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How-To
When to Pick Peppers
Farmer Joe Smith from Niantic, Connecticut, talks about how long it takes for peppers to go from green to red. Some people think that when they buy seeds for red…
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Kitchen Gardening
Bush Bean ‘Blue Lake 274’
Blue Lake 274 is the classic bean that comes to mind when you think of a green bean. They are a favorite among gardeners from their huge yields, great taste…
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How-To
Help for Growing Cucumbers
Cucumber seedlings are especially attractive to garden pests. Here’s how simple mini-greenhouses can outsmart hungry birds and squirrels.
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Kitchen Gardening
Prolific Pole Beans
Pole bean varieties are tender, flavorful, prolific, and easy to grow. They're the perfect vegetable crop for the home garden.
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Kitchen Gardening
Grow Heirloom Sweet and Hot Peppers in Your Vegetable Garden
Just like all of the other vegetables out there, when you choose to grow heirloom sweet or bell peppers, a whole new world is opened up to you.
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Article
Perfect Plant Pairings
Just like pairing wine with food, vegetables can be matched with their most compatible herbs. A good pairing brings out the flavors of each to help you get the most…
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Kitchen Gardening
Grow Heirloom Peas This Spring
Peas are one crop that no spring garden should be without. They're one of the oldest cultivated vegetables as there's been evidence of peas found throughout Egypt, Europe, Asia and…
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Kitchen Gardening
Sow Happy Together
There’s an art and science to playing matchmaker in the garden. Here are ways to create plant partners to save garden space, control insect pests and encourage healthy gardens.
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Article
Take Your Plants for a Ride
The Rotary Garden is an innovative new product that’s perfect for growing edibles in small spaces. Wheels make the garden portable so it can be moved to where ever the…