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- Plant a Row for the Hungry is a campaign to encourage gardeners to share their bounty with local food banks, soup kitchens and service organizations. Since 1995, American gardeners have donated more than 14 million pounds of herbs and vegetables to feed the hungry in local neighborhoods and communities. For information on participating, call 1-877-492-2727, or visit www.gardenwriters.org
- We’re accustomed to seeing hummingbirds sipping nectar from sun-loving flowers. But these birds will also dine in the shade on annual flowers like impatiens. They especially like the orange-flowered native impatiens known as jewelweed or spotted touch-me-not.