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Good morning gardeners. Hopefully everyone has had some success with his or her garden this year. The Dog Days of summer are upon us and as summer comes full on we are now enjoying the fruit of our labor. If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and enjoy the friendly discussion. Our Freeper community is full of gardeners, each with varying interests and skill levels from Master Gardener to novice.

Packing foam now entering the marketplace is engineered from mushrooms and agricultural wasteA new packing material that grows itself is now appearing in shipped products across the country. The composite of inedible agricultural waste and mushroom roots is called Mycobond™, and its manufacture requires just one eighth the energy and one tenth the carbon dioxide of traditional foam packing material. And unlike most foam substitutes, when no longer useful, it makes great compost in the garden. The technology was the brainchild of two former Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute undergraduates, Gavin McIntyre and Eben Bayer, who founded Ecovative Design of Green Island,...

Has anyone seen the documentary "Mugabe and the White African?" I watched it last night after downloading it and it's brilliant. What do you think of it, if you've seen it?

Good morning gardeners. I hope all of you are doing well and your gardens are flourishing. I ran across a thread posted by FReeper Lorianne last night that I thought everyone might find interesting. It is about an enterprising 14-year-old young Lady from Michigan who is using her love for gardening and making a few dollars on the side. Link: A Michigan Teen Farms Her Backyard

Good morning gardeners. It is mid July and the heat has settled in for a long stay here in the South. My tomatoes are finally showing some pink. The eggplants, okra, peppers and watermelon plants are thriving in the heat and the water bill will take a beating this month. I hope all of your gardens are thriving and doing well. Chime in and let your fellow Freepers know how your garden grows! If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and...

A man probably wishes that he started weeding in his yard sooner. That's after he told police that he discovered a tray of some 28 marijuana seedlings in an overgrown portion of the backyard near his Moscow home... (Assistant Police Chief David Duke) said the man who lives at the property isn't being considered a suspect. Information from: The Moscow-Pullman Daily News, http://www.dnews.com

Good morning gardeners. It is the second week of July and many of you have been enjoying the fruits of your labor for the last few weeks. Enjoy those homegrown tomatoes! For those of us who got late starts on our gardens our time will come! Below the Weekly Gardening Banner is a link to a very good tutorial on how to save your own tomato seeds. If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and enjoy the friendly discussion. Our Freeper...

Here's hoping this puts and end to this entire smelly mess. For the second during the past few week, cow farts have been absolved of causing global warming. This reports says that bovine toots may actually reduce greenhouse gasses. Two weeks ago air quality expert Dr Frank Mitloehner said the IPCC report linking livestock to global warming is very exaggerated. This made cows ecstatic, as they no longer have to walk around with silly pink tanks on their backs to collect their farts for science.

Good morning gardeners. I hope all FReepers have a safe and Happy 4th of July weekend! If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and enjoy the friendly discussion. Our Freeper community is full of gardeners, each with varying interests and skill levels from Master Gardener to novice.