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Plant Hardiness

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Here in Kentucky it’s time to get started with plans for the fall garden. This second growing season is often the best. Many of the problems we have with insect pests are reduced as the weather cools, and we sidestep the insects live cycle. So I’ve begun planning for the fall. Timing on fall planting […]

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Choose Healthy Plants For A Healthy You

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Spring, that exciting time of year when we gardeners start seeing big red tomatoes dancing in our dreams. We’re ready to plant something. You want to grow great healthy garden crops that will help you shed pounds and be a healthier you, right? One of the keys for success in the garden is to start […]

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Do Tomatoes Like Marigolds?

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Organic gardening gurus preach the benefits of companion planting. What is companion planting? Some plants help one another when they’re planted together. They may just grow faster, bigger, and stronger together. Or one plant might repel bugs that would harm the other plant. One of the plants that has bug repelling power is the marigold. […]

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The Compost Project

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Compost is the mother’s milk of gardening. Good compost just has that “smell of the earth”; that great aroma that makes plants want to grow just because of the smell. You know how the aroma just lifts you up when you walk into a bakery and smell all those fresh baked goodies? I think the […]

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Moon Phase Gardening

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If you have ever talked to any old farmers you’ve probably heard of planting by the moon. This is planting a garden and harvesting according to what phase the moon is in. Mr. Carriss, who used to farm the fields beside my house, used to tell me about it. He would even use moon phases […]

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