Homeowners Save Up to $30 Thousand on Landscaping
Cheverly, MD (ContentDesk) April 10, 2006 - According to Ann Archer, published author on MSN, traditional thinking says the average homeowner pays anywhere from 5% to 15% of their homes value on landscaping.
Even at the low end of this range, homeowners will invest $10,500 if they live in the median-value American home worth $213,000.http://www.GardenHere.com offers an alternative that can save homeowners up to $30,000 by collaborating with more than 3,000 other home gardening and landscape members. By working together through the Internet, http://www.GardenHere.com makes it possible for homeowners to spend a fraction of what it would normally cost to add natural beauty and value to their home.Known as the friendliest home gardening community on the Internet, http://www.GardenHere.com makes it easy for home gardeners and do-it-yourself landscapers to exchange plants, seeds and flowers.
Members can set up their own trade lists to let other home gardeners know what they have ready to trade and which plants they would like in exchange.
Some members are even willing to share extra plants free -- just for postage. Registration and membership are free at http://www.GardenHere.com, says founder, Al Stubblefield, and, member benefits are much more than being able to trade and exchange plants, seeds, and flowers.
There are also tons of gardening tips, photo galleries, a chat room, private mail services, a garden auction, zone lookup, local weather, garden tools, free downloads and member calendars. Features and forums at http://www.GardenHere.com are provided in response to requests from the 3,000 plus members and the more than 1 million unique visitors who visit the site each year.
For instance, a new forum, Interiorscape, is being introduced this week for members who want to decorate the inside of their home as well as the outside.
The new forum includes topics ranging from painting, cleaning and interior design to furniture arrangement.Moderators for the http://www.GardenHere.com forums are member volunteers who share gardening tips, help new members learn their way around the site and provide free seed packets to members who become active participants.
Many of the articles published on GardenHere.com are written by volunteer member journalists.http://www.GardenHere.com member Sharon had this to say about this unusual approach to home gardening and do-it-yourself landscaping, Thank you so much for starting this friendly site. GardenHere is what I have wanted to find for years.
We are retired and on a fixed income, and plants are getting so expensive. This is just what people like me need, and I really look forward to all the fun and learning, and making new friends. About GardenHere:GardenHere freely serves home gardeners and neighborhood garden clubs. Membership is free. Members are invited to join the forums and post free exchanges, garden tips or just trade conversation with other home gardeners.GardenHere also offers a garden auction, plant encyclopedia, a garden journal in their free download area, garden calculators, a chat room, and hardiness zone look up tool.GardenHere makes it easy for members to trade plants, seeds and flowers. Members share home gardening tips and plant propagation techniques.
Everyone is welcome to upload plant and flower pictures, give garden advice, ask questions or just say "hello."Each month over 100 thousand unique visitors drop by GardenHere to research plants, talk gardening, meet other home gardeners, and exchange free plants, seeds and flowers. GardenHere is one of Americas favorite home gardening communities on the Internet, says owner and web designer Al Stubblefield. Thousands of home gardeners have joined the GardenHere forums. It is a popular place to make friends, do garden exchanges, trade home gardening tips, and get plant advice. One new member had this to say, Thanks to you all whom I have had the opportunity to trade with. I love being able to share my flowers with others. I think I have driven all of my friends and family crazy trying to give them starts of the same things every year.
Now I don't have to just get rid of my plants, I can share with all the GardenHere members. Thanks for allowing us the great opportunity to share with gardeners every where." MelissaAnother GardenHere member from Adair, Oklahoma said, I have just recently found this gardening website and absolutely love it. If anyone would be interested in some Bearded Irises, please let me know. I have three beds that are extremely out of control! A home gardener from Boulder, Montana had this to say about GardenHere. I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful home gardening website you have created.
This is a great idea . . .! .
THE STORY OF A KING AND THREE MAIDENS ? SIX KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP
A King was trying to choose between three maidens to be his wife and queen. It was very difficult to judge since these women were all very intelligent and beautiful. He gave each maiden a bag of seeds and told them he was going on a pilgrimage for one year. When he returned, each of them were to give the seeds back to him. Whoever protected the seeds the best would become his wife.
The first maiden locked them in a safe to protect them. The second maiden sold the seeds at the market, thinking she would purchase new seeds when the king returned. The third maiden threw the seeds in the garden. When the king returned, the first maiden pulled the seeds from the safe where they had died due to lack of light, water, and air. The second maiden rushed to the market, purchased new seeds, and presented them to the king.
The King said that although the seeds were alive, they were not the same seeds. The third maiden brought him into the garden where there were many flowers blooming....
THE STORY OF A KING AND THREE MAIDENS ? SIX KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP
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Book Publishing Drops In Price and Gets Smarter - Authors Can Now Publish More Affordably and Learn How to Sell Books
Heliographica Press, an independent San Francisco publisher, has launched a new book publishing solution that it's calling Seeds Press. It allows authors to publish books for as low as $12.95 a quarter or $35 a year.The Seeds Press solution includes an ISBN, interior and cover layout, and registration in Books in Print, which is the most comprehensive database of books. Authors also get free marketing education and services. Books are sold through direct sales channels, such as Amazon Marketplace, and authors can add distribution, from Ingram Book Group, for as low as $99, making their books available to 90% of retail bookstores.Heliographica Press expanded its existing offering of custom covers and custom book layouts by accepting more "do-it-yourself" titles with the Seeds Press solution. "We wanted to launch a publishing solution that would be affordable to more authors and that would also teach them how to market their books.
Publishing a book is exciting, but it's only the...
Book Publishing Drops In Price and Gets Smarter - Authors Can Now Publish More Affordably and Learn How to Sell Books
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Gardening for Fun and Profit
Cheverly, Maryland (ContentDesk) January 23, 2006 -- Today, GardenHere dot com launched a new garden auction area for its members. Members can place up to 14 free listings right away.
In addition, members earn a $20 credit when someone they refer our auction area signs up. Paid listings are only 0.35 cents and members pay zero commissions --even when they sell plants, seeds, flowers, equipment or other related items at a profit.
GardenHere, known as the friendliest home gardening community on the Internet, has dedicated the new auction area to its members as a way to turn home gardening into profit.Website founder and owner, Al Stubblefield, explained, During the last couple of years there has been many times when I wanted to help members who were going through some very tough times.
One member called to say she could no longer afford an Internet hookup. ...
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Healthy Ideas for Juices and Smoothies
Juices and vegetable drinks are probably the fastest way to replenish your stamina. They are an ideal complement to any diet. When lunch time is short and energy low, a delicious smoothie will satisfy those hunger pangs, supercharge those energy levels, without risk of putting on weight. The vitamins and nutrients from natural juices get to their target much faster than those of an ordinary meal.
Everyone has a favorite fruit or vegetable drink; here there are some more ideas to add to your repertoire. Quantities estimated for four servings.
Combine 1 cup of frozen pineapple and 1 banana, sliced, 4 Tbs sugar, 4 cups milk ?the milk should cover the fruit- and ? tsp vanilla extract.
Blend until smooth and serve in tall glasses, garnished with fresh pineapple on the rim.
For a cucumber cooler: dice a cucumber, no need to peel, mix in the blender with 2 cups plain low fat yogurt and 2 cups skim milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste,...
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