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How to Create Home Garden Food Forest
A food forest is a diverse and layered garden designed to mimic the structure and function of a natural woodland ecosystem, where every plant has a role in creating a sustainable, self-sufficient landscape. It typically includes multiple layers of vegetation, such as tall fruit and nut trees, smaller trees or shrubs, herbaceous plants, ground covers, […] More
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French Intensive Gardening
French Intensive Gardening, also called French Intensive Planting, is a traditional gardening method that emphasizes closely spaced plants, deep soil preparation, and organic soil management to create a highly productive and space-efficient garden. It focuses on maximizing yields in a small area through dense planting, soil health, and the use of companion plants, allowing gardeners […] More
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Home Garden Permaculture
Permaculture is a sustainable agricultural and ecological design philosophy that focuses on working with nature to create self-sufficient, regenerative, and resilient ecosystems. It involves integrating plants, animals, and natural landscapes in ways that mimic natural systems to produce food and resources while minimizing waste, labor, and environmental impact. Home garden permaculture is a sustainable and […] More
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How to Start a Vegetable Garden
Starting a vegetable garden can be fun and an inexpensive way to bring healthy food to your kitchen table. But it can be overwhelming if you don’t know where to start. The secret to getting started with vegetable gardening is to take a little time to make a plan. Take a look at your yard […] More
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Vegetable Garden Planning
Experienced gardener or new gardener your gardening success will be greatly helped by planning the garden before you begin the growing season. The purpose of a garden plan is to make your work less and your returns more. A garden plan and a couple of supporting lists can guide you through this growing season and […] More
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How to Grow a Winter Vegetable Garden
Many vegetables can be grown in winter and harvested in winter or early spring. Some vegetables take most of a year to mature; they are planted in spring and harvested in winter. Other vegetables can be sown in midsummer or early autumn for autumn and winter harvest. Vegetables for winter harvest include leeks, salad leaves, […] More
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Growing Season for Vegetables: From Planting to Harvest
Planting vegetables in the right season will greatly enhance your harvest. Most vegetables belong to one of two seasonal groups: cool-season crops and warm-season crops. The planting date for each vegetable depends upon the temperature and the weather that the vegetable can best tolerate. Cool-season vegetables grow best in early spring or in late summer […] More
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How to Prepare a Vegetable Garden Planting Bed
A garden planting bed is home to your vegetables, herbs, and flowers. You want a planting bed in which plants will thrive and you want a planting bed that is easy to make and easy to maintain. Making a new garden planting bed should be a one-time investment in sweat equity. Once a new bed […] More
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Know Your Warm-Season Crops
Success in growing many vegetable crops is driven by warm temperatures. Not surprisingly, warm-season vegetables grow best in warm weather. Here are the key temperatures you need to keep in mind to successfully grow warm-season vegetables: Tender and very tender vegetables Warm-season crops can be classified as tender and very tender. Tender vegetables can take […] More
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How to Start an Herb Garden
Herbs are both beautiful and useful. They require a small amount of effort for a great reward. An herb garden is easy to start; you can grow herbs in their own stand-alone bed, include them in existing flower and vegetable beds, or grow them in decorative pots. Herbs are highly adaptable they will grow in […] More
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Vegetable Garden Soil Guide
The soil in your garden was created over thousands of years through the disintegration and decomposition of rock and organic matter. Temperature and rainfall, the life and death of plants, animals and bacteria, and fungi, and the rocks that were there, to begin with: all contributed to the soil you find in your garden today. […] More
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Planning the Home Fruit Garden
Planning the home fruit garden requires a bit more future-thinking than the vegetable garden. Most vegetables are annuals or biennials and spend just one or two seasons in the garden. Most fruits are trees or shrubs and live for 10 to 50 years or more. The first consideration in planning an edible garden—either fruit or […] More
Stephen Albert
