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Quote of the Week
"There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues."
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Saturday, January 1
8-9am PST / 11am-Noon EST
   John, Sharon and Bryan will be celebrating New Year's Day on Sat. Please join us on Sunday for our first show of 2011 and the announcement of a HUGE development in tomato growing!
Sunday, Jaunuary 2 8-10 PST, 11am-1pm EST
 From Canby, Oregon, Dave Doolittle will guide us through the wonderful world of Terra Nova Nurseries' plants. Since 1992, Terra Nova has introduced 600 new varieties known for superior garden performance and beauty and this morning, Dave will tell us about some introductions that will be must-haves for our gardens in 2011.
 Opening the second hour, Nellie Neal, aka "Garden Mama", will share her wit and wisdom gleaned from years of gardening in Mississippi and Louisiana as well as talking to other southern gardeners. Rather than pontificating about New Year resolutions (which she hates), Nellie will talk about changes: in our gardens, gardening habits as well as changes she sees in the gardening business. Check out www.gardenmama.com for her entertaining and informative blog, her gardening books and her Saturday radio show, "Weekend Gardening." Call Sharon, John, Bryan or our guests with your questions at 1-866-606-TALK (8255). |
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Did You Know?
Many cultures believe good fortune will follow if they eat certain foods on New Year's Day. Ancient Persians gave New Year's gifts of eggs, which foretold productiveness. At midnight in Mexico, Spain and Cuba, it is important to eat 12 grapes, with each grape representing one month of the upcoming year. If the grape is sweet, it will be a good month and a bad one, if it is sour.
In Japan, you must drink clear soup for a bright, clear future. Italians believe lentils symbolize money and pork provides a rich life for the coming year. Fish such as carp, herring and boiled cod served in Germany, Poland and Denmark usher in a year of good fortune while in the Philippines, what matters is an abundance of food on the table to encourage an abundant New Year. For southerners, it is traditional to eat black-eyed peas or cowpeas for good luck and corn bread, cabbage, collard greens or kale for wealth.
Whatever is served at your New Year's celebration, may 2011 bring you health, joy, contentment, and of course, good fortune.
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RECYCLING THE CUT CHRISTMAS TREE by Sharon Asakawa
Although artificial Christmas trees are becoming the norm because they can be used year after year and many are already strung with lights, I need a fresh, cut tree, even if it is more expensive and drops needles all over. The reason is it reminds me of my wintry childhood in Chicago.
Chicago Decembers are notoriously blustery and I was often cooped up indoors, but days before Christmas my father would trundle up to our third-floor apartment with a fresh cut tree and my world suddenly seemed brighter.
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Be the first person to correctly identify this plant and you'll win a free book! This week's prize from John Wiley & Sons:
Melissa's Everyday Cooking with Organic Produce 
by Cathy Thomas
HINT #1 - Low in calories, high in Vitamin C
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Holiday Gift Sets
Choose from six garden gift ideas that will be shipped free!
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