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Growing Okra at Home

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Okra or lady’s fingers is a Southern favorite grown in backyard gardens and served up fried, baked, braised, pickled, and added to soups and stews as a thickener. Okra is nothing special to look at, it’s just a long green…
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Growing Honeydew Melons

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Honeydew melons are very easy to grow and make an excellent choice for a new gardener. You might confuse them with cantaloupes though; honeydew mainly differs from cantaloupe in terms of flesh color, with honeydew having light green flesh, while…
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Winter Vegetable Gardening Methods

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It’s possible to keep fresh food growing year-round in an indoor or outdoor garden. The climate you live in will dictate what type of winter gardening method you will need to use. Enjoy fresh cool-season vegetables fresh from your garden…
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The Best Gardening Resolution You Can Make

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The beginning of a new year always inspires us to make resolutions for change, most of which fall by the wayside within a few days, more often than not. However, if you’re a gardener there is one resolution that you…
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Growing Oregano at Home

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Oregano is a fragrant, flowering perennial herb from the mint family that will add beauty anywhere it’s grown and great flavor to any recipes it’s added to. Oregano is a trailing herb plant that grows best in a container so…
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Pandemic Prepping

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Ships loaded with goods are parked in the ocean, unable to unload. Trailers loaded with goods are stacked on top of each other in truck ports around the country. How and when will these goods ever be unloaded and delivered…
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How to Grow Cilantro Easily

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Cilantro is an herb that produces two distinctively different herbal flavors. The green leaves and stems are known as cilantro and the seeds are known as coriander. It looks a lot like parsley, and therefore can often be confused with…
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Growing an Organic Vegetable Garden All Year Round

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With a few tips and tricks, it’s possible to grow fresh, organic produce all year-round. For gardeners living in warm climates with mild winters, it’s easy to harvest fresh food throughout the winter. In colder climates, gardeners can build a…
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How to Create a Dog Friendly Garden

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If you keep both a dog and a garden, it is also important to know how to create a dog friendly garden so that your dog can thrive in it. The good news is that most dogs are trainable, so…
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How to Grow Holy Basil

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Holy basil or “tulsi” (Ocimum tenuiflorum), is an amazing aromatic herb, part of many expensive dishes served in Thai and Indian restaurants, but it’s not just a culinary herb, it’s a healing herb with many health benefits. Native to the…
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