So, you have planted your garden and are looking forward to eating all that fresh produce. Did you know that you can make your garden even more productive by planting flowers? That’s right, flowers. Attracting pollinators to your garden can impact how ...
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4 Tricks To Keep Deer Out Of Your Yard (No. 2 Is Gross … But Works)
It’s intriguing to watch a small group of deer prance through the yard, until they decide to stay. I remember planting a small orchard of mixed fruit trees — apples, pears and peaches. They were saplings with a trunk about ...
Read More »6 Secrets To Growing Better Bush Beans
Also known as snap beans for their distinct “snapping” sound when ripe, bush beans are the most popular home-grown beans for novice and expert gardeners alike. They also are easy to grow. As an added bonus, these plants tend to ...
Read More »4 Free Mulches That Can Revolutionize Your Garden
Gardening season is well under way, which means it is time to think about mulching. Instead of running to your local lawn and garden store, though, consider organic mulch choices, which are readily available and provide more benefits than basic ...
Read More »4 Steps To Storing Your Seeds For 30 Years (Or More)
We gardeners are a frugal lot. Few of us would throw out seeds that we don’t use. Whether there are too many seeds in the packages we buy (and we don’t plant them all), or whether we save our own ...
Read More »Tomato-Growing Mistakes Every Gardener Makes
Tomatoes are the second most-consumed vegetable in the United States today, but just 200 years ago, people throughout the U.S. had not even heard of them. Many gardeners even thought they were poisonous. So, how did the tomato transition ...
Read More »Everything You’ve Wanted To Know About Mulching (But Didn’t Want To Ask)
The question came during a car ride to the annual co-op tree sale, when my farm apprentice asked one of our passengers, a seasoned self-described permaculturist, for a definition of what she did. After a few halting starts describing site-planning ...
Read More »5 Beneficial Garden Bugs You Should NEVER Kill
As a professional gardener and farmer, one of the questions I field most frequently from people sounds something like this: “I have XYZ in my garden … how can I kill it?” Usually, this refers to some form of insect. ...
Read More »6 Reasons You Need A Gardening Journal This Year
Each growing season brings a new opportunity to create a fantastic garden, but every year also brings its own learning opportunities and challenges. The best way to make the most out of these challenges is to remember them so that ...
Read More »Mayor: Anything Not Permitted Under Law Is Now Banned (And That Includes Gardens)
Columbiana, Ohio, is the latest city to debate the legality of gardens, even if the two sides can’t agree on what is up for discussion. Resident Tony Dolan claims that the right to garden on a homeowner’s property is at ...
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