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69Rototillers Dig Your Garden
When it is time to start a new garden bed I usually recommend using the no-till method. However, there are situations when this may not be possible or desirable and you need to turn over the soil. A...
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71Bob's Plant Selection Guide
There are six words that will help you create a garden that thrives. The words are right plant, right place, and right time. Right Time: It can be very tempting to rush out into the garden and start...
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75Design a Bird Garden
Attracting birds to your back or front yard can be as simple as putting in a bird feeder; or you could add a bird house or two and a bath. As long as you are prepared to change the water in the bath and keep...
10 comments69Arugula, The Nutty Salad Green
I first tasted arugula and knew what I was eating about 12 years ago. A few days prior to this most-welcomed discovery, I was at a meeting of a local food action group. These meetings often started with a...
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76Bob's Home Vegetable Garden Guide
If you want it and are willing to devote a little bit of time on a regular basis you too can have your own home vegetable garden. Fresh food tastes best and the freshest food is food you grow yourself at home...
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81The Home Vegetable Garden: Getting Started
This will be your first garden, your first attempt at growing some of your own food. Now do not freak yourself out. It is not as hard as you think and, perhaps most importantly, do not worry about making...
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61Five Garden Books that Have Inspired Me
I love to read and I love to grow things and of course I also love to read about growing things. My personal gardening library is continually expanding. I visit book sales and second hand book stores on a...
6 comments64Organic Gardening: The Soil Food Health Connection
There is a direct connection between the health of the plant and the health of the soil that the plants are growing in. Plants send their roots down into the soil to extract the nutrients that the plant...
12 comments69Salad Burnet: a Hardy Herb
Living in a cold climate, that has a growing season, that is only 90 days long; I am always on the lookout for plants that appreciate the climate. Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor) is one that does. Salad...
13 comments78Organic Home Vegetable Garden: Five Top Crops
Organic is the only way to garden. It does not matter whether you grow flowers, herbs or vegetables what does matter is how you grow what you grow. What does make a difference is why you garden. If you...
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