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Vegetable Gardening

Implementing Unique Vegetable Garden Designs

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In the case that you are an avid home gardener, you may have dreams that exceed those of other people in your situation. While many homeowners are content to create simple gardens in their backyards, you may have much higher hopes. Maybe you want your garden to outshine all the others, and be a place [...]

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How to Build a Vegetable Garden in a Small Space

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Ground Broken on White House Vegetable Garden

Today First Lady Michelle Obama with elementary school children began preparing a plot on the White House lawn for a vegetable and herb garden.
As a gardener, I could not be happier to see a return to our roots. Of course, I am not wanting to go back to the horse and carriage days, but [...]

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How to Grow Carrots

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More Families Thinking About Gardening

Throughout the past year we have all faced economic hard times and of course, we remember the food scares from last years tomato scare that turned out to be peppers and the spinach scare of several years ago.  Combine the rising costs of trips to the super market and the food safety issue, many people [...]

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Raised Beds for the Spring Vegetable Garden

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Bean Sprouts

Oh well, everyone loves bean sprouts, don’t they? We do, so I had to include how to grow them.

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Snap Beans

Three parts to this video, but well worth the time if you love snap beans.

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Asparagus… another

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Asparagus

Asparagus will grow and produce for up to twenty years. Talk about easy! Plant a good row or two once for a lifetime!

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More About Artichokes

Growing Globe Artichokes:

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Artichokes

Growing Artichokes:

Just remember not to plant them too close to one another. They grow larger than I originally thought.

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Home Vegetable Gardening: Part II

Join Robert Norris, Associate Professor and Associate Botanist at UC Davis, as he discusses home vegetable gardening. Topics include controlling bird pests, irrigation practices, and transplanting. Series: “California Master Gardener Lecture Series”

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Home Vegetable Gardening: Part I

Join Robert Norris, Associate Professor and Associate Botanist at UC Davis, as he discusses home vegetable gardening. Topics include tools needed, recommended reading, ground preparation, planting dates, selection of varieties, and seed planting depths. Series: “California Master Gardener Lecture Series”

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