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Mini-hoop House

Ellen_Kay, member | March 18th, 20104 comments

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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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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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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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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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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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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Summer Squash Bonanza

Gardenerd, member | June 15th, 20091 comment

I admit it, I went a little crazy. I was determined to have a successful squash crop in the wake of last year's squash catastrophe. So I planned for extra, you might say. This...

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Drip Irrigation

TheGardenGirl, | June 4th, 2009

As my gardens grew, so did my time commitment to watering! This year I installed an automated drip irrigation system for under $300 bucks!

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Growing Potatoes in a Laundry Basket

alouagie, member | June 2nd, 20099 comments

I bought the laundry baskets at a local dollar store (I have 2 baskets). I filled the baskets with about 2" of soil & compost, then put a seed potato into each basket (each potato was cut...

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May Garden Photos

TheGardenGirl, | May 14th, 2009

My New England Spring. May is a great time to be a gardener, everything is so fresh and new. I took out the camera a made a little photo essay of life on my farmette.

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Planting Tomatoes in Beaverton, OR

gordnan, member | May 7th, 2009

We planted our tomatoes (19 varieties) in a 4' x 24' raised garden bed enclosed in a hoop house. Spring can be cool in Oregon so we wanted a warm spot for the tomatoes. We added worm...

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Video: The Easy Indoor Worm Bin

TheGardenGirl, | March 29th, 2009

Here is more on how to make a simple inexpensive worm bin. Vermiculture projects are so fun and easy and put composting on overdrive. Apartment dwellers and small-space gardeners rejoice and stay organic.

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Soil Bag Planting

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 14th, 20096 comments

This is the fastest planting method in town.

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The First Day of Spring, 2004

Ruth Dobsevage, editor | March 6th, 20096 comments

Five years ago, I was shoveling off the walkway for the umpteenth time that winter. On the first day of spring, no less. So instead of feeling sorry for myself, I decided to throw together a snowman...

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