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Message: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Dirt Du Jour: {title}</title> </head> <body link="#4fa18b" text="#495234" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0; line-height: 20px;"> <table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/email_hdr.jpg" alt="Dirt Du Jour" width="600" height="114" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table style="padding-bottom: 40px;" width="600" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td rowspan="4" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/hdr_daily_dirt.jpg" alt="Daily Dirt" width="219" height="51" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-top: 3px;"> <p> thought you might like this little ditty from Dirt du jour</p> <img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/uploads/gloves2.jpg" alt="Epsom salts, Southern California gardening source, garden blog, California garden, garden California, garden ca, California plant and flower, garden newsletter, planting garden, plants, California landscape, patio gardens, garden tools, garden design, Cindy McNatt " style="float: left; padding: 4px; margin: 0 15px 10px 0; border: 1px solid #99af78;" /> <span style="color: #684903; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">March 5, 2009</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 18px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/item/save_a_soak_for_yourself/" style="color: #4fa18b;">Save a soak for yourself</a></span><br /> <p>Lots of us know that a drench of Epsom salts (a quarter cup to 2 gallons of water) does wonders for our plants. But why does a soak in Epsom salts make <i>us</i> feel good? Specially after a long day of digging in the dirt?</p> <p>Epsom salt is not salt, but crystallized magnesium sulfate. According to the <a href="http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/health_benefits.htm" title="Epsom Salt Industry Council">Epsom Salt Industry Council</a>, we are lacking this mineral in our diet. And if we take calcium supplements, we deplete our bodies further.</p> <p>While magnesium sulfate is difficult to digest, <a href="http://www.biosciences.bham.ac.uk/research/research.htm" title="The School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham">The School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham</a> says it is readily absorbed through the skin. A 15-minute soak in Epsom salts provides this mineral our bodies need. Not to worry: People have been soaking in Epsom salts since Shakespeare’s day in Epsom, England.</p> <p><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/uploads/smallleaf2.jpg" style="border: 0;" alt="image" width="26" height="30" /></p><h3>Something to do Saturday</h3> <p><a href="http://arboretum.bio.uci.edu/calendar.cfm" title="South African Winter Bulb Sale - UC Irvine Arboretum">South African Winter Bulb Sale - UC Irvine Arboretum</a><br /> <a href="http://www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org/3montheventcalendar.html" title="Cactus and Succulent Sale - Palos Verdes">Cactus and Succulent Sale - Palos Verdes</a><br /> <a href="http://www.davewilson.com/calendar_07.html" title="Antioxidants From Your Garden - Riverside">Antioxidants From Your Garden - Riverside</a><br /> <a href="http://horticulture.fullcoll.edu/TomatoListMain.shtml" title="Fullerton College Tomato Sale ">Fullerton College Tomato Sale </a></p> <p><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/uploads/smallleaf2.jpg" style="border: 0;" alt="image" width="26" height="30" /></p><h3>Weekend Web Browsing</h3><p> </p> <p>Landscape designer, blogger and photographer at <a href="http://deviantdeziner.blogspot.com/" title="Garden Porn">Garden Porn</a> posts about maintaining your green during tough economic times. OK, so the post is mostly about her really luscious photography. </p> <p>Garden writer Joe Lamp’l blogs at <a href="http://joegardener.typepad.com/dailycompost/2009/02/the-five-biggest-mistakes-we-make-in-our-gardens-landscapes.html" title="Compost Confidential">Compost Confidential</a> about the 5 biggest mistakes we make in our gardens. </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/coupon_spot.jpg" alt="Visit dirtdujour.com" width="225" height="147" border="0" /></a></td> <td style="padding-left: 15px;"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/email_sponsored.jpg" alt="Sponsored" width="219" height="58" /> <h3>Digging for weekly deals:</h3> <p>Just what we need at this time of year: a rubber boot tray 40% off at Ballard Designs. 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