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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January 3, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Raised beds with drip irrigation are the easiest way to grow your own vegetables. In our new video on raised beds, Tricia shows you how to create a raised bed in minutes, using M Brace, Minifarmbox, or…
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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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July 5, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
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With Integrated Pest Management or IPM, pest control does not mean waiting until June and then grabbing the most toxic spray around to wipe out the summer pests in your garden. You’d probably…
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May 29, 2012 - Stephanie from Peaceful Valley

Blueberries are a wonderful fruit, tasty, healthy and the bushes make attractive landscape shrubs. They are easy to grow once you get the soil and water right, but if they have a problem they let you know!…
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May 4, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Problem #1: How to keep even pressure when water has to run downhill Good news! Gravity is not all powerful when it comes to water flow. We can intervene with pressure regulators. If you ran a line…
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May 3, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Water pressure and water flow are key to answering that basic gardening question, How do you get water to the plants? We all know how to water plants.You can: * hand water (time consuming) * …
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April 26, 2012 - GrowOrganic
April 26, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Drip irrigation is good for you and good for your plants. You can leave town for a few days, instead of staying home to hand water. Your plants can get a steady supply of water, in regular amounts, that…
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