Growing Cucumbers
Ask anyone what vegetable is most often planted in their garden and the answer will probably come back, “tomatoes”. That
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Gardening for Beginners
Notes for the Novice Gardener
The three basic topics essential for all gardeners to understand − watering, fertilizing and weeding − are often taken for
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Growing Herbs for the Kitchen Window
By Dave Hanson Few plants yield such a wellspring of delight as kitchen herbs. Herbs are purposeful, charming, full of
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Planting Herbs from Seeds
Gardening with kids: Starting herbs for spring By Tania Moffat During the frozen winter months my hands just itch to
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Growing Seeds Indoors
Nothing serves as a rite of passage for novice gardener more than the impassioned, ever-hopeful activity of growing tiny seeds
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Getting Started in the Garden
Planting early – the radical gardener’s guide to getting started in the garden Forget the good advice you were raised
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How Early to Start Planting?
How Early is too Early? It is officially Spring! There is a special feeling of excited anticipation as the mush
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The Happy Heuchera
This time of the year can be a bit dreary with all the garden chores either ending or hidden by
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Putting the Garden to Bed
Saying good night to the garden By Dorothy Dobbie We always speak of “putting the garden to bed” as though
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Help for Summer-Stressed Plants
Plant Strengtheners: Help for summer stressed plants Don’t let summer stressors ruin your landscape’s good looks. Instead give your plants’
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