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7 Gardening Projects that are Perfect for Seniors
Whether you’re doing it indoors or outside, gardening is a pastime that offers lots of benefits to seniors. Not only can fun gardening projects…
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Soil Calculator and Raised Garden Bed Basics
It is imperative that soil contains vitamins, nutrients, and organic matter that can feed the plants, as well as give the roots plenty of…
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Experimenting with Vegetable Gardening
The marigolds, calendula and alyssum that were planted as tomato companion plants are doing well. As the blooms of the alyssum started to fade,…
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Planning A Garden Wisely: How To Avoid Garden Planning Mistakes
Growing a garden is a great way to make your yard look beautiful while adding to nature. There are many different garden styles and…
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Wild Parsnip Rash and Around the Vegetable Garden
Sadly, I keep finding wild parsnip in and around the area and it is requiring a lot of my attention. I don’t like to…
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Veggie Bites – Cool Crop Planter and Gypsy Moths
If you would like to try a cool crop planter, you can plant one now. Find a large pot and place it in partial…
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Veggie Bites – Peonies
I added compost to my peonies last year and overwintered them with maple leaves. They are much better this year. Often, we add soil…
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Veggie Bites – Rose Petal Jelly
The rose I went for is the one I know as Frontenac. I brought a four-cup measuring cup with me and filled it with…
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Veggie Bites – Hybridized Tomato and Rhubarb
They discovered that when Joan’s father saved the seed it started reverting and became its own type of tomato. If for example you use…
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Veggie Bites – Partial Shade Planter
My partial shade planter is starting to grow. It is not too late for you to plant a few seeds in partial shade as…
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Veggie Bites – Experiment with Pea Seeds
… I noticed that the experiment I had done with my pea seeds has been successful. As I continue to watch every gardening show…
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Veggie Bites – Head Start with Your Vegetable Garden
If you want to get a head start on some of your more tender vegetables in your garden them, now is the time to…
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Veggie Bites – Planting Vegetables
It is not too early to be planting some vegetables such as peas, chard, kale, beets, and lettuce. These cool weather crops will be…
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19 Garden Pests and How To Treat Them
Unfortunately, one of the most severe issues you will face off is the fight with pests. I will list you here some basic strategies…
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The Importance of Measuring Soil Temperature
Many factors affect how well a plant will grow. Everything from wind to soil nutrients will play a role. But it’s easy to overlook…
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Soil and Seed Temperature Germination Chart
How do tomato or lettuce seeds know when the temperature is right for germination? Well, this question will remain unanswered for now. We just…
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Veggie Bites – Seedlings and Potatoes
I have planted up several tomato plants and there are other seedlings that would like to be potted up as well. In my case,…
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Veggie Bites – Bulbs Growing
But then I saw a large leaf of green poking up! I have bulbs growing and that is amazing. I am not sure what…
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Veggie Bites – Layered Bulb Planter, Container Garden
I decided that I wanted to try a bulb ‘lasagna’ planter. These planters are often featured on my favourite British gardening shows. I removed…
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Veggie Bites – Seedlings
As the days have been getting longer, I have been monitoring my little seedlings and decided it was time to transplant several of them…
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Starting Tomatoes
All of the tomatoes that I am growing are heirloom tomatoes, and they are all indeterminate. Indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow, and you can…
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Veggie Bites – Broccoli
I will try growing some radishes around my broccoli to distract the flea beetles; they love radish leaves. Greetings fellow gardeners, As I was…
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Veggie Bites- Brussels Sprouts
This year I will be growing Brussels Sprouts (Brassica oleracea). The seeds can be direct sown in early May, but the plants have a…
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Veggie Bites – Eggplants
My friend starts her eggplants around this time of year for the same reason. Eggplants, or Aubergines, are in the nightshade family, just like…
