Survival Gardening for Pandemics

The Hard Facts About Organic Fertilizers

Gardening is a fun and practical pastime. You can work out your stress by working the soil, teach your kids valuable skills and lessons, and, best of all, grow much or even all of your [ … ]

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Planning Your Garden In Six Easy Steps

Now is the right time to start planning your vegetable garden. Winter is still here, but spring is peeking its head around the corner. If you have yet to start a vegetable garden, it’s time [ … ]

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Get a Head Start On Your Garden: Sprout Seeds Indoors

If you’re like most people who live in a place that has winter, you are probably itching to get outside.

Cabin fever tends to set in by January, although for the tougher amongst us, maybe not until February. While you can certainly spend time outdoors in the winter, the cold temperatures, gray skies, and lack of green can leave you feeling glum and even depressed. One way to beat the winter blues is by working on your garden. [ … ]

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Win the Garden Game with Four Quarters

The first phase of the American professional football playoffs are now history. Four games in two days have narrowed the potential championship contenders down to eight teams. After next weekend’s games, only four teams will [ … ]

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Growing Glorious Grapes

Vineyards may be the oldest organized gardens. After Noah’s flood, the first thing he grew was a vineyard. People have been following his example for thousands of years. Grapes, called the “queen of the fruits,” [ … ]

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The Kitchen Herb Garden

Start building your herb beds with whatever bed style that you like best. Clear the bed of any weeds and debris that may have accumulated over the winter. With your hand cultivator – claw – [ … ]

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Off the Grid: Drip Irrigation

by Chantal DeYoe A drip irrigation system can be as simple or as involved as you’d like it to be. Regardless of the complexity, just about any source of water will suffice:  the outdoor spigot, [ … ]

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Organic Container Gardening

Apartment dwellers and those with limited space for growing a garden should think container gardening! Any area that gets six or more hours of sunlight daily can be used for your gardens. Windowsills, balconies, a [ … ]