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Vegetable Gardens

Grow Strawberries Without A Home Garden

Fresh strawberries are one of the greatest pleasures summer has to offer. Juicy and tasty, they are far superior to store-bought berries, and may be put in delicious ice cream, cereals, cakes, or simply eaten immediately straight from the vines. How do you get fresh strawberries without a garden to grow them in? Plant them in containers! Strawberries [...]

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The Best Guide To Buying A Mini Greenhouse

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A mini greenhouse is a great way of protecting your plants from harsh weather and annoying pests. Bad weather such as frost destroys plants and means that we have wasted time, money and effort with nothing to show for it. Mini greenhouses also allow you to start off your seedlings ahead of time and are [...]

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Anvil Pruners and Bypass Pruners

There are two different styles of hand pruners that are essential tools for the gardener. These pruners are known as bypass pruners and anvil pruners and although they look as though they are the same tool, they have been designed to perform different tasks in the garden. As a gardener you may get away with [...]

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From Winter to Spring with Portable Greenhouses

Most of us now live in suburbia where the yards are not as large as they once were.  Many of us do not have room for a permanent greenhouse and a summer garden.  Portable greenhouses are the answer to getting a fast start for the growing season. As more and more of us have realized [...]

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The January Gardener Is Preparing Cold Frames

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There is not much for the gardener to do outside during January and February in many parts of the country.  With snow and ice on the ground and temperatures below freezing there is little work to be done in the garden.  However, it is a wonderful time of year for the gardener to be working [...]

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