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The Best Places to Get Free Vegetable Seeds For Your Garden

Are you looking for free vegetable seeds to save on the cost of starting your garden this year? We’ve come up with a list of 5 different places you can find free or really cheap garden seeds to plant in the garden. While the cost of a single seed packet is just a few dollars […]

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Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors: How to Get a Jump on the Planting Season

Starting vegetables from seeds is one of the best ways to grow your own food at home. Many of us that enjoy growing our own vegetables like to get a jump on the season by starting our vegetable seeds indoors. This has quite a few benefits that include: Earlier harvest & sometimes you will even […]

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Get Digging! How To Create A Family Garden With Easy Growing Vegetables For Kids

Few things are more enjoyable in life than gardening, but when you involve your kids, the time is extra special. If you’re thinking of breaking ground to plant a few seeds this year, you’ll want the easy growing vegetables for kids and a good way to make it all happen. Here’s how to get it […]

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Six Of The Best Vegetables For Containers

If you love preparing fresh food and especially vegetables, you should then consider container gardening. Container gardening comes in handy in areas with limited space (say apartments), where all you have is the little balcony next to your kitchen. The only requirement to plant vegetables in containers is plenty of sunshine and water. With these, […]

Taking Care of Trees: The Basics of Tree Care in the Garden

Just getting into gardening? If you are planning on adding some greenery and shade to your yard in the form of new trees, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with tree care basics first. Taking extra care of your trees in the first few years a new tree’s life is vital and will have […]

Companion Planting Guide for Vegetables: How to Boost the Health of your Garden

Companion planting is a way to mimic what happens naturally in the garden. If you take a walk through the woods, you will see the wide variety of plants all growing harmoniously with each other. This natural blend of plants grows in accordance with light, soil, and moisture and gives our forests continual blossoms, leaves, […]

Starting a Vegetable Garden: Should you Choose Seeds or Starts?

If you have never started a vegetable garden, you may think it’s as simple as picking up a few veggie starts from the local hardware store, digging a hole and popping them in the ground. However, this is where many new gardeners go wrong. While it’s not a hard task, there are a few basics to […]

Planning your Backyard Vegetable Garden: How to Start Things off Right

The winter months are the perfect time to do your backyard vegetable garden planning. This is why seed catalogs are usually shipped in late December to early January. It gives you time