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How to Design and Plan Your Dream Greenhouse Or Shed

March 14, 2023 by Susan Paige Leave a Comment

A greenhouse is a fantastic way to grow your plants and vegetables. It provides the right conditions for photosynthesis, the process whereby plants use sunlight to make food in their leaves. Greenhouses are great for growing plants in the winter and can be used for many different types of horticulture. However, it is essential to…

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Top 8 Edible Plants You Can Grow in Winter

January 16, 2023 by Ali Southerland Leave a Comment

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When temperatures start to drop, many people think gardening has to stop. That’s not true. Here are the top 8 edible plants you can grow in winter. Tons of edible plants can survive winter temperatures, rain, and poor soil drainage conditions. And purple varieties, in particular, contain a compound (anthocyanin) that helps prevent root rot…

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Gift Exchange Ideas With Fellow Gardeners

December 14, 2022 by Ali Southerland 2 Comments

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Giving gardeners thoughtful and useful gifts is easy! I will provide you with a few ideas for great gifts for fellow gardeners so you can find a touching gift for the important gardener in your life (even if that’s you!). Multitools Multitools are a small collection of tools that usually fold into a rectangular shape…

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Gardens Add Life and Equity to Your Home

December 12, 2022 by Susan Paige Leave a Comment

When it comes to investing in a new home, the one word you always want to keep in mind is equity. The more equity you build up in your home the more valuable it will be should you decide to sell one day.  Or, part of your retirement plan might include applying for reverse mortgage….

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Winter Garden Tasks

December 7, 2022 by Ali Southerland Leave a Comment

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  Even if you are not growing a winter garden, you can still do plenty of winter garden tasks. Winter garden chores can be split into planning and chores. Planning Winter is an excellent time to plan your next year’s garden. Planning your garden is split to into these steps. Inventory Before you list things…

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Good Bugs for the Garden

November 14, 2022 by Ali Southerland Leave a Comment

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  How much gardening media is consumed with pest control topics? Gardening store shelves are filled with pesticides, and organic gardening books are full of tactics to beat bugs with more natural tools. But having a bug-free garden is a bad thing. Here are some good bugs for the garden. Why are Bugs Beneficial to…

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Cheap Ways to Improve Garden Soil

November 3, 2022 by Ali Southerland Leave a Comment

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  Soil is the heart of your garden. And if we want to keep our gardens healthy and producing plenty, it’s essential to care for the soil diligently. Here are some practical and cheap ways to improve garden soil. Fertilizer When people think of improving soil, they most often think of adding fertilizer. This is…

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How to Keep Gardening from Being Boring

October 26, 2022 by Ali Southerland Leave a Comment

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Most of the time, growing a kitchen garden is a somewhat predictable task. Many people grow the same things year after year. And that’s great because it means they eat something they love that are nutritious and delicious. But I encourage people to grow at least one new or challenging thing each year. Growing an…

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6 Health Benefits of Gardening: How It Boosts your Physical and Mental Health

October 12, 2022 by Ali Southerland Leave a Comment

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The health benefits of gardening are not limited to supplying your food. Gardening is also a form of self-care. You can reap several tangible benefits from growing your food, including physical and mental changes. Improves Mood Exercise, eating more veggies, and sunlight are all linked to improved mood. Exercise and eating more veggies keep your…

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2 Homemade Fertilizers You Can Sell

October 12, 2022 by Ali Southerland Leave a Comment

hand fertilizing young plant homemade fertilizers you can sell

Looking to make extra money? Mixing up homemade fertilizer is a great side hustle for gardeners.  What is fertilizer? I want to discuss fertilizers. They are anything you add to the soil to make it a hospitable place for plants. They can be organic or non-organic.    When looking at fertilizers, they seem to come…

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Should You Buy Clearance Trees and Shrubs in Fall? Check the Roots First

A $60 shrub marked down to $20 can make the garden-center clearance rack very difficult to walk past. Fall discounts on trees and shrubs can be genuine bargains, particularly when retailers simply need to reduce inventory before winter, but a low price doesn’t automatically make a struggling plant worth rescuing. Plants that have spent months…

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Can You Plant Potatoes From the Grocery Store? Here’s the Catch

We’ve all found one: a forgotten potato at the back of the pantry with several determined-looking sprouts growing from its eyes. Throwing it away feels wasteful, especially when those sprouts make it look ready to become an entire crop of free potatoes. Technically, planting grocery store potatoes can produce plants because the potato itself is…

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Before You Bag Your Fall Leaves, Try These 5 Free Uses for Them

Every autumn, homeowners rake up something surprisingly valuable, stuff it into bags, and send it away—only to spend money on mulch, compost, and soil amendments a few months later. Fallen leaves contain organic matter and nutrients that can be recycled right where they land, and Penn State estimates that the leaves from one large shade tree can provide…

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Leaving Soil Bare All Winter? You May Be Creating More Work for Spring

After the last tomatoes are picked and exhausted vegetable plants come out, a perfectly bare garden bed can feel satisfyingly clean. The problem is that soil doesn’t necessarily benefit from spending the next several months exposed to pounding rain, wind, weeds, freezing temperatures, and repeated freeze-thaw cycles. University of Minnesota recommends keeping garden soil covered…

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