Essentials for Indoor Seed Starting
Even if you don’t have access to a greenhouse, you can create conditions that will allow seedlings to thrive. Tops on the list
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Gardening Keeps You Healthy
Thomas Jefferson famously wrote to Charles Willson Peale in 1811 at age 68, “But though an old man, I am but a young
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Success with Summer Squash
With summer squash there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is: The plants are rarely bothered by critters such as
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Growing Great Sweet Peppers
Yes you can grow great sweet peppers! The big blocky bell peppers you find in supermarkets need a long warm (but not scorching)
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Growing Eggplants Successfully
Eggplants come in all shapes and sizes, from mammoth 3-pounders to long, slender Asian types, to baby patio varieties. Which type is best
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GET MORE FROM YOUR VEGGIE GARDEN THIS YEAR
When spring finally arrives, it’s always exciting to get those first seeds safely tucked into the ground. But don’t put away your gardening
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Kale!
The virtues of kale have been extolled for so long that we almost feel guilty for not eating it. And it is one
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Growing Vegetables in Containers
If you don’t have room for a garden, or only want to grow a few vegetables, planting in containers is the best way
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6 Very Beneficial Insects: To Know Them Is To Love Them!
Speaking strictly from a gardener’s perspective …There are good bugs and there are bad bugs. And the more you have of the former,
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Want Safe Food? Grow Your Own
Between 1990 and 2009, there were 363 outbreaks of food-borne illness linked to various leafy greens, including iceberg lettuce, romaine, and spinach, causing
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Making a Raised Bed Garden
Soil in a raised bed can drain sooner and warm up faster in spring, enabling you to plant earlier in the season. You
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Five Good Reasons to Grow Your Garden from Seed
You’ll Have Many More Choices Heirloom flowers such as Sweet William, Love-in-a-Mist, and Love-Lies-Bleeding offer romance, drama, and fragrance to the garden, and
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Growing Tomatoes in Containers
In a recent gardeners’ survey the tomato took first place in the homegrown vegetable popularity contest. And … no surprise … it wasn’t
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