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If you're preparing to purchase or build your own garden trellis, consider allowing your plants to vine up an old screen door. The repurposed, screen door is already treated for the outdoors so you don't have to do anything to prepare this project for use. You might consider removing the hinges and fastening the top somehow ...
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Amazon has a 2 year subscription (12 issues) of the Organic Gardening Magazine for only $5! The first print issue should arrive in 6-10 weeks. If you are a current subscriber, then your subscription will be extended by 12 issues. This offer is valid through June 17, 2012. What You Can Expect in Each Issue: Food: We evaluate ...
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I heard it, but I didn't believe it. You can grow green onions by soaking the bottom white part in water. I love this idea for reusing vegetable scraps even before recycling them in the compost heap. I am soaking green onions right now on my kitchen counter and they've already grown a centimeter in just ...
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Do you have a fruit or nut tree in your yard? Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the abundance of fruit to harvest? If you would like to reduce food waste and help feed the poor in your community, consider organizing a fruit rescue organization. The idea is to gather volunteers who are willing to harvest ...
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Neem oil is a broad sprectrum pesticide that can be used in your yard or garden for killing and deterring many varieties of pests. Neem is a tree native to India and Burma. Neem oil, pressed from the seeds and leaves of the tree, suppresses the endocrine and reproductive system of insect pests when applied to ...
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Last year we joined a community garden to grow our own organic produce. I am a country girl at heart who currently lives in a city-bound apartment, so the simple fact of having earth to work made me giddy. We started in July in the middle of the hottest summer in Texas. Even with the ...
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Recycle glass bottles for colorful and inexpensive garden edging. No more worries about toxins from plastic or metal leeching into your soil from conventional edging. Here is how one gardener tackled this project. You don't have to drink all that wine in one night, by the way! Collect colored bottles from garage sales and thrift stores. ...
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Saving seeds is a way to enjoy repeated success with your most productive garden plants. You can stop buying seed packets. Stop guessing year to year whether a particular plant is going to be successful in your climate. Cultivate plants that are perfectly suited for your backyard garden by setting aside seeds from your most outstanding ...
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