Books revel in the pleasures of gardening and the glories of garlic (Seattle Times)
From the long line of 2008 gardening books, several stand out as unique and worthy, including "Gardens: A Literary Companion" and "The Complete Book of Garlic."

Plant Exchange: Container Gardening, South Dakota Style (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
Q: You have been creating container gardens since before they had that name. (You started very young.) What have you learned?

Economic Gardening workshops Oct. 23-24 (Tacoma Daily Index)
If you are looking for fast and low-cost ways to promote your business, be sure to attend a free "Economic Gardening: Social Media" workshop on Oct. 23 or 24 at Bates Technical College.

Green Gardening: Save Time, Money and the Environment (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Everyone wants a beautiful landscape but most people feel they lack the time and expertise to cultivate the results they want. With a few simple eco-friendly changes in your fall landscape care, you can get more beautiful results with a limited investment of time and effort.

Crafty thieves pick their mark (Daily Telegraph)
IN Bondi it's cash, in Lane Cove it's jewellery and in Penrith it's gardening equipment - Sydney thieves have particular tastes depending on where they target.

Expert sets class on composting (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
ARCADIA - Gardening expert John Lyons will lead a class, "The Art of Composting, Vermiculture and Great

Weather shouldn't dampen hunter's spirits (The Bismarck Tribune)
While the weekend's forecast is not very conducive for yard work and gardening, it likely won't put much of a damper on North Dakota's pheasant season opener today.

Happy Birthday Kaylee and Alyssa Doll, 3 and 8 (Redlands Daily Facts)
Kaylee will celebrate her third birthday today. She attends preschool and enjoys gardening with her Grandma and going to the library.

Gardening gurus in pulp mill war (Adelaide Now)
IT'S the heavyweight brawl of the gardening gurus as Peter Cundall savaged former Burke's Backyard presenter Don Burke over his new role as an adviser to Gunns on its controversial $2 billion pulp mill.

In Maggie's Garden: Keeping a gardening diary for reference (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
The well-kept garden diary is a wonderful learning tool, if we can manage to maintain it. Recording where a plant was obtained from, where it was planted and its exact name can help with future plantings, purchases and designs. As well as researching specific details from years past, it is also fun to look back at archived accounts to discover plants whose names I no longer remember, probably ...

10/13/08

Steve Nash

When planting a garden, or doing a bit of landscaping, there are
many factors which must considered. Size of plants, colors,
hardiness, and need for sunlight and water, all come into play.
If any mistakes are made along the way, the garden will not
flourish.

There are many parallels between starting a business and planting
a garden. In fact, being in an online business is like planting a
virtual garden. If any of the steps are overlooked, like a poorly
designed garden, the business will not do well.

Secondly, after planting, you have to care for your plants.
Advertising is like sunlight, water and fertilizer for your
business. A one time or sporadic ad will not get customers.

Those that do will have a successful business, and like the
Virtual Garden reap a profitable harvest.

About the Author

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