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Small-Space Gardening Book Review

If you enjoy reading contributing editor Chris McLaughlin’s weekly posts about vegetable gardening, you’ll love her new book on gardening in small spaces.

Some thoughts on Groundhog Day

You say groundhogs, I say woodchucks. Either way, February 2 is their special day.

Growing Oregano In the Kitchen Herb Garden

Oregano requires very little attention and happily produces many pungent, aromatic leaves with the most basic care. Pots or containers make a perfect home for oregano, which makes it handy for back porches or those with limited garden space.

Catalog Review: Abundant Life Seeds

Abundant Life Seeds has been producing organic, Biodynamic & sustainably-grown seeds since 1975.

Grow Heirloom Sweet and Hot Peppers in Your Vegetable Garden

Just like all of the other vegetables out there, when you choose to grow heirloom sweet or bell peppers, a whole new world is opened up to you.

Caging to Prevent Cross-Pollination of Vegetable Varieties

Caging is one type of physical barrier technique that allows heirlooms and open-pollinated plants to produce pure seed.

Fisher's Seeds Catalog

Longing for an old-fashioned approach to vegetable gardening? Then you’ll appreciate the no-nonsense attitude of the catalog from Fisher’s Seeds in Belgrade, Mont.

Bagging Plants to Prevent Cross-Pollination of Vegetables

Keep your vegetable seeds pure by preventing cross-pollination with the bagging technique.

Great Gobs of Winter Greens

Not only are the hardy winter greens high in vitamins and earth’s minerals so they are nourishing and good for us; once they have been exposed to cold weather they become much sweeter and are delicious to eat! Grow and eat your greens now and check out my recipes!

Peaceful Valley Seed Catalog

The new seed catalog from Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply is an organic gardener’s complete guide to growing. The catalog features vegetable, herb, and flower seeds and many products to make organic growing easier.

A Chuckle in Every Catalog

Pick up a copy of the Jung Seeds & Plants catalog and prepare to be entertained.

Veggie Trends for 2012

Vegetable gardeners are in for some nice surprises as they get ready for the 2012 gardening season.

For Crying Out Loud: Tips for No-Tear Onion Cutting

So why all the tears? Well, once you take your knife to the onion, enzymes and Amino acid sulfoxides come together to create a volatile sulfur compound (in the form of a gas). This is what turns on the water works. Your eyes are attempting to wash away the offending gases.

I'm Dreaming of a Blue Tomato

One of the new offerings in Territorial Seed Company’s catalog is the “Indigo Rose” tomato that has an incredible purplish-blue skin.

Collection of Successful Organic Controls

All seasoned gardeners have organic gardening hints that they swear-on-a-stack-of-Bibles will work to repel pests, cure disease, and deter weeds.

Top 10 Benefits of Leaves

Every bag full of leaves is worth its weight in gold to an organic gardening program. Here are the top 10 reasons why.

Thoughts on Organic Gardening

"Organic gardening" is a term that's gone from hip buzzword to nearly completely invisible in a sentence simply because the term feels overused. This is a shame because organic gardening really does make a difference no matter how lack-luster the phrase sounds today.

Check Out This Library

The Hudson Valley Seed Library is a small, independent seed company that offers nearly 200 varieties of regionally-adapted vegetable, herb and flower seeds. These seeds perform especially well for those who struggle with short-season gardens.

Homegrown Cayenne is a Kick!

Want to add a little zing to your cooking? Then add some cayenne to your next garden.

Tomatoes: Request for Reader Recommendations

So many tomatoes; so little time. Please help me decide which varieties I should grow in my garden next year.

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