Garden Indoors During Sweltering Summer Months: New Website Provides the Information and Resources Needed to Grow Organic Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs Inside Your Home

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Garden Indoors During Sweltering Summer Months: New Website Provides the Information and Resources Needed to Grow Organic Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs Inside Your Home











Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) June 21, 2007

As temperatures start to rise nationwide, spending significant time outdoors tending to flowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables may not be practical and, when paired with the current drought conditions in many states, gardeners everywhere are looking for a way to maintain their favorite hobby and its cherished annual yield. This explains why many are turning to a new website, http://www.Simply-Hydroponics.com, to learn all about gardening that can be done inside and away from the heat and damaging sun rays and conserves both water and soil.

Simply put, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants in either a bath or flow of highly oxygenated, nutrient enriched water that is perfectly balanced. And since this hydroponic nutrient solution is contained, it does not harm the environment, as does runoff from fertilized soil. Additionally, very little water is lost to evaporation in a hydroponic system, owing to its application in drought stricken areas.

This is particularly important when water bans take effect across North America during the coming summer months and in areas of the world where land and water are scarce, such as Zimbabwe, where an 11-year hydroponic gardening project at St. Werburg’s Primary School in rural Mutare (Old Umtali) continues to provide nutritious food for children after a drought severally hampered food production in the region.

However, closer to home, the same benefits that are provided to people of many third world countries are also provided to city dwellers who fight similar battles of dwindling gardening space and water supply, allowing anyone, anywhere to easily and affordably enjoy growing and eating organic fruits and vegetables year-round with little effort or little cost.

For those who may have more gardening space, higher temperatures in the summer and lower temperatures in the winter have dramatically cut down garden growing time, which explains why even those with sufficient space are finding that hydroponic gardening provides them with a more consistent, better tasting, highly nutritious crop — from fresh berries and vegetables to cooking herbs and even decorative flowers.

Likewise, as summer-time vacations get penciled for trips to locales with cooler weather, the hydroponic gardener can leave without worry, for his or her indoor garden is low maintenance and can take care of itself with pre-set timers and automatic watering.

In fact, because hydroponic gardens are so worry-free, they are perfect for children who are interested in gardening and are sure to fascinate them with their non-soil growing system, resulting in no mess. How’s that for an indoor child hobby?

And, because an indoor hydroponic garden can be set up in a few easy steps, especially if you start with an Aerogarden, which provides everything you need in a single kit, you and your family can enjoy fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers in no time at all.

About Simply-Hydroponics.com

Simply-Hydroponics.com is a one-stop-shop resource for information on hydroponic gardening, providing affordable products for indoor gardeners of every level of expertise. Started by Charlotte Bradley who, as a resident of Canada, was looking for a way to grow vegetables for her family year-round, the website boasts the latest resources and updated information, making it easy for anyone, anywhere, to start, maintain, and grow the garden of their choice indoors without harmful chemicals.

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GROW (http://www.grow-miami.org) and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Team Up Once Again To Educate Local Miami Youth About Herbs, Vegetables and Community Service.

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GROW as it appears today. Two years ago, it was an abandoned railway track filled with trash and dead tree stumps.

Miami, FL (PRWEB) October 1, 2009

GROW (Green Railway Organic Workshop) and partner Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden team up once again for another planting in their series for Fairchild’s new vegetable and herb garden, The Edible Garden. Together with GROW (http://www.grow-miami.org) staff and local students from the Nature Links project, B.R.I.D.G.E. program and Allison Academy, Fairchild will plant the exhibit for visitors to continue to learn from and enjoy. The garden will include a wide variety of herbs and vegetables.

The event will be held at the Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden on Tuesday, October 6th at 10 am.

http://www.grow-miami.org

Seeds for the GROW project were conceived in 1979 by Charles Coiner, Founder of Rock Garden Herbs, in association with Dr. “Patch” Adams of the movie “Patch Adams” starring actor Robin Williams.

GROW’s mission is to beautify and create Green Space in a bleak part of the Miami warehouse district where they educate students of all ages about growing edible plants, and incorporate those lessons with a classroom curriculum in all public and private schools, as well as in various colleges and universities such as Miami Dade College.

GROW strives to develop “Green Collar” professions. They want to underwrite job training with supervision from agricultural professionals and eco-educators. They want to provide hands-on training for “at risk” youth and turn that experience into career opportunities.

