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Video: Creating School Raised Bed Gardens

JMTaylor, member | August 25th, 20101 comment

Our Camarillo Community Gardens members, members of the Master Gardeners, school staff, parents and students came together to create a new batch of raised bed gardens at a local school. The response...

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Support Local Farmers by Joining a CSA

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | August 15th, 2010

Personally, I think this is the best thing to come along since Kleenex.

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Visiting Gardens in the Summertime

susan belsinger, contributor | July 29th, 20101 comment

It is summertime and the livin’ is easy—that is if you are at home in the a.c. with a long, tall cool drink of lemonade or iced tea. I have been out on the road, giving lectures and visiting public as well as private gardens. Fortunately, I am with like-minded people, those who like to garden and cook...

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Summer Musings

susan belsinger, contributor | July 20th, 2010

It is that laid-back lazy hazy days of summer time. It is almost too hot to go out to the garden during the day, so many gardeners get up early in order to get weeding, watering and garden chores done before the heat of the day arrives. If I have time, I often plan what to have for supper, harvest and cook it in the morning, so I don’t have to heat up the house later in the day.

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Catching Up and Thriving

susan belsinger, contributor | July 8th, 2010

About two weeks ago, I blogged about Herbal Blends and an upcoming event to be held at the USBG. At that time I promised you a recipe using an herbal blend. Since then I have been to Greece and back and am finally posting the recipe for you. I fully intended to post the recipe and write a bit about the USBG event, however the Greek gods intervened and we had no internet at the villa where the Holistic Herbal Mediterranean cooking class was held. I will report on the vegetative wonders on the isle of Syros next, however first I want to post the recipe for Cream Cheese with Herbes de Provence and Garlic and tell you about the awesome exhibit at our national botanic garden.

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QUESTION: Wild Grape Vines

1hotmama, member | June 14th, 20104 comments

Does anyone know a way to get rid of & totally kill wild grape vine? I cut them way back and used industrial-strength Roundup, but they are still sprouting new shoots.

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Releasing Ladybugs into the Garden

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | May 25th, 2010

The idea is too keep them in the fridge for a short amount of time, not banish them to Siberia.

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A Visit to the Green Farmacy Garden

susan belsinger, contributor | May 22nd, 2010

Dr. Jim Duke's Green Farmacy Garden is an outdoor learning classroom filled with herbs, flowers, vegetables--all of which help to keep us healthy.

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Writing from the Road, Spring 2010

susan belsinger, contributor | May 4th, 20101 comment

Once again, it is springtime for this roving gardener. I have been on the road teaching other folks about garden-related topics; which means that I haven’t had a lot of time at home working in my own garden (or writing for that matter). Click on the pix to enlarge them and read the photo captions.

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Nominate Your Favorite Garden Blog for "Mouse and Trowel Award!"

ShirleyBovshow, member | April 29th, 20102 comments

It's time to give honor to our favorite gardening blogs by nominating them for a "Mouse and Trowel" award! Do you love the fact that you can visit Vegetable Gardener anytime and leave a more educated...

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QUESTION: What Is This Plant?

LiamNessel, member | April 28th, 20106 comments

I dont know the name of this plant??? does anyone know???

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A vegetable garden a rabbit can love

jessicawabbit, member | April 1st, 20102 comments

Oh boy. Sites like this make me hopping mad. And people come here for gardening information? When it comes to gardening, there's a lot of silly, even dangerous, advice online. I'm here to set the record straight...

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QUESTION: Starting a veggie garden in zone 6

Jackie7246, member | March 23rd, 20102 comments

Hello all !! Just a couple of questions if you don't mind. I love to garden and last year my kids and I started our seeds indoors on my dinning room table. Well due to the scratches and...

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Spring Green

susan belsinger, contributor | March 19th, 2010

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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A Gopher in Your Garden

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 8th, 20107 comments

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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Blueberries as Edible Landscaping

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 4th, 20103 comments

I mean, there's like a kazillion ways to go with this gardening thing. So many plants; so little time and all that.

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An Indoor Herb Garden Tides Us Over Until Spring

susan belsinger, contributor | February 22nd, 20102 comments

Record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic this winter has kept us inside, so why not sow some seeds indoors?

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How Much Space Do You Need For a Vegetable Garden?

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | February 21st, 2010

Not much. One thing is for sure, you absolutely do not need what is referred to as "land" to plant a vegetable garden. Not even close.

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Video: Victory Garden (1942 edition)

Ruth Dobsevage, Web producer | February 21st, 20106 comments

Vintage footage alert: Watch the Holder family plant their quarter-acre Victory Garden in Maryland and find out what a Victory Garden meant in 1942.

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What is a Food Desert?

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | February 14th, 20102 comments

It may have never have crossed your mind that some cities don't have grocery stores. They have "convenience stores" - and that's not the same thing at all.

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