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6 Uses For Your Watermelon Plant’s Bounty

March 13, 2019 · Erin Phillips · Canning & Kitchen

Add to Favorites The beginning of the summer is when you read about watermelon planting tips, but this is the time of year when you start to think: What do …

Home Remedy Hacks for Sunburn Pain

March 6, 2019 · Jennifer Vanbenschoten · Self-Reliance

When sunburns happen, we can ease the pain and speed the healing with simple home remedies. Here are six of my favorite home remedy hacks for relieving sunburn pain.

How to Use Vinegar as a Natural Weed Deterrent

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Becky Pederson – The history of vinegar is quite interesting. It is one of the oldest products used by humans dating back some 10,000 years. The …

Gourds For Farmers And Homesteaders

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Anita B. Stone, Raleigh, North Carolina There is a legend that says, “If you give or receive a gourd, with it goes all the best in life; …

Make Room in Your Garden With Climbers And Crawlers

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D. Farmers with 1,500 acres available and urban backyard gardeners alike often have the same complaint: “If I only had just a little more …

Six Steps To Starting And Saving Heirloom Tomatoes

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Melisa Mink, Homestead Moma, Mississippi If the first tomato of the year is something you long after, this is for you. Growing and saving your heirloom tomato seed is …

Time For Summer Squash

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

When sunny summer days arrive, I think summer squash. Summer squash are low in calories (15 per half cup) and go with almost anything.

Kohlrabi: I Grow An Oddball

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Nancy Pierson Farris, South Carolina Kohlrabi: the oddball among vegetables I grow in spring. The word means turnip-cabbage. Like a turnip, kohlrabi produces an edible bulb. Unlike …

Fast-Growing Plants For Impatient Gardeners

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Armani Tavares For those of us who suffer from a chronic condition known as impatience, here are some plants that I can recommend growing. They’re easy, …

QUICK HACK: “Water Rings” Make Watering a Snap

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Philip Neal, Mississippi Getting water right to a plant’s root zone can sometimes be frustrating, with lots of “runoff” water being wasted. Solve the problem by …

Plant Pumpkins Now For Fall Faces Later

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Nancy Pierson Farries, South Carolina If you want a Jack-o-lantern for Halloween, a big pumpkin for harvest season decor, or pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, you can …

Heirloom Tomatoes Withstand the Test of Time

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Anita Stone, North Carolina There has been a resurgence of interest in tomatoes in recent years, not the everyday luscious fruit, but heirloom tomatoes, a new …

Growing Luffa

March 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Add to Favorites By Carole West, Texas Did you know Luffa grows on a vine and not in the ocean? It’s true and the most common question we received was, …

The Cushaw Squash

March 1, 2019 · Kenny Coogan · Growing

Add to Favorites Probably deep in the stages of REM sleep, my Tampa, Florida, friend MJ Clark suddenly woke up to the sound of a large object falling through a …