills Nursery offers a large selection of perennials (currently 30% off), shrubs, ferns, bulbs (currently 50% off), trees, ornamental grasses, fruit trees, vines, rose and seeds.

GARDEN BARGAIN: Save 10% on your Order from Blooming Bulb.
With a super high customer satisfaction rating of 96% at GardenWatchdog, Blooming Bulb Nursery is a great place to order your spring plants from. They offer a wide selection of bulbs, dahlias, gladiolus, grasses, lilies and peonies at extremely affordable prices. Blooming Bulb sells exclusively over the Internet and in an effort to keep costs low for their customers, they do not print or mail catalogs. Subscribe to the Blooming Bulb e-newsletter and save 10% off your first order.

GARDEN BLOG: The Landscape Design Blog
Designing a landscape is one of the trickiest parts of gardening. If you are like me, When I attempt to put my vision on paper, the task soon becomes overwhelming. That is why I like Steve Boulden's blog on landscape design so much. It offers lots of free advice, along with tons of photos and a step by step guide for creating landscape plans from either a plat map, design sketch or from scratch. You’ll want to take your time at The Landscape Design blog, as you enjoy the beautiful photos and gather lots of ideas for your garden.

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!

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