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Spring Green

Spring is in the air! It is time to start foraging for new plant growth and harbingers of spring in our gardens—celebrating green.

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Plant a Spring Container Garden

Plant a Spring Container Garden

If you’re itching to start your spring planting, but the garden soil is still too wet to work, a spring container garden may be the perfect solution.

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Mini-hoop House

Mini-hoop House

This is a picture of the mini-hoop house I built myself. I am not very handy with tools, but set my mind to it. The box is 12 ft. x 4 ft. x 12 innbspMy...

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Homegrown/Homemade: Peas

Homegrown/Homemade: Peas

Welcome to the first episode of Homegrown/Homemade. We'll be following a gardener and a cook as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare garden vegetables. Peas are planted early in the season, so we're beginning with peas.

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Tomato Musings

Tomato Musings

Tomatoes are truly the headliners of the show in my Victory Garden.

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QUESTION: Planting peas & tomatoes

QUESTION: Planting peas & tomatoes

I had a terrible yied on my pea crop last year.  I am in zone 6 and started my peas indoors and transferred them outdoors.  They did very poorly.  Can you offer any...

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Chives Are a Must-Have in the Kitchen Garden

Chives Are a Must-Have in the Kitchen Garden

I'm always looking for more ways to seduce the good guys to my garden.

posted in: Grow, Go Organic
QUESTION: When is it too early to start...

QUESTION: When is it too early to start...

I am in a zone 6 area (just moved here, havent had a full season yet)...I am very eager to start a vegetable garden, I have started a lot of seeds and they are all doing well indoors on a windowsill...

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Grow a Spring Centerpiece

Grow a Spring Centerpiece

Growing a spring centerpiece from carrot tops is a fun way to recycle kitchen discards and get kids interested in the science of growing plants.

posted in: Grow, Projects, In the Kitchen
DIY A-Frame Veggie Trellis

DIY A-Frame Veggie Trellis

Here's an a-frame trellis design your climbing veggies will love you for.

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Vegetables with Fun Names for Childrens' Gardens

Vegetables with Fun Names for Childrens' Gardens

Let your kids plant Green Zebras, or Dragon's Tongues, or Painted Ponies.

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Garden Supplies On The Cheap: Thrift & Dollar Store Edition

Garden Supplies On The Cheap: Thrift & Dollar Store Edition

Here's a cool list of garden goodies you can score at your local dollar or thrift store.

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A Gopher in Your Garden

A Gopher in Your Garden

After watching these gardeners try every back-breaking, mind-numbing thing they could think of to protect their own, I've decided to throw in the towel before I ever break a sweat.

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QUESTION: Will double digging attract more worms?

QUESTION: Will double digging attract more worms?

If I double dig my garden and add vegetable scraps at the lowest level, would I be able to attract more worms into my garden?

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