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Kitchen Gardening
Book Review – Good Bug Bad Bug
Good Bug Bad Bug, by Jessica Walliser, is an indispensable field guide for quickly and easily identifying the most common garden pests and beneficial insects.
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Article
A Gardener’s Checklist for Early Summer
You have chores, and we can help you do them efficiently with expert advice on winter cleanup, spring pruning, sowing seeds, planting late-season bulbs, creating containers, dividing perennials...
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Kitchen Gardening
Pollinating Insects in the Garden
Just like the predatory insects, you'll want to lure the pollinators to the garden.
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Kitchen Gardening
Predatory Insects in the Garden
Here's a handy list of the beneficial insect predators that you'll want to invite to your garden.
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Article
Releasing Ladybugs into the Garden
The idea is too keep them in the fridge for a short amount of time, not banish them to Siberia.
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Kitchen Gardening
Chives Are a Must-Have in the Kitchen Garden
I'm always looking for more ways to seduce the good guys to my garden.
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What is Sustainable Gardening?
“Sustainable gardening” is a cool term if I've ever heard one. It sounds edgy in an incredibly responsible sort of way. In suburban farmer (that would be me) speak it’s:…
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Kitchen Gardening
Attract Beneficial Insects to Your Garden
Get acquainted with the good bugs and lure them to your garden by planting flowers they like. It's a green way to keep your vegetables healthy.
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Kitchen Gardening
Meet the Magnificent Marigold
Nature does the coolest things. How fantastic that this simple-to-grow flower can also be one of the most adaptable, versatile and incredibly useful plants anywhere?
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Kitchen Gardening
Bring on the Beneficial Insects
Not all insects are created equal. Some bugs, such as aphids and snails, think of your garden plants as dinner - they're the bad guys; the enemy. The other guys…