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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
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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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There is a new list of fruits and vegetables that contain the most pesticides. These are perfect to grow at home.
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Moving my tomatoes into bigger pots!
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Book Review: The Quarter-Acre Farm
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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This is interesting: What Happens When Trees Bud Too Early?
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Do you have any ideas on how to hold up top heavy asparagus? A skewer and twist tie isn't doing it.
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Do you know the difference between heirloom and open-pollinated?
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Even though the neighbors can't tell, we have made a good dent in our 10 yards of soil.
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