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Garden guru to help sell pulp mill (The Australian)

TIMBER giant Gunns has drafted gardening guru Don Burke as a paid adviser to help it win public support for its stalled and unpopular $2 billion Tasmanian pulp mill.

Rate hikes help gardening sector to keep growing (Independent Online)

Consumers who are spending more time at home may focus on their gardens as a relatively cheap and rewarding hobby, as they have done in previous economic downturns, while the high cost of chemical fertilisers, a by-product of oil, has prompted many garden enthusiasts to buy organic fertilisers and composts.

Regional genealogy societies can help you connect with your family roots (Asheville Citizen-Times)

October is National Family History Month. This provides the perfect opportunity and motivation to begin researching your family history or to rekindle your interest in the hobby. Genealogy has now become the second most popular hobby in the U.S., ranking only behind gardening.

Plant Exchange: Container Gardening, South Dakota Style (Yankton Press & Dakotan)

Q: You have been creating container gardens since before they had that name. (You started very young.) What have you learned?

COUNCIL BRIEFS: Community gardens take root in Esquimalt (Victoria News)

Esquimalt council has endorsed a community gardens policy which allows the township to facilitate the creation of community gardens where available lands exist, where neighbours have been consulted and are supportive and where a community gardening group demonstrates an interest and commitment to operating the site.

Gardening scheme for children (Buckingham Today)

CHILDREN from Maids Moreton Pre-School have got stuck into a gardening project with a little help from their friends. (05/10/2008 10:21:24)