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  We take care to keep ourselves moisturized throughout the long, hot days of summer, but how many of us remember to do the same for our plants? Most gardeners, either experienced or new, know you need to water your crops to allow them to grow, but the question of “how much,” or simply “how,” ...

When you think about planting mid-summer vegetables in the garden – especially planting from seed – you might get a mental image of those early spring plantings just as your garden is getting started for the season. But just because ...

Imagine living in an off-grid home and not ever receiving a utility bill – no electric bill, no water bill, no sewer bill. Even better, you don’t have to stockpile firewood, because your home is heated by the sun. Sound ...

The Germans called it “The Year of the Beggar.” The New Englanders called it “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death.” From his home in Monticello, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Never were such hard times.” Writer Mary Shelley described a June outing ...

  If spring and early summer somehow slipped past without you getting all the vegetables planted that you wanted to, you are not alone. Life happens on its own schedule, and when one of the kids takes sick or the ...

Time flies, doesn’t it? Prime time for planting certain long-season vegetables may have come and gone, but unless you live in a climate with a short growing season, you still have time to plant plenty of vegetables before the first ...

Summer weather is officially here, and for many gardeners that means one thing: a lack of rain. For others, it may mean a drought. Gardening during summer is never easy, but how do you grow your favorite vegetables when nature ...

Many Californians face up to 14 days of blackouts this summer because a single natural gas storage facility is unavailable. The Los Angeles Times reported that there is not enough natural gas to make the electricity needed to keep Southern California, ...

We all enjoy summer, but not everything about warmer weather is great. For starters, wouldn’t it be nice if there were fewer flying insects – and if you didn’t have to grab a can of chemical-laced “OFF!” just to make ...

  Warm weather has arrived, and along with the sunny weather often comes a to-do list of projects. If you have been looking for a project to work on this year, why not build a pond? We will get to ...