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Putting energy to work

You can water your garden by holding the hose and spraying the water where you want it to go. But if you do this, you have to stand there until the garden is watered. There is another way---a better...

Snaky fish

Many people seeing an eel moving in and out among the rocks on the sea bottom might think it was a snake. The eel does have a long, slithery, slimy-looking, snaky body. But eels are not snakes. They...

Favorite gardens

In every part of the world, people have a favorite kind of garden. In Japan, people like gardens that have little bridges in them. In India, gardens often have ponds filled with water lilies....

Natural gardens

Natural gardens are often called wild gardens because they look just like an ordinary woodland or meadow. But most of the plants in a natural garden are care­fully planted by people. A natural...

Formal gardens

> Chateau Garden, Villandry, France A formal garden is planted in careful designs. The flowers are arranged in squares, circles, or fancy shapes. Bushes are often trimmed to points, squares, or...