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The Royal Horticultural Society held open auditions to try to come up with the 10 best voices to encourage their tomatoes in a month-long experiment.

Host Jacki Lyden shares some thoughts on the first weekend of spring.

Host Jacki Lyden shares some thoughts on the first weekend of spring.

Peak season for desert wildflowers is just around the corner. Gail Sevrens, state park district services manager for the Colorado Desert District, which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern California, says this is a good year to catch some more elusive species in Anza-Borrego.

Peak season for desert wildflowers is just around the corner. Gail Sevrens, state park district services manager for the Colorado Desert District, which includes Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern California, says this is a good year to catch some more elusive species in Anza-Borrego.

This Orchids. These brilliant, flashy, sensual, and sometimes graphic flowers fascinated Charles Darwin. This year the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has made Darwin's interest in the flowers the theme of their annual orchid exhibition.

This Orchids. These brilliant, flashy, sensual, and sometimes graphic flowers fascinated Charles Darwin. This year the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has made Darwin's interest in the flowers the theme of their annual orchid exhibition.

Vegetable seed sales are way up, and in many parts of the country the ground is still frozen. George Ball, who runs Burpee Seeds, says he expects seed sales to increase 20 to 30 percent this year. Dale Groom, a horticulturist with the Dallas County Extension Office, shares some tips for first-time gardeners.

Vegetable seed sales are way up, and in many parts of the country the ground is still frozen. George Ball, who runs Burpee Seeds, says he expects seed sales to increase 20 to 30 percent this year. Dale Groom, a horticulturist with the Dallas County Extension Office, shares some tips for first-time gardeners.

The White House is considering the designation of a new marine reserve in the Northern Mariana Islands, but it may not get the same amount of protection as an area created two years ago near Hawaii. The same could be true for other sites in the Pacific that are also under consideration.