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Grow Raspberries on a Trellis

In this podcast, Ellen Wells from our 'Just Veggies' blog shares the best way to grow raspberries on a trellis and why you'll never go back. Grow raspberries on a trellis system and you’ll never look back. That’s basically what my brother Craig said about his favorite new bramblebush growing method. Both Craig and I ...

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Ironweed (Vernonia): iron-tough, but not a weed

In this podcast, Leslie Miller goes over the history and benefits of Ironweed in your garden and the pollinators around you. One fall several years ago, I found a volunteer flower on the edge of my woods, in a sunny spot.  Despite having a yard full of pollinator-attracting plants, this volunteer had more activity than ...

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How to help our American bumble bees

In this podcast, Leslie Miller extols the virtues of bees and how to help them with your garden. In my gardens, bumble bees are some of my favorite visitors. Besides being exceptional pollinators, I think they are incredibly beautiful insects. I liken them to flying school buses because they don't appear to be particularly aerodynamic, ...

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DIY Shiitake Mushroom Logs—Harvest!

I dedicated four posts in early spring based on a do-it-yourself DIY log-grown mushroom class. This harvest-related update is built on upon those four posts: Phase 1, Substrate Acquisition Phase 2, Inoculation Phase 3, Spawn Run Phase 4, Production Did I Harvest? Yes! Round about early June I noticed one small pancake-sized shiitake mushroom growing ...

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PlantlingsPlus for Fall Harvests

PlantlingsPlus to the rescue for any of you who have forgotten to sow a crop of greens and cold-season crops for fall harvest. The Fall PlantlingsPlus Collection from Ferry-Morse is a line of 20 varieties of vegetables, herbs and ornamental flowers that are at least 4-6 inches tall when they arrive at your door. With ...

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Vertical Supports for Zucchini

I used vertical supports to hold my four zucchini plants off the ground this summer. I had given up using tomato cages a few years ago for several reasons, but still had the cages hanging around the garden. Employing them as supports for my zucchini was one of those “Huh, I’ve never done this before, ...

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