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Compost Can Create Less Nutrients for Plants

New Blog Post: Compost Can Create Less Nutrients for Plants

By: Garden4Dinner

Several years ago, when my husband and I started gardening, we created our own raised garden bed soil. My husband actually was our family gardener at first and after a few years, I took on the hobby. We took advice to make our soil using 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 compost, and 1/3 vermiculite or perlite. According to the book I read, if we used that combination, no fertilizers would be…

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Gardening Lessons Learned

New Blog Post: Here are the lessons I learned by expanding my gardening area.

By: Garden4Dinner

I can’t believe I have such a large list of lessons learned for 2017 already. I have gardened several years before, so why I haven’t I learned these already? I am tripling the size of my garden this year, I more than tripled the number of seeds I planted indoors, and I have new types of plants that I am growing. Here are the lessons I learned.

Reputable Seeds Companies

I should…

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It is a good feeling when I go to the store and the starts they are selling don't look nearly as good as mine! It makes it worth the work.

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A Busy Spring

New Blog Post: A Busy Spring #Spring #Gardening

By: Garden4Dinner

It wasn’t long ago, I couldn’t wait to begin the spring planting. Now that things are in full swing, my blog posts have been scarcer and shorter. The gardening, kids’ activities, and general life busyness that goes along with the spring time has been keeping me quite busy. I am guessing many garden blog readers and writers are experiencing the same. Our weather has stayed…

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Uh oh! I have myself a digger.

Check out EWG's 'Dirty Dozen' and 'Clean 15' lists to help decided when you should splurge for organic and when you can save money by buying conventional fruits and vegetables.

There is a new list of fruits and vegetables that contain the most pesticides. These are perfect to grow at home.

#pesticidefree

Moving my tomatoes into bigger pots!

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Insects are the most successful living organisms on the Earth. That's just one reason it makes good sense to

Do you know your garden insects?

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New herbs! Looking forward to some cooking!

Book Review: The Quarter-Acre Farm

By: Garden4Dinner

I highly recommend The Quarter-Acre Farm, How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year by Spring Warren. When I picked up this book I thought it was a “how to” urban gardening book. I love to read those books to learn more about gardening. I personally am not planning on feeding my family for a year from my garden because I think the reality is, it would…

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A creative solution to get the different plants close enough to the lights. Constantly adjusting.

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Inspecting!

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Source: Davey Blog, “What Happens If Trees Bud Too Early?” Kent, OH (February 28, 2017) – In many parts of the country, temperatures are inching up into springtime temperatures — and then back to winter. What does all of this mean for urban trees? Is it okay if trees start budding when it’s technically still winter? The Davey Blog answers. Mother Nature’s mixed messages aren’t just throwing you for a loop. Your trees are likely just as confused. In fact, you may have noticed trees budding or even blooming because the “winter” weather seems so much like spring. Why do trees bud in winter? Every year, trees maintain a set growth cycle, and they rely on the weather to keep them on track. Certain trees need to rest in cool temperatures before they can safely produce new growth in spring. When the dormant season is interrupted by unseasonal elements, trees begin to grow as though spring has arrived. They start sprouting leaves, flowers and fruits–no matter how short the resting period was. What’s the problem with trees budding too early? Early blooming can be extremely stressful for trees, especially if temperatures are mild one day then plunge the next. When …

This is interesting: What Happens When Trees Bud Too Early?

Do you have any ideas on how to hold up top heavy asparagus? A skewer and twist tie isn't doing it.

Snap peas and shelling peas!

Do you know the difference between heirloom and open-pollinated?

Even though the neighbors can't tell, we have made a good dent in our 10 yards of soil.

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