They also work closely with various organizations to provide therapeutic learning experiences for children and adults with hardships and disabilities including Autism, Muscular Dystrophy, Cancer, Homelessness, etc. It also helps soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

In a Partnership with Fairchild Botanical Gardens, the organization donated and installed the first herb garden on view for visitors of Fairchild and for children who attend summer camp there called “The Edible Garden”. The Edible Garden is lush with exotic and once forgotten herb varieties such as Lemon Verbena, Bee Balm, Thai Basil, Chocolate Mint and Edible Flowers, Eggplant, Squash, Onions, Cabbage and tomatoes.

GROW (http://www.grow-miami.org) hopes to unify Miami’s culturally diverse community, while promoting a positive image of agriculture. Its open-air garden serves as the backdrop for community education workshops, work-study programs, chef and educator seminars and many other important functions.

At one point, GROW was told they would never get the zoning approvals that they needed to operate. Thanks to the tireless work of county Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz they are not only operating, but growing faster than anyone thought possible.

Other upcoming events at Fairchild are the Edible Garden Festival and Scarecrow Contest on Sunday October 25th, and starting Saturday November 7th GROW will be at Fairchild the first Saturday of every month at 11am and will host a workshop at the Edible Garden exhibit.

The organization is in need of volunteers and funding.

All media inquiries should be directed to Miranda Matthews, Director of Legal Affairs at (786) 367-6180 or at mmatthews@grow-miami.org.

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Health timebomb fear for Scotland’s children
SCOTLAND is storing up health problems for future generations because youngsters are not eating enough fruit and vegetables or taking enough exercise, a major study has reveal
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How to Grow Vegetables with (and for) Your Kids!

Filed under Gardening Ideas by admin on February 25, 2011 at 4:35 pm {no comments}

The best way to ensure that your children eat healthy is to grow your own vegetables! And the trick to getting your children interested in healthy, organic vegetables is helping them grow their own.

You and your children can grow your own vegetables even if you don’t have masses of space to grow vegetables in your garden or a specified vegetable plot, since there are more and more possibilities for growing vegetables in containers.

Here’s how you do it:

1. Set aside a couple of containers or a small area of your garden and designate it the “children’s garden”. Obviously, you as a parent will be doing most of planting, tending for vegetable plants, weeding and watering, but let your child take pride in selecting (from the list of easy to grow vegetables) which vegetables to grow and how the plants will be positioned. If you don’t have a garden, there are many vegetables that can be grown in containers!

2. Choose vegetables that produce something to eat quickly, such as radish, spring onion, baby carrot and baby salad leaf. Quick growing vegetables are the best way to insure your child remains interested in vegetables and gardening! Tomatoes are another obvious choice, especially cherry types, as children can pick and eat them straight off the plant. Cucumbers are great candidate also. The traditional type is too large, but looks for varieties which are ready when they’re just 10cm long.

3. Encourage your child and to keep up the enthusiasm, by letting your child choose some of easy to grow vegetables, and you will both be delighted with the results. Find out what vegetables grow in your area, and what time of year each vegetable should be planted. (Check the library for magazines and books on vegetable gardening, look it up on the internet in gardening related sites and forums, or ask a gardener or farmer in your neighborhood).

4. Remember, make growing your own vegetables a FUN activity! Your child will love digging up the potatoes and carrots – make it a game, like digging for buried treasure! And watching seeds grow from tiny seedlings into grown, mature plants, tending for them and keeping an eye on their progress every day, protecting them from invaders (slugs and insects), really is quite an adventure even for us adults, let alone for the children.

Additional benefit from home growing vegetables with your kids is that it will encourage your kids to eat more vegetables – especially the fussy eaters! Let them choose the vegetable seeds or plants, help them plant and tend for vegetables together, and finally harvest the fresh vegetables. Home grown vegetables taste SO much better when they are fresh and not mass produced or bought at the supermarket. Tasting the difference between home grown vegetables and the supermarket kind is like eating a completely different vegetable. And your kids will notice the difference!

