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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Productive & Easy Container Gardening
Some of us are restricted entirely to small spaces, and some of us have either clay, rock, or sandy soils that are easier
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10 Cool Season Plants You Can Grow Today!
Even though the days are still cool, there are some seeds you can start today. Here are some cool-season vegetables and growing tricks
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Raised Beds – Pro-Con Fact -check
Before we get started, I want to say that I’m a huge fan of permanent and raised beds. They don’t need any exaggerations
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3 Beginner Sustainability Changes To Set You Up For Success
Making changes to the way we’ve always done things is often difficult for most people. We get in ruts and comfort zones, and
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How To Grow Strawberries
The flavour of warm, sun-ripened strawberries picked fresh from your own garden is something to savour. These delicious and aromatic fruits are the
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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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How to grow herbs
Growing your own herbs is an easy and rewarding project . Herbs are easy to grow in beds, borders, containers, or on windowsills.
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How to grow potatoes in bags
Planting potatoes in bags is the perfect way to grow spuds in small gardens, and on patios and balconies. Potatoes grown this way
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4 Sustainable Practices That Will Make Big Changes!
Whether we are climate change activists or skeptics, we can all agree that we should all be doing our part to leave our
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Top 10 crops for pots
Growing your favourite crops in pots can turn even the smallest of spaces into a home allotment. Container gardening offers a world of
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5 Incredible Ways You Can Use Hemp
If there is such a thing as a wonder plant, hemp is it. Let’s take a look at a few ways you can
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How to Build a Simple Hoop House
The easiest way to protect your plants for the winter is to put them in a row, say 6 or 7 pots wide.
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The 10 best egg-laying chickens for a prepper’s homestead
Keeping egg-laying chickens offers several benefits. They supply fresh eggs daily, eat insect pests, and make for a steady source of income by selling
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Tree Pruning Tips
There are two kinds of winter gardening. The first method usually starts in January as the gardening catalogs begin to arrive in the
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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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Composting the Easy Way
Having an ample supply of good rich compost is the gardeners dream. It has many uses, and all of those uses will result
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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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Tips for Preparing a Planting Bed
If you are preparing beds for landscaping around your house this article should simplify the process for you. I say that because of
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Top 10 Vegetables to Grow Over Winter
Don’t let your vegetable plot stand empty and neglected over winter. There are plenty of winter vegetables to grow throughout the coldest months.
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