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Happy Birthday to Actor Louis Gossett Jr. (1936)

Porn star Anita Blonde (1976)

“Frasier” actress Peri Gilpin (1961)

Scream Queen Linnea Quigley (1958)

“Outkast half Andre 3000 (1975)

American television anchor Cynthia McFadden (1956)

“Diff’rent Strokes” actor Todd Bridges (1965)

American actor Dondre Whitfield (1969)

“The Da Vinci Code” actor Paul Bettany (1971)

British TV Chef Jamie Oliver (1975)

“Shakespeare in Love” star Joseph Fiennes (1970)

Oakland A’s slugger Frank Thomas (1968)

Houston Astros star Jeff Bagwell (1968)

Comedian Adam Carolla (1964)

American actor and comedian Jack McBrayer (1973)

“Caedmon’s Call” singer and songwriter Derek Webb (1974)

“The Lox” rapper Jadakiss (1975)

“Crowded House” singer Neil Finn (1958)

“Siouxie and the Banshees” frontwoman Siouxie Sioux (1957)

WWE star Eric Bischoff (1955)

Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn (1945)

“Hill Street Blues” actor Bruce Weitz (1943)

United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Henry Kissinger (1923)

English actor Lewis Collins (1946)

Spanish singer and actress Ana Belén (1951)

American actor Richard Schiff (1955)

Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis (1935)

Miss America and actress Lee Meriwether (1935)

“Star Wars Episode II and III” actor Christopher Lee (1922)

Horror show actor Vincent Price (1911; d. 1993)

American golfer Sam Snead (1912; d. 2002)

TLC singer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes (1971; d. 2002)

Irish actor Glenn Quinn (1970; d. 2002)

Subject of the HBO drama “Deadwood,” Wild Bill Hickok (1837; d. 1876)

Happy Birthday All

Gardening has been a trend amongst people of all ages. Gardening is also one way for you to release your tension or stress from your jobs. There is no limit to gardening. You are capable of utilizing all the space you have for gardening. The result of gardening is also miraculous. You will be surprise on how peaceful you can be by looking at your gardens and how beautiful it is, knowing that it is you who made it happen.

There are a lot of fertilizers available. These can be categorized to two different types which are organic fertilizers and chemical fertilizers. Chemical fertilizers are usually destructive in the long run as it destroys important soil organisms which are usually helpful for the plant. This effect would then disrupt the natural balance of the flowers and to overcome this, natural fertilizers should be use. Natural fertilizer usually creates a balanced ecosystem for your plant. Natural fertilizer nourishes the soil organisms which would then contribute to a healthy plant.

If you would want to get a suitable flower for your garden, you should also consider the climate that you are in. A flower that would need less sunlight would not fit in to an environment that has direct sunlight to it. Some flowers would only grow on certain climates or temperatures. These things should also be considered so that you can choose the perfect flowers that would grow well in your garden. I myself would not plan on buying flowers that would look gorgeous but is not suitable to be grown on your garden. Neither would I buy a flower that requires a lot of work so that it could live if I am a beginner at gardening.

Try to research on the flowers before you actually buy them so that they could be put on your garden. You should know how much amount of sunlight that the flower is able to be exposed to, how you would tend to it, which flower that it would mix with and which flower it is not suitable to be grown with. All of this has to be taken to account so that the flowers would grow harmoniously in your garden and you would have an enjoyable time taking care of it.

You should also know how big that your flower should grow and what would be the height limit of the flower. A flower too big would not be suitable for your garden and neither would a small flower be. You should always know the “perfect” height for your flower. Do not worry if you make a few mistakes at the beginning. Soon, you will start to improve your gardening skills and would then have those “green thumbs” that everyone has been dying to have.