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13 Smart Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start a Garden

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | December 20th, 20091 comment

Before you buy the jean overalls and have a dump truck of manure dropped on your driveway, it's worth it to take a day or so to think about your gardening goals.

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Video: How to Start a Vegetable Garden: Selecting a Site

Vegetable Gardener, editor | October 20th, 20092 comments

So you're wondering how to start a vegetable or kitchen garden? Not to worry. This video series will get your first veggie venture off to a good start.

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When Blight Wipes Out Your Tomatoes, Eat Beans

Ruth Dobsevage, editor | August 19th, 2009

Like investors, gardeners should diversify their portfolios. So when the tomato "market" crashes, you will still have something fresh to eat.

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Planning Your First Vegetable Garden

Ruth Dobsevage, editor | March 5th, 20096 comments

Before you decide on what to grow, you need to make some decisions about your garden's location, size, and shape.

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Keep a Garden Journal

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | March 3rd, 2009

Recording your garden's rhythms and rhymes improves results and spurs creativity.

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How to Start a Kitchen Garden

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | February 25th, 2009

Lucy Apthorp Leske designs a vegetable garden for her sister and her family, and explains what we all need to consider before deciding to start a garden of our own including size, location, and cost.

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9 Reasons to Start a Vegetable Garden

Ruth Dobsevage, editor | February 21st, 20094 comments

Need convincing that growing your own vegetables is worth the time and effort? Read on.

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Yes, You Can Practice Crop Rotation

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | July 31st, 2008

Here is a simple approach to a complex concept. If you rotate crops according to their nutritional requirements, then you can add soil amendments in rotation, too.

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