Another benefit that comes from growing your own vegetables with the help of your children is that children actually learn what vegetables look like, where vegetables come from and how vegetables grow. Furthermore, use this opportunity to teach them how to prepare vegetables for eating. Given that more and more children seem to have difficulty recognizing basic vegetables and knowing what to do with them, learning how to grow vegetables in your home garden or in containers will provide your children with a valuable education and a useful life skill– while at the same time they have fun and plenty of fresh air!

Jane Thomas is experienced and respected vegetable grower, hobbyist gardener with more than 15 years of experience in organic vegetables gardening. Among other projects, she is co-owner of Laminated Garden Guides, your one-stop resource to learn how to start a vegetable garden , with subjects like: Home Vegetable Gardens, Container and Raised Beds Gardening, Growing Tomatoes, Herb Gardening and many more.


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Benefits of Eating Fruits and Vegetables

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Recent changes in food guidelines have meant an increase in the recommended daily consumption of fruits and vegetables.  That is because eating nutrient rich, low calorie, low fat foods such as fruits and vegetables, has been shown to have a strong impact on overall health.

In addition, high levels of fruits and vegetables in the diet has even been shown to help provide protection from a number of diseases and chronic conditions.  There are ongoing studies on the relationship between a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and prevention of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other conditions.  While there may not yet be conclusive proof of a link between fruits and vegetables and lower risk of disease, there is ample anecdotal evidence to suggest that a healthy diet leads to a healthy body.

One reason for the strong health benefits of fruits and vegetables is their strong antioxidant qualities.  Many fruits and vegetables are high in important antioxidant vitamins like vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin A.  In addition, fruits and vegetables contain lots of other nutrients and trace elements that are important to the proper function of the body.

Choosing the best fruits and vegetables is important, both to your health and the health of your food budget.  We all have limited food budgets, and getting the best in terms of both taste and nutrition, is very important.

One way to get maximum value and maximum nutrition is to choose fresh, in season fruits and vegetables.  That is because fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables tend to be less expensive than their shipped counterparts.

If you have a farmers market or produce stand nearby, it can be an excellent source of the highest quality, lowest cost fruits and vegetables.  Summer produce stands are excellent sources of delicious and nutritious fruits and vegetables.

In addition, buying fruits and vegetables as they come into season will instantly provide you with variety.  There are literally hundreds of different varieties of fruits and vegetables at the average grocery store, and they all have different growing season.  Buying the fresh in season fruits and vegetables is a great way to introduce yourself to some varieties you may never have tried before.

Of course there will be times when your favorite fruits and vegetables are not available locally.  In those cases, frozen and canned varieties can do just fine.  Just about every popular fruit and vegetable is available canned or frozen, and these can make wonderful, fast fruit salads or quick snacks.

It is important to choose fruits and vegetables in a variety of colors, and not only for ascetic reasons.  Different colored fruits and vegetables contain different types of nutrients, and different levels of nutrients, so eating a good variety of green, gold, orange and purple is the best way to ensure adequate levels of nutrition.

How you cook the vegetables you buy is important as well.  Over cooking can destroy many of the nutrients that make vegetables so healthy.  Fortunately, most vegetables can be cooked by quickly steaming them in the microwave or on the stovetop.

How those cooked vegetables are served can also have a significant impact on their healthiness.  Adding butter, margarine, oils or other fats to vegetables can quickly negate their health benefits.  Better choices for seasoning cooked vegetables include fruit juices and low fat yogurt.

Most nutrition experts recommend that everyone eat from 5 to 9 servings of fruits or vegetables every day.  While that may seem like an impossible goal, it is easier when you understand just what a serving consists of.  One serving of a fruit or vegetable can be one medium sized piece of fruit, one slice of melon, two small pieces of fruit, one cup of strawberries, one cup of grapes, one half cup of canned fruit, one half cup of fruit salad, one side salad or one half cup of fresh fruit juice.

With all these choices to choose from, it is easy to see why fruits and vegetables are such a popular part of a healthy diet.  No matter what your reason for pursuing healthy eating, fruits and vegetables are a healthy addition to any diet.

Keith Ckardwell is a  Author, Blogger, Health Advocate,and helps people lose weight and stay  healthy. For more resources visit: Weight loss After lifestyle Change website and to find the best weight loss guides, its available at: http://www.weightlossafter.com/losemanboobs.htm


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Tips To Choosing Fruits and Vegetables

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Everyone knows the importance of a diet rich in healthy fruits and vegetables.  Most people do not eat enough of these important foodstuffs, and increasing your consumption of fruits and vegetables is probably the single most effective thing you can do to to lose weight and  improve your overall health.  Eating enough fruits and vegetables does not need to be chore.  After all, fruits and vegetables are delicious, easy to buy and easy to use.

