1 day ago by tommy

Several years ago I had the crazy idea to try to make some money from my garden. I knew from my employment background at the time as a research assistant at the Noble Foundation that many small farmers were making good money selling vegetables. In particular, tomatoes were known to be a great crop. ...

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10 days ago by cari

My first attempt at fried green tomatoes. We ate them with plum chutney. So good! We’re either on budget or over this week, depending on whether or not I decide to finally go ahead and tack on that Fetal Food Allowance that so many of you have generously insisted we qualify for. It does make sense: ...

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13 days ago by Kate

I have begun to grow my garden. We moved into this Harfield Village house several months ago, in April 2009. Most of my energy was focused on renovating the house, but now that is past and winter is nearing its end, I have finally turned, with much excitement, to the garden. There was no garden when ...

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15 days ago by linette

Fall is a great time to plan your outdoor spaces for next year. If you’d like to create an outdoor living space now is a great time to move walkways, create patios and decks, or map out ponds. We’ve been planning a new patio for a couple years now, but we still haven’t taken the plunge. I do have a ...

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20 days ago

I’m planning a garden for NEXT spring and was wondering about irrigation….Would using the extra water from the hose require me to put MORE softener salt and iron out into my salt tank each month? Gardeners and Plumbers opinions welcome. Related posts:When To Refill Water Softener With Salt? We are i ...

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20 days ago by Rebecca

Here’s your chance to give us input on what you would like to see in our Demonstration Garden next year! Thanks for voting! Also, if you leave a comment at the bottom of this post sharing your favorite vegetable variety (example: ‘Mariachi’ Pepper), you will be automatically entered into a drawing f ...

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20 days ago by gardengeekette

Well, it’s over for this year. Last weekend (Oct 10-11), it started getting cold enough to warrant frost warnings on the NOAA site for our area. Husband has been so very helpful– on the 11th, he went out and picked all the tomatoes that were left on the plants, red, not quite red, and green… They [. ...

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21 days ago by undermyhat

It has been a sad time over winter. I wasn’t sure if I would get to garden in the bigger spot next to my townhouse again. Some new owners bought a place in our body corporate (the body corporate is the group of the six of us owners who own a townhouse each) and the new owners were keen to assert the ...

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24 days ago by Eileen

Want to get your own vegetable garden started? Here are some tips to help you plan for success: Find a suitable site Your patch should be sunny and open, yet sheltered from prevailing winds, with good drainage. If your site is against a fence or wall, radiant heat may be reflected. This can cause su ...

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27 days ago by Rebecca

We are slowly wrapping things up in the garden for the year. Of course, many of the lettuces and other cool season vegetables will keep on growing until we have temperatures consistently below 28 degrees. One of our end-of-the-year projects this year is taking soil tests of the different garden beds ...

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