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How-To
Get Serious About Compost: How to Make More, Better, Faster
Compost is not fertilizer. The sooner a gardener embraces this reality, the better. But gardener’s gold does have an undeniable importance in the garden: to feed the billions of critters…
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Collection
Everything You Need to Know About Composting
Many gardeners believe that utilizing compost is an integral part of creating a healthier garden ecosystem. Why Should You Compost? Composting helps recycle organic material and food scraps that would…
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Design
Before and After Down Under
Brian Mazzer sent in these images of his garden today and what it looked like when he first bought it. I bought my house in the suburb of Holland Park…
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Kitchen Gardening
Compost and Mulch
Today’s garden belongs to Julie Hammond. She writes: I am an avid gardener in Peoria, Illinois, expanding plantings with divisions and markdowns. I learned the hard way that compost and…
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Article
Beautiful, Bountiful Kale
Kale’s popularity has taken off over the past decade, partly because it has been recognized by science as a “super food” but also because it is wonderfully delicious. It is…
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Article
Grow Your Own Microgreens
Since I have been growing microgreens commercially, I have seen their popularity take off. Countless fine restaurants have added them to their menus, and customers have started seeking them out…
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How-To
7 Organic Mulches for the Vegetable Garden
Fall, winter, and early spring are all great times to lay down a little mulch blanket. While any organic mulch is appropriate for the vegetable garden, sometimes there are strategic…
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Design
Use Branches to Add Color to a Container
At Chanticleer, a public garden near Philadelphia, my main job as a horticulturist is to help create and maintain the innovative plantings that have made the garden famous. But members…
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How-To
Is Square Foot Gardening a Good System?
I am not here to bash square foot gardening (SFG). Any system that has been encouraging people to grow their own food for the past 40 years should be applauded.…
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Article
Basics of Square Foot Gardening
While in general, our experts do not recommend square foot gardening, there are some redeeming qualities to this method. Learn the basics of square foot gardening as well as some…