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Easter Showcase Prep at Noelridge Park Greenhouse

Jeanette Love of Mount Vernon, Iowa, a seasonal worker at the Noelridge Greenhouse places Easter decorations into a display as she and volunteer Keith Novak (background, left) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, prepare for the Easter Sunday open house at Noelridge Park Greenhouse on Friday, April 6, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)

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Indian Creek Nature Center Executive Board Member Rebecca Mumwaw (left) holds her hen, Maxine, as Director Rich Patterson speaks during a workshop on how to raise backyard chickens at the Nature Center on Saturday, February 18, 2012. More than 40 people attended the workshop where they can get a certificate required for a city permit that allows raising chickens in Cedar Rapids backyards. (Emily Busse/The Gazette-KCRG)

Local interest in CR backyard chickens growing

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A ruby-throated hummingbird feeds at a Prairie Fire penstemon in Illinois. (Richard Day/Daybreak Imagery)

Winter Gardening Fair buzz: creating habitat for backyard wildlife

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Cans of paint are sorted in the Pollution Prevention Center at the Solid Waste Agency's Site 2 on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, in Marion. (Liz Martin/SourceMedia Group News)

Homegrown: Recycling paint, chemicals and cleaners

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Jaime Guerrero of Marion, Iowa, competes during an Iowa regional competition for the SpecMix Bricklayer 500 at Kirkwood Community College on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The winner will go on to the international level event in Las Vegas on Jan. 25, 2012. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)

Photos: World Series of Bricklaying

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The Brucemore mansion can be seen from the estate's formal garden during the Brucemore Garden and Art Show on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)

Homegrown: Video preview of the Brucemore Garden and Art Show

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Clint Donovan (left), of Solon, and his uncle John Kroul harvest potatoes at Kroul Farm and Gardens on Friday, July 1, in Mount Vernon. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)

Preparing for the farmers market a busy process

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Employees of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines work with Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity staff to install the decking and roll roofing material for a new home at 1207 Winchell Dr. NE in Cedar Rapids. Habitat Gardens volunteers will be planting gardens in the new neighborhood on Saturday, July 9, 2011. (photo/George C. Ford/The Gazette)

Homegrown: Habitat Gardens

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NewBo City Market progressing toward fundraising goal

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Cedar Rapids area

Easter Showcase Prep at Noelridge Park Greenhouse

Local interest in CR backyard chickens growing

Winter Gardening Fair buzz: creating habitat for backyard wildlife

Homegrown: Recycling paint, chemicals and cleaners

Photos: World Series of Bricklaying

Homegrown: Video preview of the Brucemore Garden and Art Show

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NewBo City Market progressing toward fundraising goal

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