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Sunflower Facts and Fun

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Cantaloupe vs Muskmelon – What Is the Difference?

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Growing Cantaloupe for First Time Gardeners

18 Easy Squash Recipes

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Organic Solutions to Control Squash Bugs

Homemade Weed Killers – More Harm Than Good

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Tomato Plant Problems: Tomatoes with Cracks

Zucchini Pecan Muffin Recipe

Chocolate Pecan Zucchini Bread Recipe

The New Gardener’s Essential Guide to Soil

Planting a Symbolic Garden – Remembering People by Their Plants

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Why Get a Soil Test Done in the Fall?

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Three Types of Mint

July Garden Update

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Growing St. Johns Wort

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Replenishing Raised Bed Garden Soil

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How to Build a Vegetable Garden Using Raised Beds

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How to Make the Perfect Cup of Herbal Tea

Make the perfect cup of herbal tea, right from your own garden! In May, I gave two free talks on how to grow, harvest, dry, and create your very own herbal teas. This lecture proved so popular that I recorded the narration and uploaded it to YouTube. You can view it below: Supplies to Make…

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How to Get Rid of Tent Caterpillars

I spent last Saturday morning getting rid of Eastern tent caterpillars from the apple and pear trees in the orchard here on the farm. Malacosoma americanum, the Eastern tent caterpillar, is a regular visitor each spring. We first spot the shimmery webs on a clear spring day. The small ‘tents’ built by the caterpillars quickly…

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Replenishing Raised Bed Garden Soil

Raised bed vegetable garden soil soil needs to be replenished periodically. If you’ve done your job right and selected great soil, and amended it with nice compost, you’re going to have super garden soil for the first few years. Because you don’t walk on a raised bed garden the way that you do with typical…

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How to Build a Vegetable Garden Using Raised Beds

If you’re thinking about building a vegetable garden this year, raised beds are one of the best ways I know of to start a vegetable garden. Instead of renting a rototiller or hand-digging the soil, adding amendments and turning it all under to create a good garden bed, you start with the best soil mixture…

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