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Home Garden Tips

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Irrigation Tips for Home Gardens: Drip vs. Soaker Hose

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Choosing the Best Location for a Vegetable Garden

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Three Easy Steps to Improve Garden Soil

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Beginner’s Tips to Starting a Vegetable Garden

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Volunteer Plants – Nature’s Unexpected Gifts

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Mushroom Compost: A Complete Guide for Organic Gardeners

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Why Scientific Names Are Important – Botanical Names of Plants

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How to Get Rid of Tomato Hornworm

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Organic Gardening Tip: Banana Peels, Coffee Grinds and Eggshells for Composting

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Make a Bee Water Station with Dollar Store Finds

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Easy Landscaping Ideas for a Hill or Slope

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Japanese Beetle Grubs: Identify and Control

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Pruning Crape Myrtle – the Basics

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Where Do Bugs Go in the Winter?

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New Weed Killer Tips Video

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How to Start Herb Seeds the Right Way: Free Course

Learn how to start herb seeds the right way with The Herbal Academy’s new, FREE online course! Home Garden Joy is an Herbal Academy affiliate. We love their ebooks and courses. I’ve taken many of them and found them to be very helpful. They get to the heart of herbalism without introducing spiritual aspects in…

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How to Prepare Raised Beds for Spring Planting

The snow and ice have finally melted. In the mornings when I walk my dog through our farm, I can hear a rooster crowing on a neighboring farm. Cardinals have begun singing in the dawn. It’s spring, folks. And while the calendar reminds me we can still feel winter’s icy breath, spring planting is just…

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How to Start Composting in Winter

Have you thought about starting a compost pile, but you’re wondering how to start composting in winter? I mean, after all, here in Virginia we just had three solid weeks of absolutely tundra-like temperatures. I had a sheet of ice for a lawn, and the raised bed garden was completely covered in a thick layer…

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Seed Starting Indoors in February: Best Vegetables for Zones 4–8

February brings a special kind of excitement for gardeners across the northern United States. While snow may still be hanging around, February is the perfect opportunity to get your hands dirty indoors. It gives you an excuse to go to your favorite garden center – you need to stock up on seeds, right? It’s definitely…

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