Welcome to the May 2008 edition of Garden Fest. My sister asked if I wanted to get a manicure yesterday. You can guess how hard I laughed, right? There’s no sense in getting a manicure when you garden until at least October.

nichole halsey presents Simply Irresistible, she?s so fine theres no telling where my money went? posted at Bad Human! Don’t take chemicals from strangers!.

Jen Carlile presents Seedlings are sprouting! posted at Modern Beet, saying, “This is a post from my food-related blog about starting my summer garden.
All of the recipes/posts emphasize locally grown (or homegrown) food.”

Garden Hints

Teri presents Getting Your Hands Dirty posted at Organic Seed Garden, saying, “If you are interested in starting an organic garden OR in becoming an organic seed producer but don’t know to start.. I’m here to help.”

presents How to Care for Your Lawn posted at Home Life Weekly, saying, “Please could you submit this article to your carnival.
Thanks

alex”

Jamie McIntosh presents Composting Through the Winter posted at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog, saying, “Keep the compost cooking through ice and snow.”

hedgewizard presents How to Make a Simple Worm Bin from Free Materials posted at Hedgewizard’s Diary, saying, “The first in a series of four vermiculture articles.”

Phil B. presents The Secret to a Well Kept Yard « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, “The Secret to a Well Kept Yard”

naturelover presents dominican dreaming posted at dominican dreaming.

Phil B. presents Stop Watering Your Lawn << Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, “My dream is that one day people will stop being so wasteful.”

Dave Truman presents How The Size Of Vegetable Seeds Affects Planting posted at Growing Vegetables.

Jamie McIntosh presents Keep America Beautiful Month posted at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog, saying, “Organic gardeners should focus on litter prevention, waste minimization, recycling, and beautification this month.”

Andrea presents AeroGarden | Fresh Herbs posted at Kitchen Elixir, saying, “Aeroponics – growing plants without soil, water or sunlight.”

Garden Memories

Karen Shanley presents Author Mom with Dogs » Blog Archive » Last of the Harvest — and Kiera posted at Karen Shanley.

Betsy Teutsch presents The Book of the Year: The Earth Knows My Name posted at Money Changes Things, saying, “This magnificent book highlights 8 different immigrant gardeners who raise food from their homelands. It is a fascinating oral history and the touch, smell, feel, and look of their bounty jumps off every page. I cannot recommend it highly enough!”

Garden Woes

valereee presents Foraging: hot new foodie trend, or the hottest new foodie trend? posted at Cincinnati Locavore, saying, “Turn your garden woes into bragging rights — forage those ‘weeds’ into food!”

Gardening Brags

SeaBird presents From the butterfly garden posted at SeaBird Chronicles, saying, “I harvested the last of these orange flowers from our butterfly garden today. I did see at least one butterfly flitting about during the last couple of months.”

Misc.

Pcrucifer presents Gardening as Spiritual Discipline posted at Peepers Pondering, saying, “Blogging at the intersection of gardening and Christian faith”

Theodore Pappas presents Seed Banks: The Seeds of Salvation posted at Britannica Blog, saying, “A fine post on … seeds–and the importance of “seed banks.”"

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Yard Yarns (Limerick and Haiku Prompt) posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, “Garden humor”

Jamie McIntosh presents National Garden Month posted at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog, saying, “As a hobby, gardening is unparalleled in its ability to improve our health, beautify our communities, and connect with the environment.”

Sam presents Good Cooking with Balsamic Vinegar ! Surfer Sam posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, “Balsamic vinegar is vinegar made from grapes and aged in wooden casks. It is not wine vinegar, because the grapes are never permitted to ferment into wine. Far superior to other vinegars, the flavor of balsamic is rich and slightly sweet. It is a culinary delight when used in sauces, marinades and vinaigrette salad dressing. Italians have enjoyed “balsamico” for more than 900 years, but only recently did it became popular in the United States.”

Sahara Reins presents Little Known Facts about Raising Chickens in Your Backyard posted at Fowl Visions.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of garden fest using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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