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Roasted Zucchini

Quick Ways to Cook Zucchini

We don’t all have time to make complicated zucchini recipes. Here are fast ways to cook that...
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Less Severe Winter Weather Expected in 2018–2019

For those who dread extreme wintry weather, we have some good news! For the 2018–2019 winter, The...
Sweet Potato Experiment

Growing Sweet Potatoes

One vegetable that I love but had never grown before this year is the sweet potato. Sweet potatoes...
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How to Save Seeds From Beans, Peppers, Onions, and More!

Saving seeds from your best plants can result in vegetables that are perfectly suited to your...
Watermelon Harvest

How to Tell If a Watermelon Is Ripe

Every year I am faced with the same dilemma: how to tell if a watermelon is ripe. Muskmelons are...
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Extend the Growing Season: Cold Frames, Row Covers, and Ideas

Extend your growing season into the colder months so that you can harvest fresh food from your...
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How to Start a School Garden

When kids are back in school, it’s the perfect time to plan a school garden. Children who grow...
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Fungus Gnats

Often considered only a minor houseplant pest, fungus gnats can quickly become a major issue if an...
Dry flowers now

Best Flowers for Drying | How to Dry Flowers

The heat of the season is perfect for air-drying flowers to brighten those gray, frigid days of...
Hot Peppers

Hot Peppers for Health & Happiness

Not only are hot peppers delicious in cooking, but also they have healing powers—triggering a...
Rain Garden

Rain Gardens: Two Designs and Plant List

With a rain garden, use—don’t lose—all the rain water that falls on your paved areas and roof....
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Powdery Mildew

Wondering about that white fungus on your plants? The fungal disease powdery mildew affects a wide...
Tree Planting

Tree-Planting Tips for Fall

From a tree’s point of view, fall is an excellent planting time—even better than spring. Many...
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Keep Weeds Under Control (Without Weed Killers)

Dealing with weeds in the garden? Their often persistent nature can make for a truly frustrating...
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Silver Foliage Plants: Add a Touch of Silver!

One of the joys of summer is attending garden tours. This time of year, many private gardens are...
Beets

How to Store Vegetables

 Although most houses these days are not equipped with root cellars, you can probably modify some...
Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are grown more often in southern regions because they require at least four months...
Butterfly-Friendly Gardening

Butterfly Gardening

Letting all that milkweed grow around my yard has paid off and we have some monarch butterfly...
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How to Thin Fruit Trees for a Better Harvest

It may sound counterintuitive, but to get the best harvest of apples and some other fruit, we...
Painting Pots with Sponge

Painting Pots: The Sponge Technique

Beautifully painting a flower pot might seem like a daunting task, but the easy sponge technique...
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10 Quick Tips to Preserve Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruit

What to do with the bounty from your garden? Freeze it, pickle it, dry it, store it!  Here are 10...
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Starting Herbs from Cuttings

Grow new herbs from cuttings easily and for free! Late summer is the perfect time to do this,...
Diatomaceous Earth

What is Diatomaceous Earth?

Gardeners are often given the advice to sprinkle diatomaceous earth (DE) around plants to deter...
Saving Seeds

Saving Vegetable and Flower Seeds for Replanting

Saving seeds from your favorite plants and swapping them with friends is one of the best ways to...
Rose Potpourri

How to Make Rose Potpourri

See how to make a simple, classic potpourri recipe using rose petals and other flowers. It’s a...
Espalier Apple Tree

How to Espalier: Fruit Trees in Small Spaces

Whether your garden is formal or informal, the addition of an espalier, trained flat against a...
Apple Tree

Apples

How are your apple trees growing? Don’t forget to water young trees as they establish their root...
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Feeding Your Plants for Free

There are many commercial products available to feed your plants with, but you can’t beat making...
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Slugs

Here are tips on how to identify, control, and get rid of slugs in the garden. What Are Slugs?...
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How to Grow Cabbages From Planting to Harvest

In this short video, we show you everything you need to know to grow the perfect cabbage, from...
Echo Cordless Mower

Backyard Battle: Gas vs. Electric Lawn Tools

Wish you could cut the grass in the morning without waking neighbors? Ever consider a cordless...
Green Beans at Market

Green Beans: So Good for You

String beans. Green beans. Snap beans. Not only are they healthy for your body but also they give...
Peg's Summer Garden

Parts Unknown: If Anthony Bourdain Had Visited Our Summer Kitchen

We’ve been watching reruns of chef Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, wishing we’d watched more of...
Fork in the Garden

5 Accidental Tools for the Garden and Kitchen

I love things that meet a need so specific that they get a job done when nothing else could. In the...
Storing Vegetables

How to Store Vegetables and Fruit

Learn how to store your vegetables, fruits, and herbs—so that they keep longer and stay fresher! ...
Rain Barrel in Garden

Rain Barrels in the Garden: Harvest Your Water

Summer’s a good time to assess what you could use in the garden. Consider the merits of a rain...
Basil vinegar

Make Your Own Herb Vinegar

You’ve seen herbal vinegars in upscale food boutiques and catalogues, usually stoppered or corked...
Active Volcano

Climate, Change, and CO2: How Each Affects the Weather

We see the weather change every day; weather is the condition of the atmosphere over relatively...
John Withee, The Bean Man

Threshing Dry Beans | John Withee's Bean Bag Method

The late John Withee was once known in seed-saving circles as the “Bean Man” for his devotion to...
Hot Peppers

Some Like It Hot! Best Vegetables to Grow in the Heat

A week-long heat wave and a recent question—concerning what green beans to grow in a hot climate—...
Fig Fruits

Figs

Figs are a delicious treat that thrive in warm climates, but can also be grown in more temperate...
Garden Thugs

Garden of Thugs: Pruning, Digging, Thinning

Garden thugs are plants (not weeds) that quickly get out of control in the garden. They can really...

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