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With the Imprecise Cook These are a great way to use squash that got too big on the vine.  You can use either yellow summer squash, zucchini or a mixture of

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Garden Herb Sauce with the Imprecise Cook It happens to most of us I think.  In the Spring hopes are high and seeds upon seeds are nurtured into submission.  Then just when

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The garden that began with a magazine article (see "A kitchen garden begins") is finished. Well, only finished in the gardening sense which is the plants are in and the

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My plan of building raised garden beds has been put into motion.  For 2 months I have been researching this method of gardening and trying to figure out how to

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Butterflies tend to hang out near one of two plants: ones that produce a tasty snack of nectar, and plants where they will lay eggs. These are known best

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When I opened up the April 2009 issue of Organic Gardening magazine I found my inspiration. The idea is a "potager" which is French for kitchen garden. However,

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We even kept the tops on the seed starting trays until the plants were hitting the top of the lid. Then, within a week or so, several of the

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Living in a city lot, we don't have all that much room to grow veggies. Sure, we could rip out the lawns and plant rows, but that would

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I am not only a gardener but work in a library, so I read as much (if not more) than I rake. While not strictly “gardening” books, these have kept

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There is nothing all that magical about gathering seeds from your plants. You just need to know what to do and not do, and take your time. In fact,

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Planting seeds for a garden might be one of the easiest things you've done. With a couple concepts to keep in mind, you will have a plentiful garden with

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We started with a 6-pack of seedlings and these cauliflower have already developed heads and seem to thrive in the hard clay soil.

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It all started with a bare back yard at a friend's house and a dream. A rototiller, plants, and a few weekends and now we have a garden.

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Faced with the task of getting water under a brick patio and to the garden, we decided to reclaimed an old waterline that was abandoned a couple years prior.

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