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The Watex Easy Indoor Garden Kit

I wrote in this space not long ago about how easy it is to grow parsley indoors during the winter. You can read that post HERE, but to summarize: Just repot your outdoor parsley into a more-deep-than-wide pot, give it some well-draining potting soil and place it into a sunny window. You’ll have fresh parsley ...

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Gardening Trends for 2024

You typically see a lot of trend lists coming out this time of year, even in the topic of gardening. I, for one, usually decline to spread these trends because I have always been a firm believer in the phrase “you do you.” However, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) recently shared its top gardening trends ...

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Growing Parsley in Winter

Growing parsley in winter is one of the surprising gardening delights of the season. I was reminded of this during a recent walk through my neighborhood on a 32F day. In fact, it may have been colder than that. The otherwise brownish-hued community garden contained pops of green emitting from both this resilient herb and ...

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How Cold Injury Kills Some But Not All Vegetables

Some of your vegetable plants may be dead or dying and some may be A-okay if temperatures have dipped to 32F or below in your area. If it’s cold where you are, your tomatoes and squash are certainly goners. But your kale, cabbage and Swiss chard are doing fine, even after a coating of frost. ...

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Buckskin Pumpkin

Not all pumpkins are orange, and the new Buckskin pumpkin from Burpee is a great example of that. Buckskin is more of a buff color than a Jack-O-Lantern type orange. However, if you look inside, Buckskin is indeed the rich and deep orange you’d expect of a pumpkin. Buckskin is in that rare pumpkin category ...

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Basil Pesto Party

The basil variety called Pesto Party is your solution if your generic Genovese basil plants let you down each summer. I’ve been growing my Pesto Party plants for three months now and I couldn’t be happier. Why? Because this variety solves three common basil problems I have experienced in the past. Cold Weather Tolerance All ...

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