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Make friends in the garden
Even though it hasn't been scientifically proven, generations of organic gardeners swear by companion planting. That's why marigolds are a mainstay of many vegetable and flower gardens. They're everybody's best friend, repelling root nematodes in the rose beds and whiteflies in the tomato patch.
(06/05)
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Organic material is the most difficult substance to keep in your soil; living organisms are constantly digesting it. Topsoil high in organic material releases ...
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I'm reading more and more about people growing their own vegetables, herbs, and fruits, whether in their own backyard or in community gardens. Roger Doiron ...
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Soil near the north pole of Mars is surprisingly Earthlike, with a pH not unlike many vegetable gardens, according to preliminary results from the Phoenix ...
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Thanks to the increase in food prices, more and more people are planting vegetable gardens this year.
If you want to grow your own veggies, but haven't ...
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Are you aware that a national survey conducted by the Garden Writers Association identified vegetables or fruit as the second most likely plants people ...
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'd like to pretend to be bemused as to why, in an entire magazine dedicated to gardening expertise, I get given the subject of weeds. It is, of course, ...
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Amid the tightly packed row houses of North Philadelphia, a pioneering urban farm is providing fresh local food for a community that often lacks it, and ...
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Not very long ago, the growing of vegetables was commonly dismissed as a minority interest for eco-eccentrics and crumbly old allotment holders.
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I have been interested in green manure crops for some time, but I couldn't figure out when a small garden could give up the space to grow a nonedible ...
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Amid the tightly packed row houses of North Philadelphia, a pioneering urban farm is providing fresh local food for a community that often lacks it, and ...
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