But any American growers or home gardeners hoping for an early spring this year just got some bad news.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

These included African-American gardeners, Native American laborers, maids from Ireland and men from England who worked with the horses.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Some gardeners use leaf mulch fine particles of leaves instead of wood mulch around trees, especially young trees.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Some gardeners suggest that to get the best tasting parsley, you should plant new seeds every year.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

To get more blooms, gardeners pinch back the branches when new growth has extended to fifteen centimeters.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

But experts say this should not stop gardeners from growing food if they take safety measures.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Monica David from the University of Illinois Extension oversees the master gardeners program in her state.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

Farmers and gardeners have long used greenhouses to extend the growing season in cold weather.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

She chose six of the family's workmen, laborers,gardeners and stablemen to carry her coffin.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Each kind has its fans. Some gardeners say potted roses are easier to plant.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

But gardeners will not get a crop during the first spring after planting.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

Some gardeners say the most beautiful presentation comes from planting mums close together.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

Some gardeners prepare an area by removing the existing top soil and grass.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Home gardeners should plant away from the foundation of their house.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Some gardeners plant potatoes under straw, or stems of dried grain.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Many gardeners grow curly parsley as a border for flowerbeds.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

Home gardeners are no different.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

Over the years, Dickinson had hired an ethnically diverse group of servants: African American gardeners, Yankee seamstresses, Native American laborers, stablemen from England, and maids from Ireland.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

while her maids and stablemen, gardeners and laundry workers were forgotten.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

"Yet,at the end of her life, in an incredibly telling gesture, in a funeral that she scripted before her death, she picked six of the family's workmen,laborers, gardeners and stable hands to be her pallbearers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22