Backyard vegetable gardening has come a long way since the days when gardeners only planted tomatoes,...
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Food Gardening
5 Time-saving gardening tips for the vegetable gardener
As a gardener with twenty raised vegetable beds, I’ve learned a lot of time-saving gardening...
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Recipe idea: Stuffed squash
I grew pattypan squash for the first time this year. This summer squash variety is often found in...
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Papalo: get to know this Mexican herb
In a recent post, I featured one of my favourite herbs, Vietnamese...
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Pollinating squash, cucumbers & pumpkins
The Cucurbit cousins – squash, cucumbers, melons, gourds, and pumpkins – have a reputation...
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Red lettuce varieties; a comparison
I’m a salad girl, growing dozens of types of salad crops; quinoa, amaranth, kale, spinach, orach,...
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