garden
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She chose tomatoes, which grew in every garden back home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We have a beautiful garden, and I would plant it in May or June, and basically walk away until October," Sandra Marquardt said of the mosquito issue.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
"They are the worst of thieves," Zainea added while selling fruit and vegetables from his own garden for some extra cash.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
When the Taliban took over in 2021, Noori decided to flee, but first she buried her football medals and trophies in the garden of her family home.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He kept coming back again and again, and every time Marlene would run at him across the garden, trumpeting, tossing her ears, flapping them, but that only infuriated the dog even more.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Flowering plants in pollinator gardens, agricultural fields, and residential landscapes often grow alongside weeds that are controlled with herbicides.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the front gardens, yellow and red roses bloom to match the houses’ exteriors; in the back, a sunny 4-foot cocktail pool with a natural limestone border awaits guests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Typical gardens would only have between five and 10 different species of butterfly.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
At 96, she scoured the Huntington Library gardens for a commissioned installation she called a “full-circle” project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
As I hurried down the verdant walkways and pastoral gardens of the midway, I saw it through his eyes.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
“My father built a cabin and gardened; we raised chickens and sheep. My mother was a schoolteacher who sewed all my clothes and dolls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Gen. Kanamine’s father gardened and served food to the host family; his wife cooked and did housework.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023
As we gardened and invested in gardens for different social, educational and environmental reasons in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods, we contributed to increasing land values in a process described as green gentrification.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2022
“We gardened together and we danced together,” Brooks said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
And driving along a back Connecticut road, tree-bordered and gardened, I knew he had made me feel better and surer.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
That applies to everything from investing to gardening.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Researchers, gardening experts and horticulturists offered some guidance on the handling, recultivation and cleanup that can keep you and your garden in good health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
He has given few interviews while locked in legal discussions with Chelsea about compensation, with his staff having been placed on gardening leave.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Tilley, now retired, lives in St. Leonards-on-Sea, a resort town about 70 miles southeast of London, where she spends her free time gardening and going to the movies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
“We’ve got some new books on agriculture—farming, gardening, fertilizing, things like that—and we’re studying them. It’s part of the Plan.”
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
