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How-To
Preview: Healthy Garden: What’s in the Bag?
Most of us care about ingredients. We read a label to know whether we’re buying a soup with noodles or one with beans, yet the process is less straightforward when…
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Kitchen Gardening
Seeds and Winter Gardening Thoughts
I've been thinking a lot about seeds lately due to the fact that I have a pile of seed catalogs sitting here awaiting perusal. I also recently finished reading "From…
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How-To
Grow Your Own Salad Mix
Growing salad greens is a satisfying short-term project that nearly any gardener can fit into their space and schedule. Most greens mature quickly and can be eaten at any stage,…
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How-To
Understand Plant Survival Needs | Soil Basics
To understand what goes into the perfect potting mix, it’s helpful to appreciate how plants thrive. Plants have four basic survival needs: water, air, food, and soil structure that shelters…
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How-To
How to Grow More Plants With Hardwood Cuttings | Video
Want more plants? Learn how to propagate your favorite hardwoods by taking cuttings. In this video, Fine Gardening editor Steve Aitken guides you through one way to take and plant…
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How-To
Grow Your Own Salad Mix | Video
In issue #186 of Fine Gardening, assistant editor Carol Collins shows how to create your own custom salad mix. Growing greens isn't hard. Most varieties germinate easily, mature quickly, and don't…
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Design
A Garden Transformed
Today’s photos come from Yvonne L. DeMarino. Like a mole, I dig when I can, and I wanted to share some photos of my progress from my St. Paul, Minnesota,…
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Article
Tomato Basil Cream Sauce
This is the time of year when we want to nestle in and stay at home and eat warming comfort foods. At our house we eat lots of soups and…
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Kitchen Gardening
Birds Are Wild for Homemade Suet
Suet cakes placed strategically in the garden help wild birds find their way to your landscape in winter. Homemade suet is easy to make, especially this vegetarian variety.
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Design
Preview: New Plant Varieties to Try
For what seems like 8 million years, I have grown ‘Tomatoberry’. It’s a small cherry tomato variety that is not rare or superflashy, but it works well for me, so…