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August 19, 2013, 11:13 AM

Gardening-Going Slow This November 8, 2012 photo shows a garden where the gardener found a creative way to showcase a flower bed using a bed frame. There are no how-to lists or shortcuts but a touch of whimsey often is a component of Slow Gardening. It's emphasizing the process over the product. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick)
AP Photo/Dean Fosdick
Gardening-Going Slow This November 8, 2012 photo shows a bottle garden that frames flower and vegetable beds in a backyard in Langley, Wash. Combined with a basket collection, it brings the gardener's personality into play which is a component of Slow Gardening: `Doing what you savor and savoring what you do.' (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick)
AP Photo/Dean Fosdick
Gardening-Straw Bales In this publicity photo provided by Cool Springs Press, rows of vegetables planted in straw bales line the garden of Minnesota author, Joel Karsten. He is the leading evangelist of a straw-bale gardening movement that has become one of this summer's hottest gardening trends. (AP Photo/Cool Springs Press, Tracy Walsh/Poser Design)
AP Photo/Cool Springs Press, Tracy Walsh/Poser Design
Gardening-Straw Bales In this publicity photo provided by Cool Springs Press, tomato plants flourish in straw bales lining the garden of Minnesota author, Joel Karsten. He is the leading evangelist of a straw-bale gardening movement that has become one of this summer's hottest gardening trends. (AP Photo/Cool Springs Press, Tracy Walsh/Poser Design)
AP Photo/Cool Springs Press, Tracy Walsh/Poser Design
Gardening-Straw Bales In this publicity photo provided by Cool Springs Press, cabbage and other vegetables planted in straw bales are shown in Minnesota author, Joel Karsten's garden. Karsten is the leading evangelist of a straw-bale gardening movement that has become one of this summer's hottest gardening trends. (AP Photo/Cool Springs Press, Tracy Walsh/Poser Design)
AP Photo/Cool Springs Press, Tracy Walsh/Poser Design
Gardening-Straw Bales In this publicity photo provided by Cool Springs Press, Minnesota author and gardener, Joel Karsten, picks tomatoes from his straw bale garden. Karsten is the leading evangelist of a straw-bale gardening movement that has become one of this summer's hottest gardening trends. (AP Photo/Cool Springs Press, Tracy Walsh/Poser Design)
AP Photo/Cool Springs Press, Tracy Walsh/Poser Design
Gardening-Next Years Tomatoes This August 12, 2013 photo shows an unidentified person saving seeds from a Gardener's Delight variety of heirloom tomato in New Paltz, NY. The first step in saving tomato seeds entails nothing much more than squeezing a bit of the seed-gel mix out of the cavity of a tomato fruit into a glass. No need even to sacrifice eating the rest of the fruit! (AP Photo/Lee Reich)
AP Photo/Lee Reich
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