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Garden Tips for Beginners
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Essential Garden Tips for Beginners Over the years we have been reached out by many newbie gardeners on how to start a garden from seed. We created a post on "How to Start a Garden from Seed." This will be a great place to start, in addition to reading over local garden blogs and gardening books for your region. These experts will provide you with insights and tips for your area while also helping you to get an understanding of this exciting new endeavor you're about to embark on! Our recommendation is to start small, you do not want to overwhelm yourself with a large...
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How to Successfully Grow Tomato and Pepper Plants from Seed
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Growing your own tomatoes and peppers from seed is such a reward. Once well established, these plants will provide more fruit than you know what do with!
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- Tags: Compost, garden journal, gardening, Heirloom, pepper, seed saving, seeds, Soil, tomatoes
Seeds That Attract Butterflies in Your Garden
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Seeds That Attract Butterflies in Your Garden
By choosing plants that attract butterflies, we can create gardens that are vibrant, aesthetically pleasing and also support the health and vitality of our local ecosystem. When choosing plants to attract butterflies to your garden, it's best to choose a variety of plants that bloom at different times throughout the year to provide a continuous food source. In addition plants that also provide additional benefits such as shelter and habitat would be optimal!
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- Tags: bees, butterflies, gardening, milkweed, monarchs, pollinators, seeds
How To Start a Garden Journal
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Using a garden journal, throughout the year, can be one of a gardener's best allies in their gardening journey. A garden journal is intended to be fun and another creative way to keep track of your garden. Include photos, sketches, old seed packets and anything else that may be useful for you. This is a personalized documentation, so anything that is helpful and pertinent can be included.
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What is Soil?
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Did you know that soil was alive? Many people do not realize this, something that on the surface may look look dead, but upon closer inspection is bustling with life! The first and most important step in improving soil health is to recognize that soil is a living organism and all parts of our ecosystem depend on it – it is vital to our survival, the growth of our food and maintenance of our ecology.