May 26, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
The expression “companion planting” sounds like garden lore you should have learned at your grandmother’s knee, right? If you missed out, you can now get the 21st century update on the…
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May 13, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Did you ever want to poison a gopher? If you have gophers in your garden you know how hard it can be to control them organically. One of the worst moments for a vegetable gardener is watching a tall tomato…
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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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March 17, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Micronutrients are vitamins for your plants, says Tricia in our new video about secondary macronutrients and the micronutrients. You know about the major nutrients, N-P-K. Those are the symbols for the…
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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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December 19, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Introduce a tomato gardener to the joys of cool-season growing. The pouch of our Roo gardening apron has seeds for garlic, shallots, potatoes, and vegetables—and a how-to book from the man who gardens…
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November 29, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Helpful advice from one of our organic farmer friends about how to grow tomatoes under greenhouse plastic. This originally appeared on our Freshman Farmer blog when Eddie was starting out as an organic…
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September 7, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Want to be an advanced vegetable gardener? You will be when you know which vegetables are in which families. This is crucial info for healthy crop rotation in your garden (and you’ll be able to astonish…
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August 10, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Welcome to Advanced Canning, with a pressure canner instead of a water bath. In our latest video, Tricia cans green beans with a pressure canner. Let’s run through some basics of when and how to…
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July 23, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
If you live in a humid, hot part of the world, we have four heat-tolerant, heirloom tomatoes that will keep you fruitful company in the summertime. Sure, tomatoes need heat, but not all of them fruit well…
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