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Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

Our Vegetable Gardening Guide for beginners will help you to plan and grow your tastiest vegetables...
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10 Easy Vegetables to Grow From Seed

Tired of growing the same varieties of veggies year after year? To diversify (and hone your skills...
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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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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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Gardening and Home Brewing

From the earliest days, Americans and their presidents have been brewing. Ever brewed your own beer...
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Hyacinth and Muscari

Hyacinth bulbs are planted in the fall and bloom in the spring. Here’s a guide to planting and...
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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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10 Salads That Are Hearty and Healthy

Announcing ten salad recipes that highlight fresh fruit and vegetables, great grains, and healthy...
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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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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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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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How to Use Wood Ashes in the Home and Garden

If you burn firewood, you have wood ashes. Don’t throw them out! There are many surprising ways to...
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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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Starting Seeds Indoors

Starting seeds properly can make or break your entire growing season! Here’s are some tips that...
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How to Build a Raised Garden Bed

Raised garden beds are fairly easy to construct, even easier to maintain, and offer myriad benefits...
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Silverfish

Half-eaten pages in your books? Chewed-through boxes in your pantry? These are signs of a...
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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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10 Tips for Beginner Gardeners

Want to start your first vegetable garden? How hard can it be? Just stick a few seeds in the ground...
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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...
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Planting Zones for the U.S. and Canada

Plant hardiness zones—also known as planting zones or growing zones—help gardeners understand which...
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How to Make Your Own Potting Soil

Here’s how make your own potting soil for your containers and pots! Using the right potting soil is...
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,...
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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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10 Gardening Gifts for the Holidays

Do you have a garden lover or nature lover in your life? Or, like us, perhaps YOU are that garden...
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Best Sweet Potato Recipes

Here are some delicious sweet potato recipes, including sweet potato fries, biscuits, casseroles,...
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Grow an Indoor Salad Garden From Stems

Start an easy salad garden without planting a single seed!  Everybody needs a food garden. No...
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Planting Tulip Bulbs in Winter

Tulip bulbs are typically planted in the fall, but what happens when you forget to plant them or...
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Using Grow Lights to Start Seeds

Grow lights are great for houseplants as well as seed-starting, especially if you want a head-start...
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Cyclamens: A Christmas Houseplant

Cyclamens (Cyclamen persicum) are attractive, easy-care houseplants that will bloom continuously...
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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...
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Hoppin’ John: Good Luck Food at New Year

Welcome in the New Year with Hoppin’ John, a traditional New Year’s Day dish, and luck will follow...
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Coexisting With Winter Deer and Wildlife

Now that we have snow on the ground, it is easy to see who has been visiting the garden when we are...
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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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