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March’s Photo-Blog-Along

 For days now,  I have waited in dark, drizzly cold.  Watching the little buds sit there waiting patiently for just a bit of sun. Then today,  finally after our brown and ugly winter,  a bit of warm...

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Kitchen Garden

So here is the beginning of our kitchen garden.  I putthe shelf up yesterday. We are going to buy some grow lights to attach to the shelves.  I will start my seedlings tomorrowand then hopefully we...

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Natural Insect Control

The best way to control pests in your garden is by encouraging the development of a balanced ecosystem. Until you have a happy army of beneficials munching away on your garden pests,you will probably...

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Master Gardener’s Class is Over

As of  last Thursday,  I am a Master Gardener Intern,  I have things harvested and stored away for the Winter, and  it is way too cold to be working outside in the yard.  Consequently,  I am suddenly...

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How to Make Compost Tea

My seedlings just don’t seem to be growing as quickly as other people’s seem to be. I have been fertilizing them with all sorts of natural amendments and I mixed compost into the soil mixture when I...

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Blogging Those Moments

Photo by Trapolin Hoffelt Once again, I have resolved to do a  better job updating my blog.   I’ve always been kind of sporadic with this and I think that part of the problem is that I am caught up...

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Teaching Garden Plans

Trillium In the latest issue of the Essential Herbal, there are a couple articles on ethical harvesting of herbs; one of  which I wrote.  I was glad to see more than one person submitted articles like...

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Wellness Garden

Gardening has always been an interest of mine. I’ve always had more time than money, so gardening was an integral factor in my family’s access to healthy foods.    When I decided to attend the Master...

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Starting Seeds at Home

Soil ISU Extension recommends equal parts of top soil, peat moss and perlite. I prefer to have less sand or perlite because you don’t have to your transplants as often if there is more organic material...

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Overwintering Geraniums

This is a good article.  These methods can be applied to other plants, also. I actually grew some geraniums this year. I might have to give this a try. Yard and Garden: Properly Overwintering Geraniums...

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Stacking Functions and Herb Bed Design

As many of us are working in our herb gardens this time of the year, I thought I would don my gardening smock and talk about my particular gardening philosophy-ecological landscape design. Coming from...

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Blogging Those Moments

Photo by Trapolin Hoffelt Once again, I have resolved to do a  better job updating my blog.   I’ve always been kind of sporadic with this and I think that part of the problem is that I am caught up...

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