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89Growing Strawberries
Strawberrries are a perenniel herb that can be grown in most areas of the United States,as well as Canada. Certain varieties can even be grown in Alaska. They grow best in a cool, moist climate...
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81Square Foot Gardening - Growing Your Own Vegetables
We have had a garden every year since we were married. It wasn't until last year though that we had a very productive garden. Last spring we built raised beds and tried our hand at Square Foot Gardening, a...
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71Gardening - How to Plant Potatoes
It is almost Spring, which means it is time to think about gardening. Potatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to plant yourself. They require little work, are easy to dig up, taste wonderful, and if you...
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70How to survive the Economic Recession
I keep reading about “green shoots of recovery,” and “housing bottoming out,” and “banks repaying taxpayer money,” but let’s face it – these statements are so far removed from the truth there...
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71Make a garden on your balcony
Make your own vegetable garden on your balcony. This article shares some insight about urban gardening, and how you could create a small container garden within a limited space.
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64Growing your own food is healthy, cheap, and fun!
There are several saying that come to mind when I think about the trend of growing our own food. One is “deja vu”. Have we been there before? Another is “What goes around, comes around.” Years ago,...
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62Marye Audet:Sustainable Gardening Hubs
With some planning and some instruction you can preserve the food that you grow so it will last until the next growing season. Here are hubs on a variety of gardening topics, to help you in your quest for self sufficiency.
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60Grow Your Own Foods
For many of us, the recession has prompted the review of our family budgets. And in some ways maybe this isn't such a bad thing! I know that for many people, the opportunity to grow your own food may not have...
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58How to be a Locavore:The 100 Mile Diet
Food, the way that it is done now, has a huge carbon footprint. It is transported for thousands of miles using fossil fuels. Even if you have a dairy a mile away from your home the milk you drink likely travels several hundred miles at the very least before it gets to your table.
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57How to save all your Fresh Grown Zucchini
It is not actually overloaded yet, but on a daily basis now I go out to my little patch of earth to see what else is happening out there ---- as if a fairy waved a magic wand or they were vegetable rabbits or...
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