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Leeks need a long season but they're worth it. Learn transplanting into deep dibbed holes, blanching stems by hilli...
Watermelons need 70-90 days of heat. Learn choosing short-season varieties, black plastic mulch for warming soil, a...
Potatoes are one of the most rewarding crops. Learn chitting seed potatoes, hilling at the right growth stage, gree...
Design a tea garden with chamomile, lemon balm, mint, lemon verbena, and hibiscus. Includes drying methods, blendin...
Vietnamese balm, perilla, rice paddy herb, and laksa plant bring new flavors to the kitchen garden. All are easy to...
Lemon verbena has the most intense lemon fragrance of any herb. Treat it as an annual in cold climates or a contain...
Pawpaws are a luscious tropical fruit that grow well in Australia's subtropical and tropical regions — tropical f...
Elderberry is experiencing a revival as both food and medicine. Learn planting pairs for pollination, harvesting pr...
Grapes produce on one-year-old wood — understanding this is the key to all grape pruning. Learn the four-arm Knif...
Commercial mycorrhizal inoculants are widely sold — but do they work? Review of the evidence, when they help, whe...
Growing and turning in green manures builds organic matter and fixes nitrogen without buying bags of fertilizer. Le...
Clay is not a death sentence — it holds nutrients and water better than sand. Learn the gradual improvement strat...
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