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Watermelon in the Home Garden

Jeanne — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:29:41 +0000

Growing watermelon in the home garden is not for the faint of heart. I have plenty of room, and it still threatened to take over the garden. You will either need to leave a lot of room for the sprawling vines or look for varieties specifically marked for containers. Growing it on a trellis is...

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Jonathan Apples: What Are They and How to Grow Them

Jeanne — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:06:05 +0000

We didn’t set out to grow Jonathan apples, but this is the variety that thrives in our zone 7B garden. We purchased seedlings from the Arbor Day Society and planted our home orchard in December 2007. Today, we have many fruit trees, including our beloved Jonathans that are my new favorite apple. Here’s how to...

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How to Tell When Cantaloupe Is Ripe

Jeanne — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:14:44 +0000

When the opossums eat it, of course. One of the first questions I had this summer about my new patch of cantaloupe growing in the raised bed garden was, “How to tell when cantaloupe is ripe? How do you know it’s time to pick it??” Of course, I searched online for the answer. “It will...

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