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Explaining Garden Terms Have you ever noticed how happy gardeners tend to be? Perhaps this comes from communing with nature, sharing nutrient-rich harvests with others, or knowing that every increased amount of food-producing greenery helps battle the environmental problems our world faces. For Dave and I, gardening– a.k.a. playing in the dirt - is just that. Play time, time for meditation and to listen to the birds. Yet, gardening can mean so much more. About 25 years ago our family became members of Canada's Heritage Seed Program - now known as Seeds of Diversity Canada - and have never looked back. This organization works with hundreds of seed-saving groups, government departments, individual gardeners and farmers all over the world to preserve a vast global seed bank. We have been proud to help save several varieties from extinction, forever, through our donations and activities for this organization.  In various discussions over the years we have noticed that there is a lot ...

-- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Sunday Gardening with Chris McLaughlin ! … Chris has been an avid gardener for over 30 years and became a Master Gardener in 2000. Author of several books, she teaches kids gardening and actively writes for several online sites. Her work tends to focus on guiding and encouraging gardeners living in suburban or urban spaces to grow food in their own backyards. Chris appeared on our radio show back on May 22 nd when we discussed composting… She’s graciously agreed to come back to answer some questions we didn’t get to in our last discussion for our audience and then we’ll learn about heirloom varieties, seed saving, making a difference in your community, getting stuff for free... and much more!  Join us live @ 10-11 AM (pacific) today & drop in the live chat room if you can... or - access the archived interview at your convenience later on: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/09/11/sunday-g...