Gardeners in other areas may be just starting to get their beds ready for planting -- or in many parts of the Midwest, waiting for floodwaters to recede -- but the first hot day in California sends me into a frenzy, convinced that I'm missing the peak growing days because every bed isn't planted out. April ended with cold showers and May opened with spring winds, warm but gusting to more than 30 mph, and it seemed prudent that the plants stay safely ensconced in the greenhouse. Gardeners...

In a report published Monday, Co-operative Insurance calls on the companies in which it invests to tackle the problems associated with biofuels, saying it plans to "engage with companies and seek reassurance that they will put strategies in place to mitigate the risks" In a report published Monday, Co-operative Insurance calls on the companies in which it invests to tackle the problems associated with biofuels, saying it plans to "engage with companies and seek reassurance that they will...

Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes, PDC chair, said they approved the proposed intensified vegetable seeds production project as part of their continuing efforts to improve the province's agricultural sector. Provincial Agriculturist Reynaldo Legaste said the intensified vegetable seeds production project primarily aims to produce 670 kilos of vegetable seeds such as ampalaya, eggplant, squash, upo, pole sitao, okra, cowpea and patola. She said the vegetable seeds production project will...

Dozens of people gathered Saturday morning at Second Avenue and Second Street North to buy fresh vegetables and baked goods from their neighbors, purchase local hand-made soaps and candles, trade potted plants, reminisce with old friends and shoot the breeze with new ones. Dozens of people gathered Saturday morning at Second Avenue and Second Street North to buy fresh vegetables and baked goods from their neighbors, purchase local hand-made soaps and candles, trade potted plants, reminisce...

Tuesday April 24, 2007 The Guardian As a chef, I've had to do some pretty desperate things - peel whole roomfuls of potatoes; cook for General Pinochet (not at my own restaurant, I hasten to add) - but today's challenge of a Pot Noodle taste-off will take some beating. Tuesday April 24, 2007 The Guardian As a chef, I've had to do some pretty desperate things - peel whole roomfuls of potatoes; cook for General Pinochet (not at my own restaurant, I hasten to add) - but today's challenge of a...

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