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How-ToThree Ways to Plant Container Onions
Did you know onions aren’t a root or a fruit? These savory vegetables are made up of layers of leaf bases. Here are three ways to get your container onions…
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Kitchen GardeningChili Pepper Season: Here’s a Trio to Try
Being a confessed chilehead, I have grown many varieties for over 40 years. Here are a few that might be new to you, that I think are worthwhile growing.
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ArticleTips for Keeping a Waste Free Kitchen
This holiday season is the ideal time to rethink your approach to cooking and eating. It’s easy to get started with "Waste Free Kitchen Handbook" by Dana Gunders.
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How-ToFast-Growing Vegetable Varieties for Short-Season Regions
Gardening in regions with cool, short summers like the Pacific Northwest and northern New England can create challenging conditions for heat-loving crops. For folks in the extreme South, heat can…
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How-ToEasy-to-Grow Sweet Peppers
Growing sweet peppers at home is easy, fun, and rewarding. Besides the ever-popular bell peppers that ripen from green to red, there are bells of different sizes and colors and…
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Kitchen GardeningWhen to Harvest Vegetables
We realize that at some point our bounty need to be harvested. But when?
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ArticleAll the Trimmings: Seasonal Side Dishes for the Holidays
We give thanks for the garden bounty and the farmers' markets for local organic produce and to the farmers everywhere for growing our food. Thanksgiving isn't all about turkey--here are…
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ArticlePlant an Asparagus Patch
You've never really tasted asparagus before if you haven't eaten it fresh from the garden. Plant your own patch of asparagus.
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Kitchen GardeningThe Secrets to Growing Great Winter Squash
There’s nothing more American than apple pie. Or is there? Winter squashes belong to the fall season—and to us—in a way that apples (a transplant from Eurasia) never will. Native…
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Kitchen GardeningHow to Grow Leeks
Rich soil, ample water, and big hills are all it takes for a luscious crop
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