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ArticleSetting the Record Straight on Glyphosate
Every summer, I pull weeds from the gravel under our deck, and last summer was no exception. First, I pulled the big weeds, then I began pulling the smaller ones.…
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How-ToA Different Approach to Crop Rotation
If you grew carrots, tomatoes, and beans this year, you’ll want to add a reminder to your to-do list next spring: Rotate. Crop rotation is a practice whereby gardeners plan…
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How-ToTwo Ways to Prune New Fruit Trees
Pruning is an art and a science. And with fruit trees, it is essential for health and robust harvests. Mature fruit trees are pruned annually to maintain their size and…
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ArticleRip It Out!
Sometime during the late 19th century, someone decided to bring the Asian shrub winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus) to the United States. It grows quickly, and in fall, the leaves turn…
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Kitchen GardeningGrow Some Interesting Heirloom Onion Varieties
Grocery stores do an injustice to onions by only introducing us to a few everyday varieties, when in truth (like all vegetables) there is so much more for our taste…
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Kitchen GardeningMake Your Own Seed Bombs
Seed bombs are easy-to-make and allow you to "throw" away your seeds.
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Kitchen Gardening3 Ways I Use Kitchen Scraps to Reduce Food Waste
Incorporating a little Mother Nature goes a long way towards reducing our family's food waste. Here's how we handle much of the discarded food that leaves the kitchen.
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ArticleA Gardener’s Collectible: The Whole Heirloom Seed Catalog
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has produced the “World’s Largest Seed Catalog” for 2014. The catalog is much more than a list of seeds for sale, it’s like a must-have heirloom…
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ArticleA Day in Washington, D.C.
This past weekend we had glorious autumn weather--cool and crisp, bright and sunny--azure skies were the backdrop to the russets, golds, scarlet and brown of autumn leaves. What better time…
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ArticleHow to Extend the Vegetable Growing Season
If I had a dollar for every time someone has said, “It’s too cold to grow vegetables in winter,” I could buy myself a heated greenhouse. The truth is that…
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