In addition, fruits and vegetables are rich sources of antioxidants, which are though to play an important role in maintaining good health.  Antioxidants have been studied for their effectiveness at preventing cancer, heart disease and even reversing the signs of aging.  In addition, fruits and vegetables are excellent source of trace elements and other micronutrients.  These important elements are not available in any vitamin pill; they must be obtained from the daily diet.

Tips for choosing the best fruits and vegetables

When possible, choose fresh fruits possible.  Fresh fruits and vegetables may contain more nutrients than frozen or dried varieties.

Even though fresh is best, frozen and canned vegetables are great for out of season varieties.  When buying canned fruits, avoid those packed in syrup and opt for those packed in chemical water or juice.

Choose fruits and vegetables in a variety of colors.  Not only are bright, colorful fruits more attractive, but the different colors indicate different types and amounts of nutrients.  For instance, yellow and orange fruits and vegetables are good sources of beta carotene, while dark green leafy vegetables are rich in vitamin C and calcium.

Be careful when cooking vegetables.  A quick steam in the microwave with minimal water added is the best way to prevent loss of nutrients when cooking.

Keep your vegetables healthy by adding minimal butter, margarine and oil.  Most vegetables can be flavored using a stock, a low fat yogurt or fresh fruit pieces.

Understanding portion sizes

We have all heard the government recommendations that we eat 5 to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables per day.  This talk of servings and portions can sometimes be confusing, so let’s take a look at just what a serving consists of.

A serving of a fruit or vegetable can be:

A medium sized piece of fruit, such as an apple, banana or orange

One large slice of a fruit like a cantaloupe, melon or pineapple

Two pieces of small fruit, such as a kiwi fruit or plum

One cup of strawberries, raspberries or grapes

One half cup of fresh fruit salad

One half cup of stewed or canned fruit

One quarter cup of dried fruit

One half cup of 100% pure fruit juice

One half cup of cooked, canned or frozen vegetables

One side salad

 

Unlike with many other types of foods, more is better when it comes to fruits and vegetables.  When planning and preparing meals, it is important to plan ahead and include as many servings of fruits and vegetables as possible.  Proper meal planning and shopping are the best ways to meet the five a day minimum recommendation for fruit and vegetable consumption.

 

Some tips for healthier living

Stock the fridge with healthy snacks like celery sticks and carrots

Keep a bowl of fruit, stocked with healthy attractive fruits like oranges, apples and bananas, on the kitchen counter and dining room table.

Drink a glass of 100% pure apple, orange or grapefruit juice every morning

Warm up a cold day with a steaming bowl of vegetable soup

Eat at least one salad every day.  Experiment with different salad additions, like broccoli, sprouts, carrots and green peppers.

Snack on fruits like apples and oranges.  Dried fruits like apricots and raisins also make handy and nutritious snacks

Add sprouts, cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes to sandwiches for extra variety

Garnish meals with chopped or grated carrots

Strive for at least two servings of vegetables at each evening meal

Use your creativity to create exciting vegetable stir fries for family and friends

Spice up the grill with vegetable and fruit kebobs

Use baked apples and pears as great low calorie desserts

Add vegetables like carrots, cabbage, onions, lentils and peas to soups, stews and casseroles.

Keith Ckardwell is a  Author, Blogger, Health Advocate,and helps people lose weight and stay  healthy. For more resources visit: Weight loss After lifestyle Change website and to find the best weight loss guides, its available at: http://www.weightlossafter.com/losepregnancyfat.htm


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Can’t Lose Weight Without Fruits and Vegetables

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Fruits and vegetables are among the healthiest of all foods, and the great variety of these foods at the local grocery store makes it easier than every to enjoy great meals and snacks anytime the mood strikes you.

The latest food guidelines recommend that adults eat from five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day.  While that may seem like a lot, it is an important goal to strive for, and a very reachable one.

