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How to Vermicompost
Around 22% of household garbage in the US is organic food waste, and another 13% is yard waste like leaves and grass clippings. That means that a third of the material being lugged around our neighborhoods by giant trucks and piled up in steaming mountains of refuse could be easily recirculated into...
Jordan Tony
Dec 8, 2022
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How to Grow Peanuts
Peanuts were most likely first cultivated in Brazil or Peru, where they have been eaten for at least 3,500 years. Nowadays we think of them as a classic American snack, but their journey here was anything but direct. Spanish explorers introduced peanuts to Europe during the beginning of the...
Jordan Tony
Nov 29, 2022
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How to Assess Your Garden's Microclimate
Selecting the space where you locate your vegetable garden might seem mundane or unimportant, but it’s often the reason why some gardens are successful and others aren’t. Most gardeners understand how their USDA growing zone impacts when they should plant their crops. But even within growing zones...
Jordan Tony
Nov 7, 2022
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Video: How to Preserve Your Garden's Harvest
There’s no reason to stop eating homegrown meals just because your growing season is wrapping up. Using these five preservation methods so you can eat from your garden all year round. For canning recipes and food safety information check out the National Center for Home Food Preservation.
Jordan Tony
Oct 27, 2022
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5 Best Pumpkins for Baking
This might be slightly presumptuous, but it’s safe to say that we all know someone who has a fantastic pumpkin pie recipe. The kind that makes the pie’s life expectancy short and sweet and has us craving for more. The recipes that offer such gifts to our tastebuds often vary with the amount of...
Mike Fitzgerald
Oct 25, 2022
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How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms
The cultivation of delicious, meaty shiitake mushrooms originated in East Asia where the fungus grows wild in hardwood forests. The name shiitake actually describes the type of wood that they prefer to grow on with “shii” referring to the Chinquapin genus of trees and “take” meaning mushroom...
Jordan Tony
Oct 20, 2022
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How to Make Organic Fertilizer at Home
There are a host of elements that are essential for healthy garden crops, but the three that are most limited in our natural environment are Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium—commonly referred to by their chemical symbols N, P, and K.
Most gardeners know what aisle of the big box store to find...
Jordan Tony
Oct 4, 2022
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3 Steps to Winterize Your Garden
As the temperatures cool and the sun begins to dip lower in the sky, your vegetable garden may start to look a bit bedraggled. This is a completely normal part of the cycle of an annual vegetable garden, but it doesn’t mean your work is done for the year. Preparing your vegetable garden for winter...
Jordan Tony
Sep 28, 2022
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Video: How to Grow Garlic
The falling temperatures and falling leaves are signaling that soon the green in our gardens will turn brown as life moves into its annual winter dormancy. There’s a handful of plants that can survive—and even thrive—in the harshness of winter. One of those plants is garlic. Typically planted in the...
Misty Newcomb
Sep 22, 2022
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How to Grow Beets
Beets were most likely first cultivated thousands of years ago by the Greeks and Romans. Early beets were primarily grown for their fleshy leaves which were similar to what we now call “Swiss Chard.” The first recorded evidence of beets being grown for their bulbous roots was in the 1500s in Germany...
Jordan Tony
Sep 19, 2022
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Video: How to Save Seeds from Your Garden
Saving your own seeds from your garden is a rewarding practice and over time it will adapt your veggies to your garden’s specific microclimate. Here are a few tips for new seed savers and some veggies to get started with.
For a more detailed description on how to save seeds, check out this article...
Jordan Tony
Sep 16, 2022
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