Home Gardening

CLEVELAND — It feels like home at the I-X Center in Cleveland as The Great Big Home & Garden Expo comes to town. The Great Big Home & Garden Expo runs through Sunday, Feb. More than 600 exhibitors are sharing their ideas for home improvement projects, gardening, landscaping and decorating. Celebrities including Chip Wade of HGTV’s Curb Appeal and Bryan Baeumler of HGTV’s Disaster DIY and House of Bryan Baeumler and will also offer their expertise throughout the show, as will representatives from Petitti Garden Centers.   And we have 19 beautifully landscaped gardens that are from northeast Ohio’s top landscapers,” explained Rosanna Hrabnicky, the show manager. “They immediately go into the garden showcase because they want a little bit of spring, and they want to look at what’s new in the landscaping. Visitors can stop by the energy efficient Idea Home and enjoy 2,400 feet of creative construction solutions. But it’s the garden displays that usually draw the visitors first. Other custom-built homes showcase the latest trends that are sure to inspire.

A vegetable garden (also known as a vegetable patch or vegetable plot) is a garden that exists to grow vegetables and other plants useful for human consumption, in contrast to a flower garden that exists for aesthetic purposes. Food grown in your own backyard, uses up little if any fuel for shipping, and the grower can be sure of what exactly was used to grow it. Organic horticulture, or organic gardening, has become increasingly popular for the modern home gardener. In World War II, people had gardens called a ‘victory garden’ which provided food to families and thus freed up resources for the war effort. Many families have home kitchen and vegetable gardens that they use to make food. A vegetable garden typically includes a compost heap and several plots or divided areas of land, intended to grow one or two types of plant in each plot. Potagers, a garden in which vegetables, herbs and flowers are grown together, has become more popular than the more traditional rows or blocks. With the increased interest in organic and sustainable living, many people are turning to vegetable gardening as a supplement to their family’s diet....

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What: More than 300 experts offer a weekend of home ideas, seminars and advice. When: Feb. 12, 13, 14. 10 am to 7 pm Friday; 10 am to 6 pm Saturday;

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