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Hail to the Peas
You don't need to have a large south lawn or live in a White House to grow a spring vegetable garden. All you need is this list of vegetables, herbs and flowers to plant a presidential garden.
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DIY Plant Spacer
1 commentHere's a simple and effective tool to space your transplants evenly in your raised bed
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Dye Easter Eggs in Nature's Hues
5 commentsThis year, color your Easter eggs with dyes derived from garden vegetables, berries, coffee, tea, or spices. Learn the method, and get a recipe for a basic egg dye and an onion skin dye.
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The Roots of Square Foot Gardening
2 commentsWaffle gardens were the original square foot kitchen gardens used by Native Americans for dryland farming because they helped conserve precious resources. You can take a step back in time and try this ancient planting method.
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QUESTION: Starting a veggie garden in zone 6
2 commentsHello 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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Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden Bed
12 commentsFour hay bales and some compost are all you need to set up this nifty biodegradable garden bed. Amy Stewart shows you how.
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Protecting Your Investment
4 commentsAs green thumbs, we need to exercise every method available to protect our plants. Here are some options that really worked.
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QUESTION: How to keep cats out of raised bed garden
9 commentsHi all, Husband and I just built us a beautiful 4 x 8 raised bed garden from an idea out of this site. My concern now is the 3 cats that my neighbor has. They roam all about in my yard...
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Grow a Spring Centerpiece
Growing a spring centerpiece from carrot tops is a fun way to recycle kitchen discards and get kids interested in the science of growing plants.
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DIY A-Frame Veggie Trellis
7 commentsHere's an a-frame trellis design your climbing veggies will love you for.
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Garden Supplies On The Cheap: Thrift & Dollar Store Edition
3 commentsHere's a cool list of garden goodies you can score at your local dollar or thrift store.
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QUESTION: Will double digging attract more worms?
1 commentIf I double dig my garden and add vegetable scraps at the lowest level, would I be able to attract more worms into my garden?
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Find the Sunniest Spot for Your Plot
1 commentMost gardening experts say a productive vegetable garden needs about 8-10 hours of sun each day. Here’s an easy paper-and pencil method to find the sunniest spot in your yard.
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Bring on the Bokashi!! Part One
This method of intensive composting has advantages over traditional composting.
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Video: Aquaponics
3 commentsYes, you can grow vegetables in water. In aquaponics, the plants are fertilized by fish. Rob Torcellini's greenhouse, assembled from a kit, is home to fish and plants in an interconnected system cobbled together from pipes, pumps, and tanks. Take a video tour, and learn more about aquaponics.
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Video: How to Transplant Seedlings
3 commentsThis video will show you how to transplant your young seedlings to the garden or larger containers. "Handel" with care, for best results.
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Canned Vegetable Seeds a Thrifty Idea
1 commentOne-gallon cans of jumbo-sized packets of garden seeds can be a thrifty alternative for home gardeners who plant large gardens. Each large can contains 16 different veggie favorites and gives new meaning to “canned vegetables.”
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How to Grow Cilantro and Coriander
6 commentsCilantro (Chinese parsley) may resemble its namesake, but it's not the wall flower that parsley is in the garden.
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Veggie Pizza is Super for any Party
The party menu for the Big Game isn’t limited to burgers, brats and hot wings. A hearty veggie pizza is a super healthy alternative.
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