1.   Bess Barlau of Odessa, Texas, and Lynn Smith of Midland, Texas, were two master gardeners out looking for ideas.

2.   Both Miles and Patsy are master gardeners.

3.   Brenda Killough, a master gardener who started using the Internet for information she could not find in books, graduated to selling seeds.

4.   For example, Virginia Link, a retired dietitian, is becoming a master gardener at the Mercer County, N.J., Cooperative Extension Program.

5.   He had worked in the booth at a sweet-onion festival one year with other master gardeners, who answered plant and bug questions from the public.

6.   In Boulder County, master gardeners manage a county jail garden where inmates grow their own produce.

7.   Master gardeners planted chilled and unchilled bulbs.

8.   Master gardeners say those plant stresses have told many floral systems to start reproducing before they die out.

9.   My friend Robbie Richter, who recently got her spurs as a master gardener, dropped by to see if I wanted some help.

10.   Sometimes, master gardeners may request a sample of damaged or diseased plant material to help diagnose problems.