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  • Kitchen Gardening

    Natural Fertilizer Boosts Organic Gardening

    Organic gardeners are always on the lookout for all-natural, multi-purpose products that can be used to improve their gardening efforts. As it turns out, one old-fashioned fertilizer could be your…

  • How-To

    Hoop House–Style Raised Bed Frost Protection

    This small “hoop house" style structure can support whatever frost covering material you need, and can be mounted to the bed in a couple of ways.

  • Article

    Jerusalem Artichokes

    Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus), also referred to as sunchokes, sunroots and earth apples are edible tubers native to North America, mainly the Eastern regions. They are best dug after the…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    I Have a Pair of Honey Badger Garden Gloves

    Garden gloves have never been this useful.

  • How-To

    How to Build a Terrarium

    Terrariums are a beautiful accent to a home's decor. They can be closed or open, but either design utilizes similar principles. A closed terrarium is lovely in its own right,…

  • Article

    Tomato-Raisin Chutney

    If you still have homegrown tomatoes here is a recipe to try! We recently made this chutney for our reception at the Herb Harvest Fall Festival featuring foods of the…

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    Design

    Going with the Flow

    By the time we moved into our nearly finished home in June 2008, I had created The Plan. And I drew The Plan in ink so that it would be…

  • Design

    Top 12 Tiny Hostas

    Hostas (Hosta spp. and cvs., USDA Hardiness Zones 3–9) are a staple in almost every perennial garden that enjoys open shade; fertile, well-drained soil; and extended cold weather. They have…

  • How-To

    Rejuvenate Your Strawberry Patch

    There is nothing quite like a warm strawberry picked ripe from your own garden, but not everyone has success with strawberry plants every year. Sure, plunking a strawberry plant in…

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    How-To

    A Potting Table with a Twist

    It’s not easy being the carpenter son of a garden-center owner. It seems as if every year my mother asks me to build something crazy that she has seen in…