April 29, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Everyone tells you to mulch your vegetable garden—but exactly how should you choose a mulch? In our new video, Tricia shows you the basics of mulching. What’s the difference between compost…
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April 29, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Most cover crops are planted in late summer, but there are some cover crop seed mixes that can go in the ground in the springtime and give you benefits by the end of the summer. Cover cropping is a cheap…
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April 4, 2013 - GrowOrganic
March 28, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Make your organic orchard bountiful by fertilizing your fruit trees. In our latest, research-based video, Tricia explains IF, when, and how much to fertilize your fruit trees. Keep reading here to learn…
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March 12, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Lasagna gardening is just as wonderful as it sounds. You choose the “pan” (a raised bed or a piece of ground), add layers of brown and green, then top with Compostex fabric and let the soil…
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March 11, 2013 - Gardening How-To

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February 7, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

You know how organic gardeners are forever saying, It’s all about the soil—well, they’re right. In organic gardening we feed our plants mostly through nutrient-rich soil, instead of with…
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January 24, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Walnut trees are fruitful and beautiful. I love to sit in the shade of one of my walnut trees and look out over the sloping garden. In our new video Tricia shows you how to care for and prune walnut trees.…
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November 1, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Our gardens can shift so quickly from warm, late summer to chilly, rainy fall. To help you avoid the “oops, I forgot to ________” that afflicts all gardeners, here’s a checklist of garden…
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October 18, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

In our video on making cider, Tricia shows how to crush apples with our crusher to create pomace, and then extract cider from the pomace. What to do with that leftover pomace, full of apple skins, pulp,…
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