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Grow the Most Amazing Fruit – By Pruning Your Fruit Trees
Getting the Right Kind of Sugar out of Your Tree The basic idea: Fruit trees manufacture two main types of sugars: […]
Videos and Documentaries
Alphabetical By Category Disclosure: Some of the links above are created through affiliate marketing, which means we would get paid […]
Hoverfly vs Wasp
A hoverfly is often confused with a wasp or bee (more commonly a wasp) because of their similar yellow and […]
Top 12 Gardening Mistakes
Download: Podcast 1. Ignoring Soil Health: attempting to grow high quality plants from a low quality soil. There’s nothing better […]
Vermicompost and No-Till Gardening
Download: Podcast Vermicompost is an excellent source of organic matter and it actually comes from earthworms. Earthworms eat and digest […]
Brown Composts
Download: Podcast Brown composts are older dead plant material. Examples of this would include straw, old leaves, sawdust, branch or twig […]
Peat Moss as a Source of Organic Matter
Download: Podcast Peat moss, for the home gardener, is one of the most convenient sources of organic matter. It doesn’t […]
Ultimate Guide to Growing Blueberries
A lot of people have become much more interested in growing their own blueberries recently, especially as food trends lean […]
Green Composts
Download: Podcast Green composts differ from brown composts in that they are newer dead plant material. Examples of green compost include […]
Organic Matter: A Critical Element in Successful Gardening
What it is and why it is one of the most important contributing factors to gardening success. Podcast: download If […]
Green Manure as a Source of Organic Matter (Cover Cropping)
Podcast: download We all know what a brown manure is, but what is a green manure? Green manures come from plants, […]
Brown Manure as a Source of Organic Matter
Podcast: download There are two types of manures: brown and green. Brown manures, the manure we’re all more familiar with, come […]
Kiwi – A Fruit of Many Flavors
Want to know what kiwi tastes like? The answer is… it depends. Last year we moved to California. And I […]
11 Greens You Can Grow All Winter (that definitely aren’t kale)
Growing food in the winter can be a challenge. But even with the decreased light and temperatures, you don’t have to […]
How to Hand-Pollinate
Hand-pollination is used for flowers that are not self-pollinating when purity of seed is desired. The structure of the flowers […]
Amaranth Infographic
Learn more about Amaranth! You can purchase amaranth flour and whole grain amaranth, or you can grow your own! You can purchase amaranth flour […]
Harvesting Amaranth Seeds/Grain
Once you’ve grown amaranth, the seeds are easy to harvest. Despite their small size, you can harvest a large amount […]
Hybrid Seeds vs. GMOs
Are hybrids and GMO’s the same? NO. This is one of the most common questions we get from concerned gardeners and […]
Growing Amaranth: A Seed Grain Related to Quinoa
Protein-Packed Seeds & Edible Leaves There are around 60 species in the Amaranth family (‘Amaranthaceae’). There is quite a bit […]
Quick Natural Genetic Selection for Stronger Plants
Selecting for superior genes (in a natural, NON-gmo way) has been and always will be essential to any type of […]
DIY Potting Soil
Potting soil is big business. Every year thousands of bags of potting mixes are sold from nurseries and garden centers […]
Ultimate Guide to Growing Tomatoes
Tomatoes are one of the most diversified and delicious plants you can grow in your garden. Whether you call them […]
Tomato Cages, Stakes, or Trellises: Which is Best?
The truth is, there is no one-size-fits-all method of growing tomatoes. There are so many varieties of tomatoes and so […]
Saving Chive Seeds
Chives are usually propagated by divisions. However, they can be grown from seed with a little extra planning time. So […]
Onion & Garlic Chives – Growing Guide
There are two types of chives – onion chives (or common chives) and Chinese chives (or garlic chives). Onion chives […]
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