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Technical Writer
Technical Writer A technical writer (sometimes called a technical communicator) designs, writes, edits, and produces documents for scientific, technical, industrial, and government organizations. These documents can include technical reports, specifications, reference manuals, operating... Read more |
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garden
garden land set aside for the cultivation of flowers, herbs, vegetables, or small fruits, for either utility or ornament. Gardens range in size from window boxes and small dooryard plots to the public botanical garden and commercial truck garden (see truck farming ). Garden types are also widely... Read more |
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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botanical garden
botanical garden public place in which plants are grown both for display and for scientific study. An arboretum is a botanical garden devoted chiefly to the growing of woody plants. The plants in botanical gardens are labeled, usually with both the common and the scientific names, and they are... Read more |
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garden balsam
garden balsam common name for the species Impatiens balsamina, a member of the jewelweed family. ... Read more |
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rock garden
rock garden garden planned around natural rock formations or rocks artificially arranged to simulate natural (often mountainous) conditions. The concept of rock gardens is believed to have been introduced from China and Japan into the Western world in the 17th cent.; they have since gained wide... Read more |
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horticulture
horticulture [Lat. hortus =garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large scale, although the distinction is not... Read more |
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Wheelbarrow
Wheelbarrow Background A wheelbarrow is a carrier, usually having only one wheel, consisting of a tray bolted to two handles and two legs. While known mostly as a device for carrying small loads for the household gardener, a wheelbarrow is often also used in construction and... Read more |
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compost
compost substance composed mainly of partly decayed organic material that is applied to fertilize the soil and to increase its humus content; it is often used in vegetable farming, home gardens, flower beds, lawns, and greenhouses. Compost usually is made from plant materials (e.g., grass... Read more |
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Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932, British artist, landscape gardener, and crafts artist. She was associated with William Robinson and Edwin Lutyens in developing an informal and natural style of garden. Her works include Wood and Garden (1899) and Garden Ornament (1918).... Read more |
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Have a brush with colour; A lick of paint can makewalls, fences and gates...
...colour in the garden should come from nature...ordinary and make it extraordinary...and British gardens are not an...growing in front, or as a...make it fade into the distance...example, in a ... |
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Magazines, Web sites great sources of home-improvement ideas.
...and books. Usually, if I...magazines don't cost anything...a movable garden. The movable garden is a really...in my new front gardens. Manufacturers...that fits into my recycling...ads ... |
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How they spend their Sarasota vacation. (Sarasota, Florida, travel...
...visitors, who usually balk at tourist...that people come for the climate...bit of what makes Sarasota...a sofa in front of the TV...door, they don't always behave...promotional brochures and ad ... |
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Family matters in the workplace: when it is more than just a job.(Butler...
...was a dream come true for...compound's gardens were being...in travel brochures--yet I...the staff into a cleanup...home, my usually good humor...it would make a humorous...truly means. ... |
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WIND INSTRUMENTS DISTINCTIVE WEATHER VANES OFTEN REVEAL AS MUCH ABOUT THE...
...TO HOME & GARDEN CALL IT NOSTALGIA...them now don't really care...Vanes now come in nearly...wagon in the front yard carries...Their brochure suggests...eagle, Model T Ford, airplane...stands for the ... |
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HAMPTON ROADS.(LOCAL)
...themselves into a car to...will pile into a 2000 Chrysler...on the front lawn of ODU...Botanical Garden egg hunt...age 5 who come with parents...the event usually sells out...12-page brochure covers ... |
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[ David Foster is not only... ][No Published Headline]
...But they don't go there...we bumped into him later...said. "It makes life more...interesting. And I usually have my alpaca...went out into your shed...house, the garden or the farm...reward. ... |