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		<title>Education Centre on Container Gardening in Malawi (Willem VAN COTTHEM / Patrick HARRY)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007 Patrick HARRY visited me in Belgium.  Strongly motivated by the idea and opportunities of developing container gardening in his home country Malawi, he started  applying this gardening method in Lilongwe.
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		<title>Grow 125 annuals, perennials and vegetables from seed (Fine Gardening / The Taunton Press)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Fine Gardening


About the Special Issue










Softcover magazine
Published 2010
Product #044023

An expert guide to growing from seed. This special issue from Fine Gardening has all the answers for anyone who wants to start plants directly from seed &#8212; beginners to advanced gardeners, and even folks who never gardened before. The easy step-by-step instructions demystify the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=containergardening.wordpress.com&blog=1218962&post=1122&subd=containergardening&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rainwater storage and drip irrigation (Kenny Point &#8211; Veggie Gardening Tips)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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Use and Storage of Runoff Rainwater
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		<title>Success booked at the &#8220;Container Gardening Project of Malawi&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2007 we are collecting seeds of tropical fruits and the classical vegetables in order to offer them for free to development projects on different continents.  This initiative soon became a huge success, many &#8220;sponsors of seeds&#8221; understanding that this is a very simple and practical way to help undernourished people to fresh food, in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=containergardening.wordpress.com&blog=1218962&post=1115&subd=containergardening&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable school gardens and container gardening key incentives for food security</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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SCHOOL MEALS KEY TO FEEDING AND EDUCATING MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN – UN REPORT
on my desertification blog : http://desertification.wordpress.com
This UN report describes the excellent work of the World Food Programme (WFP) ;
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		<title>Composting made easy (Fine Gardening)</title>
		<link>http://containergardening.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/composting-made-easy-fine-gardening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested in this subject ?  Please have a look at a video :
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		<title>Garden ideas from books to the Web (Google / The News Tribune)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; gardening
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Garden ideas from books to the Web
    
                 

 


  

By SUSAN SMITH-DURISEK; McClatchy Newspapers
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		<title>Community food gardens/Food Banks/Allotments for food security (Google / Green Living Tips)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; gardening
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Community food gardens 
By Green Living Tips
What is a community food garden?
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		<title>Gardening: Pavement, other hardscape can be &#8216;landscaped&#8217; using plants in pots (Google / Mercury News / Los Gatos Weekly-Times)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>willem van cotthem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read at : Google Alert &#8211; gardening
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Gardening: Pavement, other hardscape can be &#8216;landscaped&#8217; using plants in pots

By Tony Tomeo
for Los Gatos Weekly-Times




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		<title>helping development projects with a gift book (Willem Van Cotthem)</title>
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Do you already have an ADENIUM Gift Book?


In 1999 I published a unique book together with Marleen Van Lancker (Merelbeke, Belgium) well known for her flower arrangements: it’s called ADENIUM.

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