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Growing Potatoes
Potato Planting & Growing To Start, Prepare the SoilUse your best method to loosen up the soil 8 to 12 inches deep. Mix in compost or fertilizer if needed. If the soil is dry, water it a few days...
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Growing Strawberries
Growing Strawberries Planting OutdoorsStrawberry plants can be planted outdoors in early Spring. If strawberries are planted later than June, remove the flowers in the first year to ensure their...
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Growing Sweet & Hot Peppers
Growing Sweet & Hot Peppers Peppers are not tomatoes. That seems obvious but for some reason we expect them to grow the same as tomatoes, same planting time, same spacing and same sunlight....
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Growing Blackberries and Raspberries
Growing Blackberries & Raspberries Preparing the Soil Raspberries and Blackberries prefer a soil pH of 5.6 to 6.2; acid soils may require applications of ground limestone to increase the pH. Soil...
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Which Tomato is Right for Me
Which Tomato is Right for Me by Dani Carrollreprinted with permission It is an extremely busy time of year in my garden, and I imagine in your own lawn and garden as well. While a lot of the cool...
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Quick ways to use fresh herbs
Quick ways to use fresh herbs Here are some simple and quick ways to use your herbs.Chop fresh rosemary leaves, garlic, squeeze a lemon and drizzle some olive oil to marinate chicken, steaks, pork...
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Herb Oils and Flavored Vinegars
Herb Oils and Flavored Vinegars Try some of these easy to make, great flavored recipes for using fresh herbs and keeping them all year long!Herb Flavored Oil2 cups extra virgin olive oil, warmed on...
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Kitchen Herb Usage Chart Soups chervil, garlic, marjoram, mint, parsley, rosemary, savory, tarragon, thyme Minestrone basil, rosemary, thyme Vegetable basil, dill, marjoram, mint, parsley, rosemary,...
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Canning and Preserving the Harvest
Canning and Preserving the Harvest What to do with all those cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes? Here are a few easy ways to store your harvest for the winter.Canning Tomatoes:Selecting:Tomatoes come in...
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Harvesting & Preserving Fresh herbs
Canning and Preserving the Harvest One of the most frequent questions we get asked is “How do I save my herbs over the winter?” Here are some ways to preserve your herbs, one or two you may have heard...
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