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Cover Crops

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Construct a chicken moat for effective garden pest control. Surround your garden with this double-fenced chicken run to keep bugs at bay.
Which types of homemade garden sprays are actually effective?

Pest Control

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Ornamentals

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One of the questions I get asked frequently is what herbs would I recommend for a small medicinal herb garden or for someone just starting out so they don’t get overwhelmed. So that’s what I’m going to cover today.
Add mint to your edible garden — don’t fear it, but embrace its varieties and medicinal properties. Here’s a guide to growing mint, plus a mint tea recipe and mint wine recipe.

Herbs

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Before you rush out in a panic and sprinkle seeds all over—slow down! The most successful gardens are born out of observation and connection. Get to know your garden, and productivity will follow.

Gardening Techniques

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Garden Tools

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For a healthy, thriving garden, consult this companion planting guide when you're deciding what seeds to put where.
Growing a great vegetable garden involves juggling the needs of dozens of different crops. With the help of our Vegetable Garden Planner, you can get the data you need to design your best garden ever.

Garden Planning

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Fruits

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Celebrate National Gardening Day April 14, 2020.  Spend a little extra time adoring your hard work and take a moment for yourself!  www.motherearthnews.com
Know your food, grow your potential with @gardeningrevolution's soil-less, Raised Bed growing system. Create high-producing raised bed gardens for experienced gardeners and beginners alike. Harvest more produce and grow bigger healthier flowers with our raised bed system.
This gate looks like it came straight from a fairytale. Wonder what's behind that garden wall? From MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine.

Gardening - General

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Insect pests can hinder the growth of plants in your greenhouse. Use these tips to help you better protect your indoor garden from harm.
Insect pests can hinder the growth of plants in your greenhouse. Use these tips to help you better protect your indoor garden from harm.
Bug Boundaries and Insect Invitationals

Gardening - Pests

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By placing composted vegetable scraps from your garden back into your garden, you have created the smallest and simplest recycling loop—without making a single trip to the local recycling center.
Build your own compost system by following these tips.
"Composting Bins on the Market: Tumblers, Worm Bins and More" We've collected a list of commercially available composting bins to help you boost soil fertility by producing your own "garden gold." The compost bins on this page reflect what's currently available in the marketplace — from large-capacity outdoor containers to cozy worm farms. From MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Gardening - Compost

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Before you spend your hard-earned money on more seeds, learn what you already have and determine if they are still good.
Plastic boxes from the grocery store find new life as seed starters. Save money, reuse and recycle. What's not to love? From MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine.
Try toilet paper for precise, simple seed planting. You’ll use and lose fewer seeds!

Gardening - Seed Starting and Seed Saving

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Learn what causes acidic soil and alkaline soil, plus how to apply the results of a soil pH test in your organic garden.
Make these easy liquid fertilizers. Then sit back and watch your seedlings and plants thrive!
Generally speaking, people are very busy and we don’t want to add another item to your list. Understandably, many of us want to return to normalcy after the crazy holidays, and that may mean the garden is never returned to former glories. Luckily, preparing a garden for springtime planting doesn’t take much effort at all! All it takes is a few simple steps, and rich, black soil will be ready for new life.

Gardening - Soil

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Grow these rose varieties for pretty buds without the fuss.
Keep potted orchids flowering year after year with this simple trick.
Keep these tips in mind while transplanting roses to ensure a successful move.

Gardening - Flowers

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Learn how to start a square-foot garden, including proper plant spacing and garden planning techniques, to help you grow more food in less space.
The Eight Best Herbs to Grow Indoors

Gardening - Gardening in Small Spaces

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Gardening - Community Gardens

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"Upcycled Coffee Table" Build a raised bed for herbs from an upcycled coffee table. By removing the glass top and flipping an old coffee table upside down, you can create an elegant, permanent garden bed. From MOTHER EARTH NEWS Magazine
Learn how to make plant tags with a contemporary flair.
"How to Make an Inexpensive Cold Frame"  The ideal cold frame admits sunlight to the plants it contains, to supply them with both the heat and the light they need to prosper and "harden" before being exposed to the real world, from MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine.

Gardening - Garden Projects

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'Moon & Stars' watermelon. We grew these in our office garden last summer. From MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine.
And then there's the ever popular (for a very good reason) 'Red Brandywine.' Such flavor, you won't believe. From MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine.
If you live where summers are long and warm, you might try your hand at growing eggplant. They're as easy to grow as peppers and come in equally interesting varieties, sizes and colors. Give growing eggplants a try and get your ratatouille and baba ghanouj going! From MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine.

Gardening - Plant Varieties

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Enjoy this second post in a three-part series on Beginning your Medicinal Herb Garden. In this blog post, you'll learn about calendula, garlic and arnica.
Add mint to your edible garden — don’t fear it, but embrace its varieties and medicinal properties. Here’s a guide to growing mint, plus a mint tea recipe and mint wine recipe.
You'll never buy dried herbs again after you try one or more of these six methods for drying herbs at home.

Gardening - Herbs

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Learn all there is to know about planting seed potatoes, warding off potato pests, gently harvesting your spuds and storing these rare heirloom potato varieties.
This guide includes descriptions of the types of cauliflower and tips for getting a great cauliflower harvest.
Garden guru Doug Oster answers a reader-submitted question about root vegetables that don’t seem to grow properly.

Gardening - Growing Veggies

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How to Build a Raised Garden Bed Step-by-Step
The difference between homegrown lavender and the lavender you can buy in the spice shelves of the grocery stores is like night and day as far as flavor goes.
You'll never buy dried herbs again after you try one or more of these six methods for drying herbs at home.

Gardening - Otro

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Green, Asian, pointed and red cabbages all make beautiful additions to your garden as well as nutritious options at your table.
Start growing blueberries and you'll be rewarded with delicious, healthy berries, as well as stunning red and orange fall foliage.
Learn how to grow, trellis and prune the best grape varieties for your region so you can enjoy delicious, heart-healthy grapes in homemade jellies, jams, juice and wine. From MOTHER EARTH NEWS.

All About Growing...

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How to Grow Chestnuts and Hazelnuts and Why You Should
Hear stories of Sioux culture and food from Sean Sherman, a successful chef of indigenous dishes.
Work toward homestead food self-sufficiency by growing nuts and seeds that you can use to press into cooking oils. Get an idea of how much space you'll need to plant to a given oil crop in your garden using this chart.

Grow Your Food - Growing Your Own Food

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