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National Gardening	Growing Onions As with most vegetables, you can start onions from seed in the garden. But many onions have relatively long growing seasons and onion seeds don't germinate quickly, so it's often better to start the crop another way. You can set out transplants, or you can plant "sets" (half-grown onions).
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Science News September 14, 2002 Janet Raloff	Afghanistan's Seed Banks Destroyed On Sept. 10, scientists in Kabul reported the loss of Afghanistan's principal agricultural insurance policy: two stores of carefully collected seeds, materials selected to represent the genetic diversity of native crops.
National Gardening	Planting Peas You can plant peas in a number of different fashions. Check to see which one suits your garden best.
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National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Sunflower Seeds Can Harm Plants Sclerotinia fungal disease infects nearly 360 different plants, including such favorites as beans, cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, sunflowers, petunias, zinnias, and poppies. It's not the kind of disease you want to encourage in the garden.
Job Journal November 16, 2003 Marty Nemko	Seeds of Success What roses and a job search have in common.
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National Gardening	Food Gardening 101 It's a great treat to go shopping in your own garden to harvest fresh food. A small, well-tended garden can be just as productive as a large one that is ignored, so it is a good idea to start small and expand it as you need more space.
Popular Mechanics September 19, 2008 Ryan M. Wilson	How to Plant for Fall and Prepare Your Garden for Winter Planting a fall garden can be a rewarding effort and a great start to preparing your entire yard for winter's dormancy as the last head of lettuce is plucked.
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Chemistry World December 6, 2013 Elisabeth Ratcliffe	Self-defending seeds A two-layered protective coating that releases cyanide when bitten into could protect seeds from pests, say scientists in Switzerland, who were concerned over the effect of pesticides on the environment.
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Science News August 31, 2002 Ivars Peterson	Golden Blossoms, Pi Flowers Fibonacci numbers (and the golden ratio) come up surprisingly often in nature, from the number of petals in various flowers to the number of scales along a spiral row in a pine cone. How do these numbers and the golden ratio arise?
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