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88Portable Garden Cloche
While glass cloches are a charming addition to any garden there are other, less expensive ways to accomplish the same thing. Empty gallon milk cartons, two liter soda bottles, and even chipped Mason jars can find a second life as a garden cloche.
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93Best Methods for Growing Container Strawberry Plants in the South
Growing Container Strawberries in Southern Climates -- America's favorite berry fruit, the strawberry, is one of the easiest container garden plants to grow in southern states. Even novice gardeners can expect...
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83What To Plant: Plan Your Early Spring Garden
December is the time to begin planning for the early spring garden. There are many cold hardy vegetables that you can plant now for early harvest if you live in a temperate planting zone.
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83How To Get Your Fruit Trees To Produce Edible Fruit - Without Harsh Chemicals
Well, maybe not apples and oranges, but apple and orange trees, or any other fruit producing tree for that matter. Viirtually a fruit tree is much like any tree, which are plants. All plants have certain...
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83Clear Poly Film Extends Gardening Season
Cold weather gardening presents the gardener with extreme conditions that have both benefits and challenges. The long cold months help keep the pest population under control, for example. On...
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82Heirloom Potatoes in the Fall Garden
Heirloom potatoes are the old fashioned potatoes that gardeners have been growing for years. While commercial growers stick with one type, small gardeners can plants many varieties of heirloom potatoes and experience many different varieties.
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83Attracting Beneficial Insects To Your Garden
If you are making the switch to organic gardening, you may be concerned about losing plants to insect pests. In the short run, this is likely to occur. However, established organic gardens typically lose...
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79How-to Grow Heirloom Tomatoes from Seed
Heirloom tomatoes are an easy to grow, flavorful vegetable to have in the home garden. Gourmet stores and restaurants hae rediscovered the value of heirloom tomatoes and they can be a way for the homesteader to make a little extra money.
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81Growing 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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81Growing and Using Mint
We recently moved to a new house. I was wandering around the backyard the other day, just looking and taking a little inventory, when I realized that right under the huge, old maple that sits almost...
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