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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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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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 17, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Vertical gardening can give you healthier plants—and more growing space. It’s time to rethink how you grow your vegetables and fruits. Anything that has a viney habit (including indeterminate…
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March 30, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

In all the excitement of starting your tomato seeds, don’t forget about the accommodating “shoulder seasons” in your edible garden. Spring and fall are easy times to grow. Plant now!…
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February 8, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley

Once you have a strawberry bed going, you need to renovate and renew it every year, to maintain healthy yields. June-bearer and Everbearer beds should be renewed. Day Neutral strawberries should simply…
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