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		<title>Aussie Country Diverse, Dramatic and Delicious!</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/08/27/aussie-country-diverse-dramatic-and-delicious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photos: Toni Salter I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. ~ Dorothea Mackeller 1885 &#8211; 1968 These immortal words, excerpted from &#8220;My Country&#8221; by an English immigrant poet to Australia in 1904 that are often quoted to reflect the vastness and unpredictability of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sensory Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/07/25/the-sensory-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Therapies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine experiencing a garden with all five senses.  That’s what a sensory garden allows you to do.  A carefully designed garden can stimulate, not only the sight, but also sound, smell, touch and taste. A trolley with an assortment of potted herbs and vegetables is an example of a sensory garden.  This can be placed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Pesticides Work</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/07/20/how-pesticides-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pest Control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We often start a vegetable garden because we have decided to eat organic produce and reduce our chemical exposure. Inevitably, However, we are faced with pest and disease problems and with the dilemma of controlling them without poisoning ourselves in the process. Sometimes our best effort at organic solutions simply doesn’t cut it and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Link Between Flowers, Scents and Emotions</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/06/28/the-link-between-flowers-scents-and-emotions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/06/28/the-link-between-flowers-scents-and-emotions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What’s the first thing you do when you get flowers? Generally we smile with warmth and positive feelings and then almost instinctively, we smell the flowers.  The fragrance can sometimes have just as much impact on a person as the beauty of the flowers themselves. Sadly, in the quest to grow stronger plants and bigger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create a Garden Designed to Reduce Stress</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/06/20/create-a-garden-designed-to-reduce-stress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relaxation Techniques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paying attention past the first line of a blog post or the opening statements of a lecture can sometimes be difficult. We’ve all sat through boring seminars wanting it to end, but know that we are expected to get something out of it so we try to concentrate in an attempt to glean a pearl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Time in the Garden: The Gardens of Alcatraz</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/05/23/doing-time-in-the-garden-the-gardens-of-alcatraz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Psychology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“A garden is one of the few things in prison that one could control, being a custodian of this patch of earth offered a small taste of freedom.” Nelson Mandela These words penned by Mandela in his autobiography made me wonder about the inmates on the infamous Alcatraz Island, which housed some of America’s most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grow Your Own Superfood: Kale</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/05/16/grow-your-own-superfood-kale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I sell organic seeds at the farmers’ market, I usually sell out of the typical seasonal vegetable seeds by the end of the day. Lately, however I have been selling all of my kale seeds within the first hour or two. Why is it that kale has become so popular? Generally, kale has not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing a Stir Fry Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/04/27/growing-a-stir-fry-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/04/27/growing-a-stir-fry-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Produce]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/?p=1668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Asian diet is reputed to be one of the healthiest in the world and is primarily plant-based and rich in soyfoods with only a small amount of fish. This wholesome traditional diet is thought to be why many Asian countries avoid the metabolic diseases that are so prevalent in Western societies.[1] So it is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DDT – Persistent Pesticide Still a Threat</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/04/18/ddt-%e2%80%93-a-persistent-pesticide-that-is-still-a-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/04/18/ddt-%e2%80%93-a-persistent-pesticide-that-is-still-a-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Concerns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although DDT has not been used in the U.S. since 1972, traces have been found in human breast milk, even today.  That is not to say that you should stop breastfeeding. On the contrary, breastfeeding is the best possible nourishment, however you should be aware of the potential sources of this deadly pesticide that still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Salad Greens to Grow at Home</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/03/27/top-ten-salad-greens-to-grow-at-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2012/03/27/top-ten-salad-greens-to-grow-at-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toni Salter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salads]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Throw out the iceberg lettuce and bring on the Asian Greens and Rainbow Chard for a tasty change to your usual salad. Salads don’t have to be boring.  With the range of flavors, textures, shapes and colors of salad greens that you can grow at home, you can be enjoying your own delicious salad picked [...]]]></description>
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