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Article by: Carolina Fernandez "If seeds , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower in the black earth , How to Build a Pond: Basic Considerations can turn into such beautiful roses, , How to Choose a Snow Blower for Your Garden what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?" G.K. Chesterton I woke up today with achy muscles and hamstrings that felt stretched to the max. Too much time at the gym? Too many miles on my bike? Nope. Just lots and lots of gardening. , Set Yourself Apart: Create Your Own Wind Chime Garden This week I joined hundreds of others who, pulled by Spring Fever, sunshine, and fresh air, , The Tools You'll Need for Gardening flocked to nurseries and garden centers in search of the perfect annuals, , How to Choose the Most Economical Pond Pump shrubs, , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower planters, and garden , Tomatoes: Apples Of Love ornaments. And boy oh boy, did we find them. We came in droves, fellow gardeners and I, driving way too many miles in this gasoline-crisis-environment of ours, looking for the best prices, the best selection, and the best accessories. , Attract Butterflies To Your Garden! And you know what I mean by garden , The all important Clematis accessories, right? It's a business reaction as befitting this gardening , With Outdoor Lighting You Can Enjoy Your Garden Into The Evening Hours frenzy as hot , All About Tulip Gardens dog buns are to hot , Mole Myths: How Can I Get Rid of the Moles Destroying My Yard? dogs. And we're not just talking planters, birdhouses, and birdbaths anymore, either. We're talking benches, , Planning Your Flower Garden arches, baker's racks, shutters, statues, sundials...with bunnies and roosters in all shapes and sizes to boot. Do you want those in bronze, black or antique white? Distressed? Shiny? Whatever your fancy, they're yours for the buying. And buying them we are. What with cocooning becoming the "in" lifestyle of the 90's, it's no wonder that we've attacked our yards , Plan Before Buying Rose Bushes with passion. And our wallets. Americans spend just under $40 billion-yes, that's a "b"-on lawn , The Basic Steps to Bamboo Gardening care annually, according to the National Gardening , Ceiling Patio Heaters Association. And the annual , The Basic Steps to Bamboo Gardening rate of growth in the industry has been at 8% for the last five years. In fact, eight out of ten households , Set Yourself Apart: Create Your Own Wind Chime Garden in the U.S. actively participate in indoor , Stressed Out? Maybe You Need a Gazebo and outdoor lawn , Taking Care of Your Bonsai and garden , The Basic Steps to Bamboo ing activities of the do-it-yourself nature , Start Your Seeds Indoors For A Jump On Spring Planting in one way or another, a degree equal to the highest level of participation in the last five years. Sales of bulbs , Recycling Carwash Wash Water for Landscape and Toilets to consumers have nearly doubled within the past five years, too. And retail sales of floral products , Taking Care of Your Bonsai come in around $13 billion. We can hardly help ourselves. Researcher Mike Steven established in a research project in Australia entitled "The Congruent Garden: An Investigation into the Role of the Domestic Garden , Tomatoes: History, Origin, Facts... or Fiction? in Satisfying Fundamental Human Needs," that gardens , How to Choose a Snow Blower for Your have the potential to satisfy nine basic human needs, including, in addition to subsistence, affection and creation, which resonate most closely with my own experience there.* Gardening allows me to forget the troubles of my everyday world and become immersed into creating something of beauty. 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It forces me to get my hands and fingernails dirty (I hate wearing gloves) and celebrate the tactile pleasure of running damp soil , The Tools You'll Need for Gardening through my palms , How to Build a Pond: Basic Considerations and pressing it into the earth. , Recycling Carwash Wash Water for Landscape and Toilets Gardening , Tomatoes: History, Origin, Facts... or Fiction? stretches me. It helps to illuminate my innermost thoughts. It forces me out of the cerebral nature , 5 Most Popular Flowers for Your Garden of the work that I do, and pushes me into the physical nature , The Basic Steps to Bamboo Gardening of work in which I feel so incompetent. As we celebrate Spring. , How to Choose a Snow Blower for Your Garden ...and fight the Fever together...engage in work of your hands by working the earth , Container Gardening Is For Everyone beneath your feet. Allow yourself , Ceiling Patio Heaters to become intoxicated by the beauty and aroma of flowers. , Ceiling Patio Heaters For as it was so aptly said in the TV show A Gardener's Dairy: "What grows , Attract Butterflies To Your Garden! in the garden, , ers: Contain Yourselves! so lovely and rare? Roses , Ceiling Patio Heaters and Dahlias and people grow , A Guide To Landscape Bridges there." Yes. People grow , ing African Violets in Natural Light in gardens. , Planning Your Flower Robert Ingersolll wrote: "Every flower , How to Choose the Most Economical Pond Pump about a house , Find Peace And Happiness Through Gardening certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy." 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