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How to Store Leafy Greens and Other Produce Without Plastic

Question: What’s worse than wilted, mushy, refrigerator lettuce stored in single-use plastic? Answer: Nothing. Over the last few years, I’ve been slowly swapping out my single-use food storage items for …

Sunflower Companion Plants for a Vegetable Garden

Is there any flower more lovely than the sunflower? Famous post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh painted a series of sunflower canvases. It appears on the state flag of Kansas. There’s …

Planting Vegetables in the Fall: Easy Crops for Now and Later

Some people think that gardening is a summer’s game, but not only are there such things as succession crops—which you plant in the same place as your spring crops—but you …

10 Summer Garden Chores for a Happy Garden

If you want a happy garden, you can't really set it and forget it. If you ignore your garden for a few days in mid-summer, especially if you go away …

5 Vegetables You Can Grow in Hanging Baskets on a Porch

Is there anything better than sitting on a porch, drinking a glass of fresh-squeezed lemonade, and reading a good book? I love a good porch sit but what I love …

10 Best Herbs & Vegetables to Grow in Shade

The first garden I planted got morning sun, but a mostly shady afternoon, and let’s just say my harvests mostly came up empty-handed. And I was particularly devastated when I …

7 Shallow Root Vegetables That Grow Great in Containers and Tough Spots

Nice as it would be, we don’t all have big plots of land and healthy, rich soil to grow our gardens. Heck, some of us don’t have any land at …

10 Vegetables that Require Little Sun to Flourish

When we bought our house, my favorite thing in the backyard was the hundred-year-old Ash tree smack dab in the center of the yard. She was statuesque, gorgeous, sturdy, and …

20 Gardening Myths Busted

Sometimes, gardening advice gets passed around like gossip. It could be gardening tips from your grandfather on your mother’s side or a neighbor’s anecdotal vegetable garden evidence. It’s easy to …

Veggies to Plant in July

So you thought you’d just roll out of bed in July and start a garden, did you? Watch a little HGTV this weekend and decide to plant yourself a little …

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How to Store Leafy Greens and Other Produce Without Plastic

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How to Store Leafy Greens and Other Produce Without Plastic

Sunflower Companion Plants for a Vegetable Garden

Planting Vegetables in the Fall: Easy Crops for Now and Later

10 Summer Garden Chores for a Happy Garden

5 Vegetables You Can Grow in Hanging Baskets on a Porch

10 Best Herbs & Vegetables to Grow in Shade

7 Shallow Root Vegetables That Grow Great in Containers and Tough Spots

10 Vegetables that Require Little Sun to Flourish

20 Gardening Myths Busted

Veggies to Plant in July

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