December 2012
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Design
Tony’s garden in ROMANIA
Happy New Year, everyone!! Let's start off the year with an exciting post from ROMANIA! Straight from the source: "Hallo! Hallo! My name is Tony Todorut. The pictures were taken…
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Kitchen Gardening
How to Harden Off Seedlings
Give your baby plants a great head start by acclimating them to the great outdoors before transplanting them in their permanent garden bed.
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Article
No Nonsense Vegetable Gardening Winner!
Jeavonna Chapman received a great holiday gift. Her own free copy of No Nonsense Gardening. Though she killed her first plant at age 4, that didn't stop her.
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Bill’s tropical garden in Ohio
Today's photos are from Bill Albert in Waterville, Ohio. That's right, Ohio.... Sure doesn't look like it! Bill says, "This is my garden in Waterville, Ohio. It was started from…
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Kitchen Gardening
2013 Vegetable Seed Catalogs Warm Winter Days
The new crop of seed catalogs have started to fill the mailbox and the cover photos alone are enough to keep a gardener going through many snow-bound days.
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Article
Keep Beneficial Insects, Birds and Mammals Around By Creating a Host Environment
A key to keeping beneficial insects around all year is making sure they have what they need in the way of water, host plants and places to live. Here are…
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Kitchen Gardening
Catalog Review: Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange offers more than 700 varieties of open-pollinated, heirloom, and traditional varieties of vegetables, herbs, flowers, grains and cover crops.
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Design
Joy’s garden in Antigua
Today's oh-so-welcome photos are from Joy Farrell in Antigua. She says, "Here are some photos of my garden in December. I live in Antigua in the Caribbean. I have a…
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Sue’s deer-plagued garden in Ohio
Today's photos are from Sue L'Hommedieu. Sue says, "I live in Hudson, Ohio, where deer are a terrible problem. Over the last few years, I have been eliminating the plants…
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Jarmila’s garden in Slovakia
Today's photos are from Jarmila Krajcovicova. She says, "I am sending some pictures of our garden surrounding our house in spring, autumn, and in winter looks. Me and my husband…