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Still hibernating!

Potager, member | February 14th, 2010

Valentine's Day today and still frightfully cold

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Bucket O' Squash

nancynursez637, member | February 3rd, 20101 comment

With just a few extra plants, I was able to share over 1300# of vegetables through out the summer. In winter, I found I had too much squash and potatoes in storage so sent in a couple more...

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Onion, Artichoke, & various other vegetables

beginnergardner, member | January 19th, 20101 comment

I picked some green onion from my garden. I'm so excited. I made a cucumber, tomato, and green onion salad. I will post recipe. It's easy and healthy.

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Wishing Well with broccolli and cabbage plants

beginnergardner, member | January 19th, 20101 comment

I started my garden with the focal point a wishing well. The garden is still in progress. Will post more pictures as it grows. We had a major storm last few days so it's been quite challenging...

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Help in the garden

nancynursez637, member | January 8th, 20102 comments

Ace is a humane society dog who was very young but in terrible shape when brought in. At first he ran any chance he had to escape. Would cower, act afraid. Now he reigns supreme...

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Pictures From Around My 2009 Vegetable Garden

Tee_Riddle, member | January 2nd, 2010

Here are a few pictures from around my vegetable garden. Most of these pictures were taken around the middle of August, 2009. I made some mistakes, learned a lot, and fought off a bunch of critters...

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There is Snow in our Garden

GreenGables, member | December 29th, 20091 comment

The garden -in winter- sits there staring back at you. A stark, blank canvas waiting for your " seed dreams" to take hold - whenever the snows decide to stop falling. The magic of potential...

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"Okra out of control"

edengardener, member | November 5th, 20091 comment

Must be my homemade soil, this years's okra crop was "fierce", the plants were 10ft. tall and I've never seen okras that big. I am from South America and the okras there are 4 to 5 inches long. What...

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Pumpkins as a marketing tool? Why not?

JadaE, member | October 30th, 2009

My family loves carving and decorating jack o' lanterns! We buy the small pie pumpkins to paint, and the larger pumpkins to carve. This year, my favorite hamburger place...

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Indoor Basement Garden

lettucegrow, member | October 29th, 2009

If you have just a little room and a little extra cash, I say why not grow a little fresh food inside? It lights up your day and keeps your mental health in top form. Plus, I love to eat fresh mators...

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My Fall Herb Garden

JadaE, member | October 29th, 20091 comment

I've been experimenting with bringing some of my favorite herbs inside for the winter! I just hate the thought of not having access to my favorite herbs at a moment's notice, and have you...

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Fire Escape Garden

CanarsieBK, member | October 27th, 20093 comments

I'm doing urban gardening on my fire escape in New York City. I built self watering containers and hanging planters using recycled materials.

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Urban Garden Photo Favorites Part 2

TheGardenGirl, | October 25th, 2009

Check out part 2 of my pics of my garden this year. Despite the tomato blight it was a great year.

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Attack of the Killer Pumpkins

frontporchfarmer, member | October 20th, 20091 comment

When I began vegetable gardening in earnest eight years ago, I was not aware of the dangers lurking in my garden plot. I am not talking about chemicals, fertilizers, or animals of the creepy...

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Urban Garden Photo Favorites Part 1

TheGardenGirl, | October 18th, 2009

View my favorite urban farm photos of the vegetable gardening season.

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Soil in the Southwest

AlyBlu, member | October 17th, 20091 comment

I never thought I would find soil interesting, nor did I think that I would be down on my hands and knees making sure that the soil felt soft and lite, much less smelled rich - I mean its...

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SunFlowers and veggies

photohound, member | October 8th, 20091 comment

A bit of my gardening

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My very first real garden!!!

hootkitty, member | September 30th, 20091 comment

This is my very first real garden - I am very proud of it - very rewarding and relaxing - I know there are a lot of things I will do different next year like not overcrowding everything - and taking...

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Chicago City Vegetable Garden

Danielle Sherry, contributor | September 8th, 2009

This inner city vegetable garden is located right in the middle of downtown Chicago. It's not often that skyscrapers are in the same picture as corn.

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Beginners Compost

GmaSandi, member | September 3rd, 20093 comments

I've been reading about composting and trying it out. The first try went gross and slimy with too much, not mixed in well, chopped fruit peelings. Try two, in this barrel, seems to be...

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"Radiator Charlie" the Clear Winner!

KarenBudnick, member | September 1st, 20091 comment

"Radiator Charlie" lived up to its "Mortgage Lifter" nickname. Although a tomato crop won't be paying off my mortgage any time soon, its claim to being large and tasty proved...

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Tomato hornworm with braconid wasp larvae

Kate Frank, editor | August 21st, 2009

Here's a photo I took of a tomato hornworm acting as a host for braconid wasp larvae. Fun running into this guy first thing in the morning, without even a cup of coffee!

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Eggplant Topiary Revisited

KarenBudnick, member | August 10th, 20094 comments

You really can grow eggplants in containers.

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Maintaining My Square Foot Garden

TheGardenGirl, | July 30th, 2009

Here are some photos of what I've been working on out in the garden.

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Organic Pumpkin Fertilizer and Photos From My Garden

grayboat, member | July 26th, 2009

Here are a couple photos of our garden, but I actually have a question about the Organic Pumpkin Fertilizer featured in Fine Gardening's Grow Volume 2

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2009 Kitchen Garden

MacChick, member | July 26th, 2009

This the the first year for my new kitchen garden. I broke down and bought a Mantis tiller and the hubby helped me break up the sod, add compost and fertilizer, build the fence and door. My kids...

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Northeast Tomato Plants Struck by Blight and More

Anatole Burkin, digital director | July 24th, 20098 comments

Late blight and other diseases have struck tomato plants throughout the Northeast. Find out what to do if your plants fall victim.

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Veggies in July

Matt Berger, executive producer | July 22nd, 20091 comment

It's nearly the end of July and the vegetable garden is only just starting to bear fruit.

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Fruit

Coolmom5, member | July 20th, 20091 comment

This is the fruit I grow on my nearly one acre lot. There is always alot of work to do and one can nearly never keep up with the weeding. Rhubarb was just picked when I took this...

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Green Beans

Coolmom5, member | July 20th, 20091 comment

This is the second picking from my green bean planting for 2009. I first picked July 4th, about 2 1/2 gallon ice cream buckets. This took hours to pick and snap. Out of these 9...

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