A serving of a fruit or vegetable is equal to:

 

1 medium sized vegetable or fruit (such as an apple, orange or banana)
2 small fruits (such as kiwi fruit or plums)
½ cup of fresh, frozen or canned fruits or vegetables
½ cup of 100% fruit juice
¼ cup of dried fruit
1 cup of green salad

Diets high in fruits and vegetables have been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke and even some kinds of cancer.  Diets high in fruits and vegetables are also important in maintaining a healthy weight. Eating a diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables is a great way to  to lose weight and keep it off.

Since different varieties of fruits and vegetables contain different types and levels of nutrients, it is important to each a good variety of fruits and vegetables.  Eating a good combination of yellow, orange, red and green fruits and vegetables is a great way to ensure adequate levels of nutrition.

Fruits and vegetables are also an important source of fiber.  One way to maximize the amount of fiber you get from fruits and vegetables is to eat the entire fruit and vegetable including the edible peel.  Eating fruits and vegetables whole, instead of simply drinking fruit juice, is the best way to enjoy the fiber these foods have to offer.  Orange juice may be very healthy, but it does not contain the same amount of fiber as a whole orange.

Getting sufficient fiber in the diet offers a great many health benefits, including aiding in digestion, lowering levels of cholesterol in the blood, reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke, and reducing the chances of some forms of cancer.  In addition, fiber is though to play an important role in controlling levels of blood sugar in diabetics.  Fiber also helps dieters feel full while limiting the number of calories you consume.

Many people wonder if canned and frozen fruits and vegetables are as healthy and nutritious as the fresh varieties.  The simple answer to this question is yes.  Canned and frozen fruits and vegetables contain just as many vitamins and minerals as their fresh counterparts, so it is fine to replace fresh fruits and vegetables with canned and frozen varieties when fresh ones are not available.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are often less expensive, however, especially when they are in season.  In addition, local farmers markets and produce stands are often great sources of the freshest, most delicious fruits and vegetables at some excellent prices.

How vegetables and fruits are prepared is just as important as how they are chosen.  It is important to rinse fresh fruit and vegetables thoroughly under clean running water.  This step is important in order to remove any dirt, pesticide residue or bacterial contamination.  The outermost leaves of lettuce and cabbage should be removed, and the outside of root vegetables like carrots and potatoes should be removed, especially if you plan to consume the skins of those vegetables.  Vegetables and fruits should be washed right before they are used in order to keep them as fresh as possible.

The best ways to cook vegetables in order to maintain their freshness are to boil, microwave or steam the veggies until they are tender and crisp.  It is best to use as little water as possible when cooking vegetables.  That is because overcooking can destroy some of the valuable vitamins and minerals the vegetables contain.

Keith Ckardwell is a  Author, Blogger, Health Advocate,and helps people lose weight and stay  healthy. For more resources visit: Weight loss After lifestyle Change website and to find the best weight loss guides, its available at: http://www.weightlossafter.com/losepregnancyfat.htm


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Fruits and veggies may not lower kids’ allergy risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eating more fruits and vegetables may not protect children from developing allergies, according to a large Swedish study that questions earlier hints of benefit.
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Increase Your Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

Filed under Gardening Ideas by admin on February 16, 2011 at 10:33 pm {no comments}

Everyone agrees on the importance of eating more fruits and vegetables, but not enough people are following this important advice.  Increasing your consumption of fruits and vegetables is one of the easiest changes you can make to increase your level of health, lose weight and gain fitness.

No matter what your reason for pursuing a healthier diet, eating more fruits and vegetables is a great way to enjoy a delicious varied diet while enjoying greater levels of health.

Everyone knows the importance of a healthy diet to a healthy body, and fruits and vegetables are rich in the vitamins, minerals, trace elements and other micronutrients that make a diet healthy.

In addition to all these advantages, fruits and vegetables are colorful, easy to use, abundant and inexpensive.  Fruits and vegetables are great in soups, salads, as side dishes and as main courses.  There are so many varieties of fruits and vegetables, and so many different ways to use them, that it is almost impossible to get bored with them.

One reason for the recommendation that everyone increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables is that many of these foods have been shown to have strong antioxidant qualities.  Antioxidants are important to good health due to their ability to bind with and neutralize harmful elements called free radicals.  These free radicals are thought to play a role in cancer, aging related illnesses and other conditions.

