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Heavily Mulched, No-Weed Gardening Saves Water
Believe it or not, there is an inexpensive, organic method of making your garden free of weeds and require no watering (or very little during drought or in an arid climate).
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Stress Relief Techniques: RX From Mother Nature
Add to Favorites No doubt about it, stress is a normal part of life. But there’s good news: stress can be managed in the most basic of ways with a …
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Use a Hydroponic Grow System for Year-Round Produce
Add to Favorites Have you ever grown a sweet potato vine or avocado pit in water? If so, consider yourself a hydroponic gardener! My first experience with a simple hydroponic …
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How to Protect Plants from Frost
Add to Favorites By Crow Miller – It’s important to learn how to protect plants from frost because it just takes one night of freezing temperatures to spoil an autumn harvest you have …
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The Magic Greenhouse: How to Make a Cheap Greenhouse
Add to Favorites For as long as I can remember, my husband has wanted a greenhouse. But we weren’t sure how to make a cheap greenhouse — all of the greenhouse …
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Wall-Mounted Planters are Ideal for Herbs and Small Spaces
Add to Favorites Are you like me and enjoy fresh herbs? I enjoy the scent wafting from them as they grow indoors. Many wall-mounted planters are designed to take up …
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Growing Squash in Containers: Green Striped Cushaw
Add to Favorites Growing squash in containers, or small defined areas, came easy for my friend MJ. One morning she woke up and saw a splattered squash on the street. …
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Straw Bale Gardening Instructions and How it Works
Add to Favorites I didn’t believe it. Though straw bale gardening instructions sat before me, I was skeptical. I compost. Plant in the ground. Nourish my soil with probiotics. Nobody …
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Growing Seedlings Indoors: What’s the Problem?
Here are a few of the most common dilemmas that gardeners face when growing seedlings indoors, along with their solutions. Such as how to fix stunted growth in plants.
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How to Care for Tomato Plants in Tires
Add to Favorites By Wayne W. Moseley – I love to grow tomatoes and over the years I’ve learned a lot about how to care for tomato plants in tires. …
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How to Take Care of Plants in Pots
Add to Favorites By Anita B. Stone – For years I have tried my best to grow plants in containers because of the limited space in my garden and also because …
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Growing Stevia Indoors: Produce Your Own Sweetener
Add to Favorites Who says we can’t have it all? We began homesteading because we wanted control over what we eat and use. That includes our sweeteners. Minimally processed sugars can be …
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Tips for How to Germinate Seeds Indoors
Need some tips on how to germinate or start seeds indoors? Learn to start seeds from testing seeds to soil and tray selection.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Container Potatoes
Add to Favorites By Lori Fontanes I know what you’re thinking: what’s so special about potatoes? With all those ubiquitous orders of fries and mashed platters, why do I need to …
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Sack Plants: Go Landless
When weighing the costs and efforts of traditional gardening, the quality of soil is crucial. It must be properly tilled and nourished for plants to thrive.
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