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Keeping Critters Out of Your Garden
A vegetable garden without a barrier is an open invitation to your local wildlife to come in and enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet. Some creatures may even be bold enough to...
Keeping Critters Out of Your Garden
A vegetable garden without a barrier is an open invitation to your local wildlife to come in and enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet. Some creatures may even be bold enough to...

Top 4 Reasons to Grow Your Own Food
Sure, it is easier to get your veggies from the grocery store or farmer's market, but there are compelling reasons to grow your own. Here are four of them: #1...
Top 4 Reasons to Grow Your Own Food
Sure, it is easier to get your veggies from the grocery store or farmer's market, but there are compelling reasons to grow your own. Here are four of them: #1...

Hate to Thin Your Seedlings? Do This Instead.
Thinning seedlings can be very traumatic. Many people end up leaving too many seedlings in because they don’t want to kill any of the little sprouts they just coaxed out of the...
Hate to Thin Your Seedlings? Do This Instead.
Thinning seedlings can be very traumatic. Many people end up leaving too many seedlings in because they don’t want to kill any of the little sprouts they just coaxed out of the...

You're Fertilizing All Wrong
Hint: It takes more than eggshells and coffee grounds to grow your garden. If you’re a social media-savvy gardener, you may have noticed a plethora of TikToks, Reels, and Stories...
You're Fertilizing All Wrong
Hint: It takes more than eggshells and coffee grounds to grow your garden. If you’re a social media-savvy gardener, you may have noticed a plethora of TikToks, Reels, and Stories...

Raised Beds - Are They Right for You?
Raised beds are a very popular garden form for a lot of good reasons. Gardeners in colder climates love raised beds because the soil warms up faster in the spring, extending the...
Raised Beds - Are They Right for You?
Raised beds are a very popular garden form for a lot of good reasons. Gardeners in colder climates love raised beds because the soil warms up faster in the spring, extending the...

Saving Seeds - How To Harvest And Preserve Seed...
Home gardeners would do well to preserve some seeds from their crops to plant next year, so they don't have to spend time and money purchasing new seeds. Some guidelines...
Saving Seeds - How To Harvest And Preserve Seed...
Home gardeners would do well to preserve some seeds from their crops to plant next year, so they don't have to spend time and money purchasing new seeds. Some guidelines...