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QUESTION: Calling all Compost Experts
2 commentsHey fellow gardeners! I am reading up on composting a lot lately, and have a couple of questions for those of you who are experts!
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Add Some Spice to Your Life
1 commentUntil you’ve experienced the pleasure of growing sweet red peppers and then grinding the dried pods into fresh paprika, you won’t know what you’ve been missing. One whiff of fresh paprika and you’ll never want to buy grocery store paprika again.
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All in the family
This article is about a Seed Savers publication, the Yearbook, that provides a place to exchange treasured family heirloom seeds.
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From Zero to Gourmet in 7 Days: Sprouts!
1 commentI recently purchased a Seed-Sprout growing kit, as a way to grow my own fresh healthy greens, and to give me a little gardening project during the cold winter wait...
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How to Improve Your Stock Options
3 commentsDiscover the hidden value of potato peels, carrot tops and other kitchen discards. Gain big dividend every time you cook up a batch of vegetable stock.
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Growing Beautiful Food
4 commentsThink of growing beautiful food as foreplay to dinner.
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Growing Avocados
If you just happen to live in zones 9-11, consider growing some delicious avocados (Persea americana). Not only are they tasty, but they offer nutritional value for your heart and eyes.
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Cheap and Easy Winter Greens
3 commentsGrowing your own garlic greens during the winter is an inexpensive way to feed two needs at once: a gardener’s need for growing and a cook’s need for something tasty.
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Heirloom seed popularity contest
Learn how we choose which seeds make it into our seed catalog - and find out what "old" seeds are "new" in the 2010 catalog.
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Southern Exposure Seed Exchange: Saving the Past for the Future
1 commentThe Southern Exposure Seed Exchange is another catalog I wait for with bated breath. Like many of the seed companies I adore, they specialize in open-pollinated (mostly heirloom) seeds.
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Determining Your Soil Type
Soil "type" is different than obtaining the specifics about minerals and nutrients found in individual soils through soil "testing". Soil type refers to the physical structure and texture of soil.
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Renee's Garden Offers Personal Touch
2 commentsRenee Shepherd, founder of Renee’s Garden, goes to extraordinary lengths to offer gardeners high-quality vegetable, flower and herb seeds. She selects easy-to-grow varieties, tests them in her own trial garden and writes detailed instructions for planting and growing.
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The Advantages of Growing Backyard Produce
The best reason to grow your own vegetables is because you can control what goes onto and into your food; plus produce doesn't get any fresher then traveling 24 feet from the garden to the kitchen.
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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Keeps On Growing
3 commentsIn 1998, long before the eat local movement took hold, Jere Gettle sent out his first Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog. Twelve years later his company continues the tradition of passing along old-fashioned seeds like generations of gardeners before him.
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Botanical Interests Grows Gardeners
Botanical Interests is a Colorado-based seed company whose beautifully illustrated seed packets contain much more than just seeds.
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Armchair Gardening Redux
I know paper catalogs don't sound very earth-friendly. But armchair gardening is an old school practice grounded in the tactile experience. Hey, I didn't make the rules.
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Save Recycled Containers For Starting Spring Seeds
3 commentsWe're going to focus on two things here. The first one is saving money on a required gardening practice - seed starting. The second one is ignoring the fact that we're heading straight for deep winter and instead, thinking about spring. We're going to deny that we have have months on end of cold weather and sleeping plants.
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Video: December Square Foot Gardening Tips
Watch Mel Bartholomew, inventor of Square Foot gardening, and Patti Moreno, the garden girl, giving gardening advice for December.
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Sprouts Make Windowsill Gardening Easy
1 commentHomegrown sprouts are perfect for windowsill gardening any time of the year. Just add water and watch them grow.
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Uses for Fallen Leaves in the Garden
Don't put your fallen leaves on the curb. Read my article and find 3 ways to use fallen leaves in your garden.
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Our contributing editors are accomplished gardeners, passionate about discovering and sharing new ideas and practical techniques.
Ruth Dobsevage
Specialty: Simple gardening
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Specialty: culinary herbalism
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Specialty: Sustainable living
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