Healthy soil is important for growing strong, vigorous plants that resist pests and diseases and produce abundantly. Whether you are…
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Spring Gardening
How to Grow Basil
Basil is a tender annual herb that is easy to grow indoors on a sunny windowsill, outside in the garden,…
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6 Ways to Protect Plants from Frost
Most gardeners are eager to get something growing in their vegetable garden after the long winter. Unfortunately, Jack Frost may…
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13 Culinary Herbs That Grow in Partial Shade
If you are growing an edible landscape, you may wonder how to take advantage of the shady spots near buildings…
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Troubleshooting Seed Starting Problems
Growing your own vegetable garden transplants from seed is pretty straightforward, but sometimes you can run into problems. Here’s how…
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How to Grow Chives
Chives are an easy to grow, hardy perennial herb that will reward you with attractive edible green foliage and colorful…
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How to Grow Beets from Seed to Harvest
Beets do double-duty in the kitchen, producing tasty roots for canning, roasting, or boiling and fresh greens for salads, soups,…
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Vegetable Garden Planning: Choosing Vegetables to Grow
When planning your vegetable garden, it is so easy to get excited about the wide variety of crops in the…
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How to Propagate a Rosemary Plant from Stem Cuttings
Learn how to take rosemary cuttings from an established mother plant and grow new rosemary plants in containers that can…
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Growing Tomatoes: 10 Tips to Improve Your Tomato Harvest
Whether you are growing tomatoes for salads, or to preserve into canned tomato sauce and salsa, these tips will help…
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How to Grow Potatoes in Containers
If you don’t have the room in your garden to plant potatoes or even if you have no garden at…
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Planting Spring Garlic
Missed your chance to plant garlic last fall? Has your winter storage garlic sprouted? Try planting spring garlic. You may…
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