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<title><![CDATA[What's in a name?]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/may/13/whats-name/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are about to make a decision that will ultimately dictate another human being's entire identity.

We are about to choose our new daughter's name.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 May 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Let us learn the ease of growing our own lettuce]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/25/let-us-learn-the-ease-of-growing-our-own-lettuce/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Spring salads are beginning to creep into people's minds. And at the foundation of a salad is lettuce -- crisp sweet and fresh, most of all fresh.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hunting season has begun for gardeners]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/18/hunting-season-has-begun-for-gardeners/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[This is the time when gardeners get dizzy trying to keep up with all the plant sales. Seems like every botanical garden, garden club and plant society has a sale in April. Never mind that you also have to find time to put all those plants in the ground. But we can worry about that later.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Perennials less costly if you start with seeds]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/11/perennials-less-costly-if-you-start-with-seeds/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Taking on a new flower bed can be an intimidating project. But if you have been to the nursery lately, the cost of plants might be the biggest deterrent.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Grow your own food to eat better, save money]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/apr/07/grow-your-own-food-eat-better-save-money/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[What is happening to America? 

Martha Stewart is promoting tearing up your lawn and planting a vegetable garden. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:48:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bradford pear has lost its favor with gardeners]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/mar/21/bradford-pear-has-lost-its-favor-with-gardeners/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[If you experience the change of seasons on your trip from the parking lot to the mall, it's spring. The Bradford pears are in bloom.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coffee plant is a beautiful addition to a sunny room]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/feb/07/coffee-plant-is-a-beautiful-addition-to-a-sunny-ro/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[We don't think about it much, but the cup of coffee that accompanies our morning newspaper has to come from somewhere.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enticing catalogs warm icy outdoors]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/31/enticing-catalogs-warm-icy-outdoors/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Fourteen degrees. Eleven degrees. These are the mornings when the mailperson, gloved and earmuffed, brings the seed catalogs. Days when the wind howls and the ground, should you brave walking on it, crunches and breaks beneath your feet.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BARE COLUMN: State group will help pay storm-water control costs]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/24/state-group-will-help-pay-storm-water-control-cost/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[One of the common complaints leveled at the green movement is the cost of implementing sustainable as opposed to traditional disciplines. The Community Conservation Assistance Program, a project of the N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation, will go a long way toward putting that argument to rest.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A warning: These two beauties can be addictive]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/17/a-warning-these-two-beauties-can-be-addictive/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Winter is when we need flowers most. So it is with pleasure that I introduce two little tropicals that have a few things in common.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's winter, and orchids are showing their colors]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/10/its-winter-and-orchids-are-showing-their-colors/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[January brings ample opportunities for orchid lovers to dip into the tropics' most exotic subjects just a few miles from home. Two orchid shows and a continuing display will open this month.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A garden takes on the imprint of its creator]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/jan/03/a-garden-takes-on-the-imprint-of-its-creator/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A few days before Christmas, a friend hunted me down to give me a packet of seeds. It was not a Christmas gift per se -- I knew that it was coming -- but it was welcome. Ann Long had gotten this seed from a dear friend and mentor of mine, Flora Ann Bynum, who passed away a few years ago.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The 'science' of baby gender]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/dec/31/science-baby-gender/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The critter in my stomach is barely a flutter, but the great Gender Prognosticators are hard at work determining whether we should invest in pink or blue.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Books can get gardener through the winter]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/dec/27/books-can-get-gardener-through-the-winter/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Like little squirrels hoarding nuts, we green-starved gardeners can gather in a stack of books to get us through the winter months. Yes, there are things to be pruned, cleared or even planted in the yard this time of year, but forget that. The imagination needs to be cultivated, too. Books are a good way to do it.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cool is key to healthy Christmas greenery]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/dec/20/cool-is-key-to-healthy-christmas-greenery/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I have always wanted to move one of these frantic weeks before Christmas to sometime in late January when there is little to do except watch the ice crystals form.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Being pregnant can have its perks]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/dec/17/being-pregnant-can-have-its-perks/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[There weren't many people in the grocery parking lot as we pulled in last weekend.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fertilization key to holiday flowering]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/dec/08/fertilization-key-holiday-flowering/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Two of the more popular indoor plants during the Christmas season are the Poinsettia and the Christmas Cactus. Poinsettias can be made to bloom again next Christmas by conditioning them to long hours of darkness from late September until late November after a spring and summer of care. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:14:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Surprise announcement draws even bigger surprise reactions]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/dec/03/surprise-announcement-draws-even-bigger-surprise-r/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Family planning for the Normans started before we got married.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The end of personal space]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/nov/13/end-personal-space/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[My life to this point has revolved around No. 1. I groom, feed, clothe and entertain myself. I make decisions based almost solely on what I need and want.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rose grower, philosopher says patience is the secret]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2008/nov/08/rose-grower-philosopher-says-patience-is-the-secre/lifestyles-home_garden/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Every gardener has to start somewhere.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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