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9 Root Vegetables to Store in Sand This Winter

October 22, 2025 by Brandon Marcus Leave a Comment

There Are Root Vegetables to Store in Sand This Winter

Imagine this: it’s the middle of winter, snowflakes are swirling, and you’re cozy inside, craving something fresh, earthy, and full of life. You open your pantry—or maybe your garage—and there they are, perfectly preserved root vegetables waiting for you like buried treasure. No shriveled carrots or rubbery beets in sight. Just crisp, flavorful produce that…

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5 Compact Plants For Small Gardens

August 24, 2021 by Steph Coelho Leave a Comment

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You’re probably interested in frugal gardening tips because you’re on a budget. But I’ll bet that many frugal gardeners also have to carefully budget gardening space. Most people don’t have a lot of room to work with. And even if you have a large property, it’s likely that not all areas are conducive to growing…

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Never Burn This Plant When Cleaning Up the Yard — Even If It Looks Dead

Never Burn This Plant When Cleaning Up the Yard — Even If It Looks Dead

Poison ivy can look like nothing more than a crispy pile of garden debris when the season turns, but that dead-looking material deserves a very wide berth. Burning it can send urushiol, the oily substance that causes poison ivy’s infamous rash, into the smoke, creating a much bigger problem than a few itchy spots. The…

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Found a Snake in the Garden? What It’s Doing There May Surprise You

Found a Snake in the Garden? What It’s Doing There May Surprise You

A snake sliding through the garden can turn a peaceful morning of watering tomatoes into a full-blown wildlife documentary. But that snake probably did not wander into the yard with plans to terrorize the gardener. In many cases, it arrived because the garden offers exactly what a snake needs: food, shelter, water, warmth, or a…

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Your HOA Says the Garden Has to Go. What Can They Actually Make You Remove?

Your HOA Says the Garden Has to Go. What Can They Actually Make You Remove?

A backyard vegetable garden can turn an ordinary patch of grass into tomatoes, peppers, herbs, pollinators and, occasionally, a very determined zucchini. Then an HOA letter arrives and suddenly that cheerful little garden looks like a legal dispute with tomato vines. The good news: an HOA does not automatically get to remove whatever it dislikes….

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The First Frost Is Coming — These 7 Garden Plants Are Worth Saving Before It Hits

The First Frost Is Coming — These 7 Garden Plants Are Worth Saving Before It Hits

The first frost can turn a lush garden into a sad collection of blackened stems almost overnight, but not every plant needs to meet its chilly fate. Some garden favorites deserve a rescue mission before temperatures dip, especially plants that can move indoors, produce more food, or return next year from stored roots. The important…

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