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  • Kitchen Gardening

    Had Trouble With Your Beans?

    Although no one knows for sure who the first person was to start eating the immature succulent pods of legumes, it was likely some worker sweating away in a field…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Straw Bale Gardening (Part II)

    After having success with my first straw bale, it was time to start seeds in them.

  • Article

    Are your Plants Dead or Alive?

    After the severe winter weather that many of us have experienced, there are a good number of plants out in the garden that are brown and look dead. Don’t go…

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    Design

    A Monochromatic Color Scheme Creates Dynamic Containers

    Last spring, we challenged our readers to design a container that featured a single color. The results are in. And yet again, we’re astounded by the talent and vision of…

  • Article

    Three New Peppers for 2014

    Thanks to All-America Selections, gardeners can add three new and colorful peppers to their gardens this season. The lineup includes a Regional Winner that’s specifically meant for the Mountain and…

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    Polar Vortex means a hard prune is in order for some roses.

    Gardeners were wondering what the polar vortex was going to mean for their plants. I am just now finding out what it means for my roses and it means radical…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    The Potato Garden Catalog Review

    The Potato Garden catalog is more than a no-frills listing of the dozens of potatoes gardeners can add to their spring gardens. The catalog gives simple, step-by-step instructions that make…

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    Kitchen Gardening

    10 Ways to Conserve Water in the Garden

    Put these water-wise garden tips to work in your garden and save water, time, and time.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Catalog Review: NE Seed

    NE Seed provides commercial growers and home gardeners with Non-GMO conventional, organic, heirloom, Italian and hybrid vegetable, flower and herb seeds.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    The Online Greenhouse Catalog Review

    Don’t let the company’s name fool you. The Online Greenhouse is more about the Green and less about the House. Sustainable should be its middle name.