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Gardening
Most of the activity that happens here at Grow a Good Life is gardening related as we attempt to grow as much of our own food in our Southern Maine, Zone 5 garden.
How to Grow Potatoes: Trench and Hill Method
What could be more satisfying than the flavor of freshly dug potatoes lifted straight from your own garden? Learn how…
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8 Great Tips for Growing Potatoes
Have you tried growing potatoes in your garden? Growing potatoes is fun and not that difficult! You can grow unique…
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Grow a Good Life’s Top 10 Posts of 2016
As the New Year begins, I loved looking back over the most popular articles from last year, so I can…
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How to Root Tomato Suckers and Grow New Plants
Did you know you could root tomato suckers for a second crop of fresh and healthy plants? Cloning tomato plants…
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How to Save Bean Seeds to Plant Next Year
Saving seeds from year to year is a good way to spare some money in the gardening budget, become more…
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30+ Vegetables That Grow in Shade
Do you have an area of your garden that is shaded part of the day? If you think you can’t…
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10 Tips to Growing Peppers in Colder Climates
Growing peppers is possible even if you are in cooler climates. The key is to select varieties that are adapted…
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How to Attract Frogs and Toads to Your Garden
Attracting and keeping frogs and toads in your garden will help reduce pest populations naturally without the need for pesticides….
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9 Creative DIY Tomato Trellis Ideas
A tomato trellis is a freestanding structure usually made from wood or metal that is used to support the sprawling…
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Chitting Potatoes Gives Them a Head Start
Chitting potatoes is also called greensprouting, or pre-sprouting. Chitting it is a way of preparing potatoes for planting by encouraging…
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How to Grow, Harvest, and Preserve Bee Balm (Monarda)
In our attempts to save the bees, many of us are adding more flowering plants to our gardens. Monarda is…
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