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Kitchen GardeningGrow Lettuce from Seed
There are many, many lettuces to choose from, way beyond what you can buy at the grocery. And here's good news: the "exotic" varieties are way easier to grow, and…
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Kitchen GardeningHarvest Carrots Faster in Any Type of Soil
Carrots are an excellent source of beta-carotene (converted to vitamin A in the body), Vitamins K with traces of C, B, and E. They’re a good source for potassium and…
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Kitchen GardeningAll seeds are treated equally, even biennials
Tips and challenges for saving seed from biennial plants in a cool climate. After all, every seed deserves to be saved!
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Kitchen GardeningGrowing and Harvesting Winter Lettuce
While lettuces are predominately a cool-weather crop, there are summer varieties available that don't disappoint. They're so easy to plant, grow, and harvest that I try to have lettuces in…
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ArticleCool Weather Lettuce for Fall and Winter Gardens
Any gardeners out there planning on having some home-grown lettuce on the Christmas dinner table? What varieties are you planting and where the heck are you?
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Kitchen GardeningSaving Squash Seed
People have saved squash seeds for hundreds of years. Read about one technique we use to process squash seeds at Seed Savers Exchange and different methods that have been used…
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ArticleHow to Grow Herbs Indoors in Winter
Some gardeners grow a fall garden outdoors, some plant an eclectic group of flowers and veggies in a heated greenhouse, and others plant an herb garden indoors. Then there are…
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How-ToRaised Bed Pest Cover
If you have a raised bed garden, here's an "add-on" you can build to keep most pests from munching on your plants. You're basically building a "lid" that fits on…
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ArticleThe Best of the Fall-Harvest Apples
You just can't get the whole pie baking experience from the inside of a box on the freezer isle. No, the true affair of pie baking is an event.
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