Starting a Garden is a Fantastic Thing To Do with Your Kids

First lady Michelle Obama put in a vegetable garden this Spring on the White House yard. This has not been done in a very long time but it is something she wished to do with her two young daughters, Sasha and Malia. She figuredt it would be wonderfult to have such easy access to fresh vegetables to eatin addition to thinking it was important for her girls to learn how to take care of a living thing. Making a garden for children to enjoy and work on is a wonderful treasure and one that they wi

Fragrant Orchids A Guide to Selecting Growing and Enjoying

Fragrant Orchids A Guide to Selecting Growing and Enjoying

“Beautiful to look at and pretty to smell, fragrant orchids … are natural alternatives to perfumed candles and room sprays. Horticulturalist Steven Frowines recently released book Fragrant Orchids profiles 110 varieties and has helpful photographs.”Suzy Bales, Better Homes and Gardens, March 2006 (Better Homes and Gardens )

“Beautiful to look at and pretty to smell, fragrant orchids … are natural alternatives to perfumed candles and room sprays. Horticulturalist Steven Frowine’s recently released book Fragrant Orchids profiles 110 varieties and has helpful photographs.”—Suzy Bales, Better Homes and Gardens, March 2006 (Suzy Bales Better Homes and Gardens )

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Heavenly Scent
I read and enjoyed “Orchids for Dummies” another book by Steven Frowine which actually helped give me the courage to get started in the wonderful hobby of growing orchids, so when I saw the “Fragrant Orchids” book by the same author I picked it up confident that it would help me learn more about these extraordinary plants.

I was not disappointed. After a brief couple of chapters entitled “Fragrant Fact and Fancys” and “The Basics of Growing”, the book is divided into informative chapters on orchid “alliances”, each one profusely illustrated with life like photographs. Everything from pronunciation to recommended potting medium is covered for over 100 fragrant orchids.

I found the extensive appendices offered by the author to be very helpful. Here the species are sorted in to several useful categories that range from “Ease of Use” to “Time of Fragrance”. This book has certainly help deepen my knowledge and love for the beautiful and now fragrant orchids.

1 Star a weak book
The book teaches to cultivate some easily orchids found at especialized stores.

The photos need to have more ligth, many are dark; its a book indicated only for beginners.

It was not that waited.

5 Stars Very nice reference
Frowine lists a multitude of orchids within this book that have been observed to be fragrant either through first hand knowledge or word of mouth. For many of the orchids, he lists some of the basics such as fragrance (i.e. what it smells like), distribution, and some cultivation information. The cultivation information isn’t very detailed, but this is a book about fragrance and cultivation information can be found in other books and on the web. For me, the most useful section of the book is the appendices. There are 6 appendices and they are all great:

A) Orchids by Ease of Culture

B) Orchids by Light Requirements

C) Orchids by Nighttime Temperature Preference

D) Orchids by Intensity of Fragrance (my favorite, also describes the fragrance)

E) Orchids by Time of Fragrance

F) Orchids by Season of Bloom

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A Fairies View Still Life Photographic Poster Print by Kandice Thompson 20×24

A Fairies View Still Life Photographic Poster Print by Kandice Thompson 20×24

Art.com is the world’s largest retailer of art prints, posters, photographs, and framed artwork. With our huge selection of over 400,000 prints, you’ll easily find the perfect piece for your home, office, or classroom. Our art is printed on quality paper. When you order framed artwork, the piece is built by our team of in-house professionals. Visit our Amazon store today at www.amazon.com/artdotcom to find Special Offers and search for products based on ‘Artist Name’ and ‘Subject Categories’ such as Movie, Music, Vintage, TV, Children, Travel, Kitchen, Museum Art, Animals, Floral, Motivational, and Sports. Art.com is dedicated to providing you with high quality products and service by offering you 100% satisfaction guaranteed. We ship internationally to over 80 countries. Decorate your home today with your favorite pictures that express and celebrate your distinct tastes.

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Flowers Growing in a Field Rocky Mountains Montana USA Framed Art Poster Print by Panoramic Images 31×15

Flowers Growing in a Field Rocky Mountains Montana USA Framed Art Poster Print by Panoramic Images 31×15

Art.com is the world’s largest retailer of art prints, posters, photographs, and framed artwork. With our huge selection of over 400,000 prints, you’ll easily find the perfect piece for your home, office, or classroom. Our art is printed on quality paper. When you order framed artwork, the piece is built by our team of in-house professionals. Visit our Amazon store today at www.amazon.com/artdotcom to find Special Offers and search for products based on ‘Artist Name’ and ‘Subject Categories’ such as Movie, Music, Vintage, TV, Children, Travel, Kitchen, Museum Art, Animals, Floral, Motivational, and Sports. Art.com is dedicated to providing you with high quality products and service by offering you 100% satisfaction guaranteed. We ship internationally to over 80 countries. Decorate your home today with your favorite pictures that express and celebrate your distinct tastes.

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Community briefs - May 29 (The Fort Morgan Times)

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A Gardeners Journal For a Lifetime of Recording Use As a Garden Journal Garden Diary Blank Journal Gift for Gardener Mother Father Featured in Michigans Grand Rapids Press Home and Garden Section

A Gardeners Journal For a Lifetime of Recording Use As a Garden Journal Garden Diary Blank Journal Gift for Gardener Mother Father Featured in Michigans Grand Rapids Press Home and Garden Section

This is the ONLY JOURNAL YOU WILL EVER NEED…because you can continue adding to it FOREVER! This complete Insert Set includes 3 laminated category divider pages & all of the filler pages. All pages are 3-hole punched. YOU provide the BINDER. This record-keeping system provides a practical means of maintaining year-to-year gardening records - ALL IN ONE NEAT & TIDY LOCATION. It includes several copies of each of the charts & forms. Each 8

Students grow in garden classroom in Far Hills with top chef (The Bernardsville News)

FAR HILLS – Learning in the great outdoors, students from the Willow School of Gladstone got to taste chocolate mint, smell a root beer plant and dig in the dirt all in one morning with a celebrated local chef.

‘Scent-ual’ ways to enhance your outdoor enjoyment this summer (Carteret County News-Times)

(ARA) - Every season has its signature scents and summer is no exception. What summer scent stimulates your senses? Is it freshly mown grass? Or perhaps the faint smell of coconut that makes you think of sunscreen and summer afternoons at the beach?

Nonogenarian has life-long love affair with flowers (Japan Update)

Uto Yohena loves gardening, and knows just about everything there is to know about both tangerines and hydrangea gardens. The nonagenarian—that’s a person who’s lived at least 90, but less than 100 years—has spent her very full life in northern Okinawa, raising both flowers and children.

June Calendar (The Morning News)

June 1 10 a.m. — LifeWriters, meeting, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale. LifeWriters is a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends. 790-2588.

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