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How to Water Your Plants While You’re Away From Home
My husband’s and my 6th wedding anniversary is coming up at the end of August and we’re planning on visiting ...
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An Insider’s Perspective on Community Gardens
No doubt all of us living in apartments, condos and on small lots have done the same arithmetic when it ...
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Calendula Herbal Salve-ation Recipe
Earlier I mentioned that I had rediscovered a great article in an old issue of Vegetarian Times about herbs that have healing properties. ...
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Calendula and Bacopa Window Box
I was flipping through an old issue of Vegetarian Times magazine and came across an article about herbs that have ...
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Dwarf Fruit Trees Perfect for the Apartment Garden
If you live in an area with a relatively mild winter, you can plant fruit trees in late Summer and ...
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Dealing With Pests In a Container Garden: Aphids
I don’t have any science to back this up, but I think container grown plants are more susceptible to aphids ...
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How to Attract Bug-Eating Birds To Your Urban Garden
There are lots of good reasons to welcome birds into your garden, but here’s one more: they eat a whole ...
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Fall Vegetable Container Garden Plan
A comment that Margaret Roach once made has stuck with me for awhile. To paraphrase, Margaret mentioned that gardening is often not ...
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Not Everything You’re Growing in your Kitchen Container Garden is Edible
Reading this humorous article by Michael Tortorello reminded me that it’s not safe to indiscriminately snack on the plants you’re growing on ...
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How to Grow Peppers in a Container
I’ve been growing peppers for the first time this year and I’m proud to say that in a matter of ...
