The University of Illinois Extension advises getting bare-root roses as close to planting time as you can.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

As Sylvie waited, she put her bare feet in the cold, fresh water of the stream.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

The University of Illinois Extension says cabbage is easily transplanted from bare-root plants or cell packs.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

They say the roots develop better. But Jeffrey Dinslage, president of Nature Hills Nursery in Omaha,Nebraska, points out that bare-root roses come without soil.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Mario Ritter has more. Bobby Bare,Senior was a friend of Shel Silverstein for many years.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

There are no gravestones or grand mausoleums - just a patch of bare grass surrounded by a simple wooden fence.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"A bare majority of Americans, American military commitment there is the right thing to do.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

"Well,what we found is a lot of ambivalence. A bare majority of Americans, about 52 percent, think that the U.S.military effort there is a good idea and should be there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Abshir Ahmed,52, has lived all his life along a stretch of the desert near the town of Docol, Scratching the bone-dry earth with his bare,calloused feet, Ahmed says the devastation that he and others are experiencing now is worse than anything they have ever been through before.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06