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10 Tips to Maximize the Yield of Your Garden Harvest

This year, let’s harvest even more from our vegetable gardens! But just what are the most effective...
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Most Cost-Effective Vegetables for Your Garden

Interested in which vegetable crops are most cost-effective for your home garden? Growing crops...
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Building Trellises and Supports for Climbing Vegetables

If you’re growing climbing peas, beans, cucumbers, or other vining plants, you’ll need to build...
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The Best Winter Bird Foods

When you feed winter birds, consider bird food that is normally available to birds in winter. Here...
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Gardening and Home Brewing

From the earliest days, Americans and their presidents have been brewing. Ever brewed your own beer...
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When to Start Seeds: Not Too Early!

The seeds are rolling in, and if you are as eager to get the garden party started as I am, it is...
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Garden Guide Recipe Contest Winners

Enter the Almanac Garden Guide Recipe Contest—and enjoy winning recipes from past Garden Guide...
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Vegetable Garden Planner Reviews: Angela F.

You don’t have to be a pro to make great use of our tool! Here’s a review of the Almanac Garden...
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Vegetable Garden Planner Review: Christine

Enjoy this real customer review—and great garden photos—of the Almanac Vegetable Garden Planner! As...
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Vegetable Garden Planner Review: Augustín R.

What an interesting customer review of the Almanac Vegetable Garden Planner! Augustin R. has...
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Peace Lilies

Peace lilies are one of the most common houseplants because they’re easy to grow and beautiful, too...
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How to Garden on a Budget

In this short video, we show you how to plan a beautiful and productive vegetable garden that won’t...
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How to Use Wood Ash in the Vegetable Garden

If you have a fireplace or woodstove, use wood ashes to improve garden soil! Wood ash is full of...
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Growing Lettuce and Salad in Containers

In this video, see a step-by-step guide on how to grow salads in containers for fresh, young leaves...
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Start Saving Those Vegetable Seeds!

Start saving those vegetable seeds! Here’s a quick primer on the benefits of seed-saving and how to...
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8 Reasons Why a Vegetable Garden Makes Us Happy and Healthy

Which hobby helps you live longer? Turns out it’s gardening! If you’re resolved to live a healthier...
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Full Moon on The Winter Solstice

Since 1793, when the Almanac began tracking heavenly events and seasonal changes, the Moon has been...
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Winter Solstice 2018 Brings a Full Moon and Meteor Shower!

Winter solstice 2018 brings a wonderful weekend of night sky wonders—a full Moon, a meteor shower,...
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A Wet, Shivery New Year's Eve to Ring in 2019

Whether you’re planning to ring in the new year at an outdoor celebration or in the comfort of your...
Beets: Healthy and Delicious!

Beets: Health Benefits

The humble beet, steamed, boiled, roasted, pickled, borscht’d—but especially served raw—is...
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Coughing and Wheezing in Cold Weather?

In cold weather, have you ever noticed that you wheeze, cough, or have shortness of breath,...
Gardening Tips Learned the Hard Way

7 Important Lessons for Beginner Gardeners

Gardeners, no matter what their level of expertise, love to swap stories. The funny thing is that...
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How to Make Biodegradable Garden Pots

If you’re thinking about planting lots of seeds, make biodegradable seed pots. They’re easy to make...
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Best Sweet Potato Recipes

Here are some delicious sweet potato recipes, including sweet potato fries, biscuits, casseroles,...
Regrowing Lettuce

Grow an Indoor Salad Garden From Stems

Start an easy salad garden without planting a single seed!  Everybody needs a food garden. No...
Hydrangea

Latin for Gardeners: What Plant Names Reveal!

What’s in a name? Gardeners have a language all their own and I don’t mean the language of flowers...
Hay Bales In Winter

2018–2019 Winter Weather Forecast

Sunshine or snow? Be in the know! Read the official 2019 Winter Weather Forecast from North America...
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Grow Your Own Avocado Tree: 5 Simple Steps

Yes, you can grow your own avocado tree from a pit—if you have patience. Here’s how to grow in 5...
Holly Bushes

Growing Holly Bushes: Popular Varieties

It’s red berry time and with bunches of fresh holly leaves and berries or branches of winterberries...
Frosty Eyes

Cold Fingers, Toes, and Nose? Watch for Cold Injuries

Many of us look forward to winter with its peaceful landscapes and fun in the snow. But winter also...
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What is a Labyrinth Garden?

Labyrinth gardens are meant as a place for personal contemplation and renewal. See pictures of our...
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Favorite Winter Squash Varieties

There are many varieties of squash—usually classified as either winter or summer squash—and folks...
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How to Prune Roses

Pruning roses is not as complicated as it may seem, though it’s important to follow the right...
Yam or sweet potato?

Are Sweet Potatoes Yams?

Are sweet potatoes the same as yams? No… and yes. Here’s the scoop. Are Sweet Potatoes Yams?...
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In-Garden Composting

When you’re cutting back the yard and garden, make use of all that extra organic matter! Try “in...
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Drying Herbs and Vegetables

Consider drying your herbs and late-harvest vegetables to keep them longer. Drying is one of the...
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How To Protect Your Plants From Frost and Freeze

Is Jack Frost nipping at your plants? One of the worries of gardeners, especially in the North, is...
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Six Types of Salt and How to Use Them

What single ingredient can make or break a dish? The answer is salt. Many readers ask us about the...
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It's Tulip Time: Go "Wild" With Species Varieties

Every day in spring, I search the entrance to my wooded garden, looking for signs that Tulipa tarda...
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Planting by the Moon

Many gardeners swear by Planting by the Moon, a technique that’s said to produce larger, tastier...
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November Birth Flower

November’s birth flower, the chrysanthemum, recalls the vibrant colors of October’s autumn leaves....
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Surprising Uses for the Humble Potato

Our modern potato came from southern Peru, domesticated there 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. Humble,...

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