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I love growing (and cooking) beans because they’re a versatile vegetable. When the pods are young and tender, they can be eaten raw or steamed, or you can leave them on the vines until they’re dry, and then harvest and store them as dried beans. This article tells why you should add beans to the vegetable garden.
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Cold weather is upon us, but it's the perfect time to start growing some green kale. Grow it now, and you could be cozying up to a yummy kale dip come winter time.
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Hand pollinating squash or zucchini or cucumbers in order to get a crop might seem like a lot of work. But in a few instances, it may be your only chance to produce a squash crop. In a previous Just Veggies blog post I explained the reasons why baby cucurbit fruits—things like summer squash, zucchini ...
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As the growing season creeps closer to us, it’s time to look into the crystal ball to figure out what pests we might expect this season. With El Nino affecting much of the United States and Canada, many of us experienced warmer and drier winters than what is considered normal, if there is such a ...
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This weekend I went to my first book signing. It was for Bob Gough and Cheryl-Moore Goughs Guide to Rocky Mountain Vegetable Gardening at Ace Hardware here in Great Falls. Bob and Cheryl are Montana gardening icons who served at the Montana State Extension for decades, and wrote most of the gardening publications used by ...
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Happy New Year to one and all! Now that all the festivities are over and the last cookie has been eaten, the deep winter has arrived here in our lovely state of Connecticut. We are a small state, but there can be all kinds of weather happening in the next town when things are very ...
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It’s time to plant potatoes. The question many people have is when or why they should start with fresh seed. I know I might ruffle a few feathers here, but I think starting new is a good way to ensure a healthy crop with fewer problems. My dad used to save his own seed potatoes ...
Read More | Pest PatrolI am the president of the glenview gardeners club. I noticed that Nina Koziol has written some interesting articles for you newsletter. How can I contact her to see if she wants to speak to my group. Do you have any other people who provide programs for garden clubs? Thanks, Amy
Read More | ASK THE GARDEN EXPERTWe are virgin gardeners. Have 20 forsythia bushes for the yard and someone suggested saving old coffee grounds to use for the planting. Are they wet grounds or dried out and just what do we do with them? Thank you for your help with this.
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