Normally, free radicals are neutralized automatically as part of the body’s natural processes.  However, when the immune system has been weakened, or if you are just feeling run down, these antioxidant fighters may not be working at peak efficiency.  Many fruits and vegetables have high amounts of many antioxidant vitamins, including vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin C.

Since there are so many fruits and vegetables to choose from, it is important to choose the best ones for your diet.  Of courses, the perfect fruits and vegetables for you are the ones you like the best.  After all, you will have a hard time taking advantage of all that nutrition unless you actually eat the fruits and vegetables you buy.

Getting the most fruits and vegetables for your limited food budget is an important consideration for most people.   Fruits and vegetables are usually plentiful and inexpensive, but in some cases they can be somewhat pricey, especially in the winter months when most fruits and vegetables must be shipped long distances.

In addition to the supermarket and local grocery store, farmers markets can be places to find the freshest fruits and vegetables at the lowest possible prices.  Farmers markets and roadside produce stands are often excellent sources of fresh, high quality fruits and vegetables.

Even when there is no farmers market nearby, it is still possible to get great, high quality fruits and vegetables at some excellent prices, simply by buying those fruits and vegetables as they come into season.  Buying in season fruits and vegetables is usually cheaper than buying produce that comes from far away, and locally grown produce is often fresher and more nutritious as well.

Many people recommend buying a variety of colors when shopping for fruits and vegetables, and not just because they look good on the plate together.  Different colored fruits and vegetables have different nutritional qualities, so eating a wide variety of colors will give you the best selection of flavors, textures, tastes and nutrients.

Cooking vegetables properly is important as well, since overcooking can destroy some of the nutritional value of many vegetables.  Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, broccoli and Brussels sprouts are particularly vulnerable to nutrient loss due to overcooking.

It is best to lightly steam vegetables in the microwave on the top of the stove.  When steaming vegetables for maximum nutrition, it is important to use as little water as possible. Use only enough water to keep the vegetable from burning, and remove them from the heat source as soon as possible.

No matter what your reason for following a healthy diet, we believe you will find that eating more fruits and vegetables is a delicious, as well as a nutritious, way to get the vitamins and minerals you need every day.

Keith Ckardwell is a  Author, Blogger, Health Advocate,and helps people lose weight and stay  healthy. For more resources visit: Weight loss After lifestyle Change website and to find the best weight loss guides, its available at: http://www.weightlossafter.com/losebellyfat.htm


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Home Garden Enthusiasts Rate and Review their Favorite Burpee Flowers and Vegetables Online at Burpee.com

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Chadds Ford, PA (PRWEB) April 5, 2006

W. Atlee Burpee & Co is breaking new ground this spring in more ways than new tomato varieties. The 130-year old seed giant is launching a new user review system that encourages its 2 million users to rate their experience with all 2000 Burpee vegetables, flowers, herbs and garden gear.

Similar to those found on Amazon.com, Burpee’s user review and rating system, found on their web site (www.burpee.com), lets home gardeners read and write product reviews on all Burpee flowers, vegetables and garden gear products.

Items are rated on a scale of one to five “leaves”, with five being the highest possible score. Gardeners can also add a personalized review and share their experiences.

“The new review system offers a great way for gardeners to share information and gardening ideas online, gardener to gardener,” says Don Zeidler, director of internet marketing at Burpee, the most trusted name in home gardening. “Traditionally this information has been exchanged over the backyard fence. We’ve just made the backyard a whole lot bigger.”    

Burpee is also entering new territory by using an RSS feed to introduce the ratings and review functionality to its customers. As the review community grows, Burpee will add a ‘top review of the week’ as part of its RSS feed content.

Burpee has supplied seeds to the home gardener since 1876 and offers a variety of online community resources on its web site, including nutrition guides, a full library of gardening resources, and daily tips available online or by RSS feed.

About W. Atlee Burpee & Co.

The Burpee company was founded in Philadelphia in 1876 by an 18 year-old with a passion for plants and animals and a mother willing to lend him $ 1000 of “seed money” to get started in business. Within 25 years he had developed the largest, most progressive seed company in America. By 1915 Burpee was mailing a million catalogues a year to America’s gardeners.

Burpee is still a family owned seed company and still in the Philadelphia area, owned and operated by George Ball – a passionate plants man and third generation seeds man. The company currently sells through retail partners, catalogs and the web site.

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