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In addition, a daily e-newsletter promotes the Almanac family of products to more than 600,000 recipients, and a biweekly gardening e-newsletter reaches 157,575 gardeners.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e54% of young adults (ages 18 to 34) would rather go to a garden center than a nightclub.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccording to latest trends for popular gardening projects, \"Creating vegetable gardens\" is #1.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGrowing vegetables offers folks--even those who have only a small space--the opportunity to grow their own food, get outdoors and exercise in a wholesome environment, feel the peace of working with nature, and enjoy the satisfaction of watching plants develop and thrive through one's own efforts. Growing one's own food also offers a sense of security in these days of supply shortages and high prices, and a bountiful harvest provides a perfect opportunity for sharing with family, friends, and the community. Vegetable gardening also provides people more choices in variety and flavor than most grocery stores can offer and allows them to have more control over the use of pesticides on their food. 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This accessibleand inviting resource introduces you to bulbs, annuals, biennials, perennials,shrubs, and vines that will perk up your space and season. Browse the 32 plantsprofiled in vivid detail (from asters, irises, and coneflowers to hydrangeas,roses, and wisteria); for each, you''ll find beautiful photos and essentialinformation on planting, care, disease and pest problems, cut-flowerharvesting, and recommended varieties. There are also helpful chapters onsummer-flowering shrubs, tiny bulbs, flowers for constant color throughout theseason, and more!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvite birds to your garden! Discover floweringannuals, perennials, and shrubs that offer food and shelter to make featheredfriends feel right at home.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGo native! Native plants offer manyadvantages, such as requiring little to no maintenance or water onceestablished. They also provide nectar for native pollinators. Read about nativeflower options for various parts of North America, and you''ll get a feel forwhich ones you might like to grow.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWant to bring the joy indoors? Findout the best ways to cut and preserve your garden''s floral bounty or to dryyour blossoms for long-lasting enjoyment.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDon''t have the yard space to grow flowersor just want to keep things simple? Containers to the rescue! Learn the\"pot-ticulars\" about sizes, types, and growing mediums and then get ready topot up your prized petunias!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNurturing flowers from seeds can be aninexpensive way to fill up a flower bed and offers more options for variety andcolor than you''ll likely see in transplants available locally. Choose yourfavorites and then discover how to get your plant babies off to a great start.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoving to a new location can take it out ofus, and the same goes for plants. 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