The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 348

THE PALM BEACH POST RESIDENCES ADVERTISING SECTION SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2006 63" Next Sunday in Residences Confessions of a Gardening I Palm Beach Gardens GreenMarket yields great organic discoveries design-show junkie! When I was at the GreenMarket in Palm Beach Gardens recently, a person asked me where she could buy a fig tree in this area, and what kind were available. IP Unfortunately, the and 0 Nursery, where I used to buy fig trees, is no longer in operation but I also heard that you could order trees tVirmirrVi farm and veggies. Sal and Holly Varri of Varri Green Farm have some fine produce and it's organic no synthetics, pesticides, herbicides or fertilizes. They're my kind of people (and gardeners) Varri Green Farm is located in Okeechobee and 4 of its 20 acres are dedicated to organic gardening. You can reach them at (863) 357-2747 (ask for Sal or Holly) or log on to varrigreenfarm.com.

I was impressed that they included natural fertilizers as part of their standards in growing. I have always stressed that the chemical synthetic fertilizers metabolite to a chlorine compound and over time, that metabolite will stunt your veggies (not to mention what it might do to you and your family). Therefore, I always use natural manure compost in my growing process. v'-, WW "S' i. You've done it; your friends have done it; heck, we've all done it at some point.

But just because you've spent more time watching decor shows than you'd ever admit in public is no reason to be ashamed. And to prove you're not alone, next Sunday we've got the first-person account of a young, college-educated woman who, by all accounts, appears perfectly well-adjusted until she reveals how she spends her weekends. Devotees of HGTV, Fine Living Network, Discovery Home and all the rest you don't want to miss it! business telephone address. I will check it out and let you know if this is true. Among the highlights of my day at the GreenMarket was buying some 'CASH' CASHION Swamp Gardener heirloom tomatoes and finding a booth that has organically grown veggies.

I'll talk to a tree if it "waves" at me, and that led me to have a long conversation with the people in the booth about their "Cash" Cashion is past president of Jupiter Farmer, a monthly publication, and past president of the Jupiter Farms Association. For more information on plants, call (561) 744 4750, or e-mail Cleren5aol.com SI i i 2 it III III MkMMMPWMtRMMP Meike M. MagGregor C-561-818-1 168 Tel 561-588-6882 Fax 561-588-9161 www.MacGregor.rmlsfl.mlxchange.com 204 E. Ocean Avenue Lantana, FL 33462 1 i is if il MM' i' i t- i li I III lb III i iff fj if "-II Ttflrl 'itii EVERGRENE Asking $1,090,000. lis V- IIYPOLUXO ISLAND Asking $4,850,000.

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