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Harvest Public Media
7:55 am
Tue April 30, 2013

Should You Be Talking To Your Plants?

Credit Hilary Stohs-Krause / Harvest Public Media
Gardeners Adelay Idler, left, Sharon Roberts-Yuen and Debby Greenblatt say happy plants grow best.

Ever know someone who talks to plants?

Maybe it was your offbeat neighbor cooing at his gardenias; maybe your grandmother analyzed baseball with her cucumbers. It seems a bit silly, but researchers say farmers should maybe take notice.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue March 19, 2013

Where Botany And Alcohol Mix

Your backyard garden can be a great place to grow vegetables, but the Drunken Botanist has something else in mind for the space.

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Central Standard
6:00 am
Tue September 11, 2012

The Scent Of Scandal

Light, vibrant or dark, this exotic and elegant beauty is among the world's most popular flowers.

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Up to Date
11:05 pm
Sun July 22, 2012

Heat, Drought & You

Credit Frank Morris / KCUR
The drought has resulted in withered cornstalks and cracked land near Lamar, Colo.

Your neighbors' lawn is green. And yours? A pale shade of brown, with grass that crunches underfoot.

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Historic Gardens
2:12 pm
Mon June 11, 2012

PHOTOS: Replanting A 1910 Garden At The Kansas City Museum

The Kansas City Museum is in its third phase of a major restoration of Corinthian Hall, the old Northeast mansion that houses its collection. And the renovation doesn’t stop at just bricks and mortar.  A recent project aims to recreate the Georgian garden plantings that surrounded the mansion.

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Central Standard
1:58 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

Nature in the City: Summer Birds, Hiking

Credit Len Blumin / Flickr
Peregrine Falcon

In Kansas City, we humans have adapted to our hot summer days with central air, trips to the movies and Jones Pool... but how do wild animals do it?

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Up to Date
2:40 pm
Wed April 18, 2012

Spring Gardening: Help Grow Your Green Thumb

There may be no controlling Mother Nature, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get your garden to cooperate. But keeping your gardening blossoming instead of browning is easier said than done.

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