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How to Grow Highbush Blueberries
Highbush blueberries are a common fruit grown in home gardens that can be used fresh or frozen. Blueberry bushes are long-lived plants with a…
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Gooseberry Jelly
I decided to make gooseberry jelly instead of jam as it takes less preparation time. The gooseberry gin that I made last year was…
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What is a Hydroponic Garden?
A hydroponic garden involves growing plants completely without soil. Instead, plants roots are submerged in a water fertilizer mixture. Surprisingly, a large variety of…
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Spike Mats Solution To Plants Being Dug Up
The spike mats worked to keep the chipmunks away. The areas where I had put spike mats were not touched, so that was encouraging.…
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Raised Garden Bed Ideas
Raised garden beds have become increasingly popular in recent years. It’s easy to see why: raised beds are tidy, accessible, and simple to…
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How To Grow Lemon Trees From Seed
There is something about the fresh smell of a flowering lemon tree. Lush, dark green, oval leaves shining in the sunlight. Their fragrant, white…
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Homemade Rhubard and Orange Jam Recipe
I found a great recipe for rhubarb-orange jam, and it is truly delicious. I picked the rhubarb and checked the fridge and found some oranges.…
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How to Prune Tomato Plants
It’s simple…. You’ll get the greatest yield when you learn how to prune tomato plants. Growing tomatoes is somewhat akin to growing bonsai. It…
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Planting Peas from Seed
Pea seeds are also placed in cardboard tubes, which keep them safe even after they’ve been planted out. Greetings fellow gardeners, Bee and…
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Hardening Off Plants Definition
What is Hardening Off? Hardening Off is the act of progressively acclimating an indoor plant to the outdoors before transplanting it outside. This gradual…
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Food Sustainability: The Future of Food and Innovative Trends
Food sustainability will benefit significantly from emerging food technologies. This will help provide personalized food choices and reduce wastage. The introduction of robotics and…
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Tomato Seed Leaves
Two tomato seed leaves have appeared and are developing their true leaves. Be sure there are several true leaves before you transplant them. Greetings…
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Tomato Cotyledons and Pruning Roses
They have their little seed leaves (tomato cotyledons) waving at me and are all reaching for the light. I am continuing to leave them…
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How I grow tomatoes from seed
When planting tomato seeds, I make sure that they are in contact with the soil. I press them gently to make contact and sprinkle…
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For Vegetable Gardeners
Veggie Bites allowed me to share my thoughts and ideas, my successes and my failures. I thought that by sharing my own trials and…
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Succession Gardening
What is succession gardening? In the case of vegetable gardening, this is a way to grow plants to increase the yields of your crops…
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Growing Microgreens from Seed
Growing microgreens from seeds does not require a fancy set-up. A disposable plastic food tray will be fine as long as you poke drainage…
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My Collection of Sweet Peppers
I finally got my sweet pepper collection planted: Early Calwonder – a very sturdy fruit that goes from a thick green to deep scarlet…
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Blood Orange Marmalade
I thought the Blood Orange Marmalade would be a fascinating one to try and a way to pave the way to making Seville Orange…
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Rooting in Water
I can take a cutting and put it in water where it will root and then I can plant it. It will be interesting…
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Taking a Break Towards Fresh and Crunchy
I am going to take a break for the rest of 2021 and will be back fresh and crunchy in January. I have no…
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About Ordering Your Seeds
I used to be early if my order was in February, but now you will find many of the seeds that you want are…
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Planning My Garden Layout
There are several places in my garden that need a change. The tomatoes have been in the same area for a long time and…
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Preparing Garden for Winter
Just as I prepare to stay warm this winter, I also need to prepare the garden for the upcoming winter season. As I finish…
