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Gifts from the Kitchen--Homemade Red Wine Vinegar
Want to impress the foodie on your gift list this year? A bottle of homemade red wine vinegar is sure to please the pickiest palate.
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Starting a Garden - Step 1
4 commentsI am currently converting a section of my back yard to a new garden area. This is a great time to go through the steps I have taken to realize a new garden - from planning to preparation to execution.
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QUESTION: Keeping Groundhogs Out of Raised Beds
Groundhogs (aka woodchucks) dug under the gate and wiped out my cabbages. What can I do?
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Video: November Square Foot Gardening Tips
Mel Bartholemew and I discuss different ways to extend your gardening season.
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Build a Support System for Your Strawberry Netting
A few lengths of copper pipe, some fittings, and a little work keep varmints off the berries and the netting off the plants.
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Video: The Indoor Vegetable Garden, Part 5
This is the final video in the Indoor Vegetable Garden Series. Don't miss it.
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Video: The Indoor Vegetable Garden, Part 4
In Part 4 of The Indoor Vegetable Gardening series, I start seeds in recycled containers.
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The Indoor Vegetable Garden, Part 3
In Part 3 of my Indoor Vegetable Gardening Series, I expand my growing space. Check out how I maximize my indoor growing space.
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All seeds are treated equally, even biennials
Tips and challenges for saving seed from biennial plants in a cool climate. After all, every seed deserves to be saved!
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Portable greenhouse saved my veggies from critters and frost
2 commentsI've had a heck of a time trying to grow vegetables in my Connecticut country home. Because I live in a wooded area, I don't get a lot of light and my lot stays cooler than if I had a wide open...
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Video: The Indoor Vegetable Garden, Part 2
1 commentIn the second installment of my Indoor Vegetable Gardening Series I plant the seeds! Watch to see the different vegetables I am starting.
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Celebrate All Hallow's Eve!
2 commentsIt's not too late to carve a Jack O' Lantern! See the detailed directions below—let your mood lead you to a grimacing pumpkin, a wicked witch—or even a tree of life.
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Video: The Indoor Vegetable Garden, Part 1
In the first installment of my five-part Indoor Garden Video Series, I build an inexpensive plant stand for my sun porch.
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Saving Squash Seed
1 commentPeople have saved squash seeds for hundreds of years. Read about one technique we use to process squash seeds at Seed Savers Exchange and different methods that have been used throughout history.
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Video: How to Make a Moisturizing Herbal Balm
3 commentsHere's how to make an herbal moisturizing lip or hand balm using dried herbs from your garden.
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Saving Titan sunflower seeds
A Baseball players guide to eating and saving sunflower seeds.
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QUESTION for Patti Moreno (and other rabbit owners!)
4 commentsHow much work is involved in raising a rabbit?
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Crabapple Pie is a Labor of Love
This year, the crabapples did not go to waste, thanks to an old Yankee Cookbook recipe.
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Saving Heirloom Tomato Seeds
3 commentsLearn how easy it is to eat your tomatoes and save them too!
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Leaf Mold as a Soil Conditioner
1 commentLeaf mold by itself is pretty close to pure humus and like compost, smells like the forest floor. Probably because it is the forest floor.
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All-Purpose Fertilizer, 1 Lb. Shaker Can
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12" In-Line Connectors, Set of 2
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Root Shield, 4 Oz.
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Our contributing editors are accomplished gardeners, passionate about discovering and sharing new ideas and practical techniques.
Matt Berger
Specialty: first time gardener
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Patti Moreno
Specialty: Sustainable living
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Kate Frank
Specialty: herbs, meatless meals
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