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A variety of herbs and edibles growing in different size pots.

Growing Vegetables in Containers: 6 Keys to Success

Quick Summary: Container vegetable gardening requires good drainage, appropriately sized pots, sterile potting soil, consistent watering, and regular fertilizing. Determinate tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and salad greens are excellent choices for pots. Prep: Minimal | Difficulty: Beginner Jump to: Growing Vegetables in Pots | Choosing the Right Pot | How to Grow Veggies in Pots | […]

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Bark chip mulch held in hands with gardening gloves.

How to Mulch Your Vegetable Garden for Winter Protection

Quick Summary: Mulch protects vegetable and fruit plants from winter cold by insulating the soil. Straw works well for strawberries and garlic. Wood chips suit berry shrubs. Apply 2 to 4 inches in late fall before the ground freezes. Read time: 10 min | Experience level: Beginner Jump to: What Is Mulch? | What Needs

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Gift Ideas for the Gardener: Gardening Tools, Boots, and Mini-Greenhouses

The seed catalogs all start coming to the mailbox in late Winter and that means it’s time to dream of your perfect garden. It’s going to be different this year right? Well gardening has a ton of benefits, even when it’s not perfect, and these gift ideas are perfect for your favorite gardener and their

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Overwintering Potted Plants in Cold Climates

Quick Summary: Potted plants need extra winter protection because roots aren’t insulated by ground soil. Rule of thumb: subtract 2 zones from a plant’s hardiness rating for containers. Hardy plants can stay outdoors with protection (mulch, wrapping, burying pots). Tender plants go indoors to a garage, greenhouse, or cool room. Stop fertilizing in fall; reduce

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Indoor Vertical Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Food at Home

We’re all well aware of the benefits of growing your own food: it’s tasty, it’s cheap and it’s fun. But what if you don’t have a big garden to grow your vegetables, fruits or herbs in? Although I am able to grow my own produce on our 23-acre farm, my son is an apartment dweller

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Baskets of heirloom tomatoes at the farmers market

Best Seed Catalogs for Heirloom Tomatoes

These are the top 5 seed catalogs for heirloom tomatoes based on selections for flavor, growth habits and cost

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Cup of turmeric tea with tea ingredients on the spoon

Turmeric Golden Milk Tea: A Cozy Hygge Drink for Winter

Enhance your Hygge lifestyle and learn to make a Golden Milk Latte (aka Turmeric Tea)

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Fall Garden Pruning: Preparations for Winter

To prune or not to prune – this is an important question to ask in late fall as we prepare our gardens for winter. Jump to: Pruning Perennials | Pruning Woody Plants | Timing Cutting Back Perennials I don’t think of cutting back perennials as pruning, but whatever you call it, Fall is a good

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Winter Gardening