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Sweet peppers, tasty and versatile bring a blaze of bright color to the home garden. Those gardeners who wish to start their own peppers from seed indoors should probably start right now to enjoy a late summer rainbow.Sweet peppers...
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Lily of the Nile is so easy to propagate by division of congested old plants that not many of us bother to grow it from seed. No one wants to leave the prominent but less than appealing seed pods out...
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Apologies all around to my Scottish friends*, but I have had your Scottish Breakfast, and let’s just say, I was not amused. Don’t get me wrong. I love that you serve up the tea, piping hot...
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It is difficult to appreciate asparagus until one has had the pleasure of taking fresh spears directly from the home garden, rinsing them off and then preparing and serving them in a matter of minutes. Simply steamed or prepared in...
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What’s new in the 2013 veggie garden? Every year you can count on all the seeds suppliers to provide an array of interesting new cultivars for gardeners everywhere to try. Some are smashing successes that become favorites for...
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Carrots, who doesn't love them? Carrots can be used in many ways, cooked or juiced and are packed with vitamins and precious beta carotene. They store well and make the gardener the envy of bunnies everywhere.The...
Read more Lettuce is one of those welcome early arrivals in the home vegetable garden, and one which can be sown directly into northern New Jersey gardens as early as 3 weeks before the last anticipated spring frost. Here in our corner...
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Spring is just around the corner and for gardeners in the Gulf Coast area, this means it's time to plant your favorite warm weather crops. For the uninitiated, just start with the basics:tomatoesbush beans or vine beanssummer...
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The growing season in North Georgia is short, too short to get in successive plantings unless seeds are started early. The problem is that the average home-gardening enthusiast doesn't have a large greenhouse to work with or...
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Now is the time to collect seed catalogs and choose the veggies and flowers you’ll want to grow this year. With scores of seed catalogs available, selecting items can be challenging.Many people don’t want to...
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