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Books revel in the pleasures of gardening and the glories of garlic (Seattle Times)

From the long line of 2008 gardening books, several stand out as unique and worthy, including "Gardens: A Literary Companion" and "The Complete Book of Garlic."

The bright idea behind bulbs (Greeley Tribune)

Come along with me for a just a moment. It's March. Well, can we imagine it's March? The sun is but a thin veil of its summer glory. There is a breeze blowing -- a bone-chilling, typical March wind.

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?

GREEN THUMBS (The Daily Iberian)

Before Thursday, Dajee Smith, 11, had not the first idea of how to plant onion seeds, much less broccoli. But after just his first day of planting and working in the new garden behind Sugarland Elementary, the fifth-grader is hooked.

Gardening: Water, water everywhere, but not forever (Florida Today)

The idea of conserving water has been around for a long time. The population continues to increase, and yet there is only so much water to go around. Not only is it smart to conserve our water, but also to protect the water quality of the Indian River Lagoon.

Written forms of one Chinese character fill dictionary (People's Daily)

A foreigner eager to learn Chinese might quickly give up the idea if he or she happens to see a newly published dictionary which shows 10,001 different written forms for just one Chinese character. The dictionary, named Wan Shou Da Dian (literally translated as Dictionary of 10,000 Shou), was released by the Beijing-based Rongbaozhai Publishing House. Shou, meaning longevity and prosperity, is a ...