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Seed Starting
Start Your Seeds with the Right Tools Starting seeds indoors is an exciting step toward a flourishing garden. Whether you’re planting peppers or flowers, proper preparation and tools make all...
Seed Starting
Start Your Seeds with the Right Tools Starting seeds indoors is an exciting step toward a flourishing garden. Whether you’re planting peppers or flowers, proper preparation and tools make all...
Grow & Learn - Gardening Articles
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How to Store Kale: Keep Your Harvest Fresh Longer
Learning how to store kale properly can help preserve a fresh garden harvest, reduce food waste, and keep nutritious greens available for meals throughout the week. For short-term storage, how...
How to Store Kale: Keep Your Harvest Fresh Longer
Learning how to store kale properly can help preserve a fresh garden harvest, reduce food waste, and keep nutritious greens available for meals throughout the week. For short-term storage, how...
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Cultivating Kale: How to Harvest Kale for More ...
Cultivating kale successfully starts with understanding how the plant grows and how to harvest it without damaging its central growing point. For gardeners growing kale at home, regular harvesting of...
Cultivating Kale: How to Harvest Kale for More ...
Cultivating kale successfully starts with understanding how the plant grows and how to harvest it without damaging its central growing point. For gardeners growing kale at home, regular harvesting of...
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Kale Companion Plants: Best Plants to Grow With...
Choosing the right kale companion plants can help gardeners use space efficiently, support beneficial insects, and create a more diverse garden. The best companion plants for kale include lettuce, spinach,...
Kale Companion Plants: Best Plants to Grow With...
Choosing the right kale companion plants can help gardeners use space efficiently, support beneficial insects, and create a more diverse garden. The best companion plants for kale include lettuce, spinach,...
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Early Harvest Turnover and Fall Soil Cover Acro...
Turn early harvests into fall-ready beds by coordinating sanitation, soil cover, irrigation, perennial care, and durable garden systems.
Early Harvest Turnover and Fall Soil Cover Acro...
Turn early harvests into fall-ready beds by coordinating sanitation, soil cover, irrigation, perennial care, and durable garden systems.
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Foliar Disease, Beetles, and Beneficial Insects...
Distinguish pests, foliar disease, and weather stress before using thresholds, habitat, exclusion, sanitation, or labeled controls.
Foliar Disease, Beetles, and Beneficial Insects...
Distinguish pests, foliar disease, and weather stress before using thresholds, habitat, exclusion, sanitation, or labeled controls.
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Irrigation for Great Lakes Humidity, Upper Midw...
Adjust northern summer irrigation from root-zone moisture, system performance, humidity, rainfall, drainage, and crop recovery.
Irrigation for Great Lakes Humidity, Upper Midw...
Adjust northern summer irrigation from root-zone moisture, system performance, humidity, rainfall, drainage, and crop recovery.
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Fast-Maturing Crops Before Frost in Upper Midwe...
Choose fast-maturing crops by counting establishment, maturity, local frost risk, soil conditions, water, and the intended harvest stage.
Fast-Maturing Crops Before Frost in Upper Midwe...
Choose fast-maturing crops by counting establishment, maturity, local frost risk, soil conditions, water, and the intended harvest stage.
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Summer Mulch, Living Roots, and Organic Matter ...
Protect northern garden soil through summer with moisture checks, mulch, living roots, testing, and the least-disturbing repair.
Summer Mulch, Living Roots, and Organic Matter ...
Protect northern garden soil through summer with moisture checks, mulch, living roots, testing, and the least-disturbing repair.
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Making a Short Summer Produce More in the Upper...
Use root-zone moisture, crop timing, forecast hazards, and local frost risk to make a short northern summer more productive.
Making a Short Summer Produce More in the Upper...
Use root-zone moisture, crop timing, forecast hazards, and local frost risk to make a short northern summer more productive.
Watch & Learn - Gardening Videos
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Garden Tip Of The Week
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Cool-Season Seeds to Start for Fall and Winter ...
Plan when to start cool-season vegetables for fall and winter harvests, including brassicas, roots, greens, succession sowing, warm-soil germination, and frost protection.
Cool-Season Seeds to Start for Fall and Winter ...
Plan when to start cool-season vegetables for fall and winter harvests, including brassicas, roots, greens, succession sowing, warm-soil germination, and frost protection.
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June Gardening Activities: Summer Garden Checklist
Use this June garden checklist to manage warm-season sowing, irrigation, mulch, plant support, fruit thinning, garlic harvest, pests, and summer heat.
June Gardening Activities: Summer Garden Checklist
Use this June garden checklist to manage warm-season sowing, irrigation, mulch, plant support, fruit thinning, garlic harvest, pests, and summer heat.
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How to Monitor Codling Moth Activity in Spring
Use pheromone traps and consistent records to detect spring codling-moth flight, establish local timing, and support degree-day monitoring.
How to Monitor Codling Moth Activity in Spring
Use pheromone traps and consistent records to detect spring codling-moth flight, establish local timing, and support degree-day monitoring.
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Pruning Your Dormant Blackberries & Raspberries
Introduction As winter blankets the garden in stillness, it may seem like a time when the world of plants takes a much-needed break from its vibrant summer activity. However, for...
Pruning Your Dormant Blackberries & Raspberries
Introduction As winter blankets the garden in stillness, it may seem like a time when the world of plants takes a much-needed break from its vibrant summer activity. However, for...
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How to Care for Garlic Over Winter: Mulch, Wate...
Protect fall-planted garlic through winter by managing mulch, drainage, moisture, weeds, frost heaving, and the transition into spring growth.
How to Care for Garlic Over Winter: Mulch, Wate...
Protect fall-planted garlic through winter by managing mulch, drainage, moisture, weeds, frost heaving, and the transition into spring growth.
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Best Trees and Plants for Espalier
Choose plants for espalier by growth habit, branch flexibility, fruiting pattern, mature vigor, climate fit, and support needs. Compare apples, pears, figs, and ornamental options before selecting a training design.
Best Trees and Plants for Espalier
Choose plants for espalier by growth habit, branch flexibility, fruiting pattern, mature vigor, climate fit, and support needs. Compare apples, pears, figs, and ornamental options before selecting a training design.
Roots, Blooms & Harvest
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When to Plant Broccoli: Seasonal Planting Diffe...
Broccoli is a cool-season crop that thrives in moderate temperatures, and timing is essential for a successful harvest. Many gardeners wonder when to plant broccoli for the best yield. Knowing...
When to Plant Broccoli: Seasonal Planting Diffe...
Broccoli is a cool-season crop that thrives in moderate temperatures, and timing is essential for a successful harvest. Many gardeners wonder when to plant broccoli for the best yield. Knowing...
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Edible Landscaping with Fruit Trees, Berries & ...
Design an edible landscape with fruit trees, berries, herbs, greens, and flowers while planning for mature size, access, safety, and maintenance.
Edible Landscaping with Fruit Trees, Berries & ...
Design an edible landscape with fruit trees, berries, herbs, greens, and flowers while planning for mature size, access, safety, and maintenance.
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When and How to Fertilize Your Fruit Trees
Healthy fruit production starts with proper nutrition. Applying the right fertilizer for fruit trees ensures steady growth, strong roots, and quality harvests. The best fertilizer for fruit trees varies by...
When and How to Fertilize Your Fruit Trees
Healthy fruit production starts with proper nutrition. Applying the right fertilizer for fruit trees ensures steady growth, strong roots, and quality harvests. The best fertilizer for fruit trees varies by...
