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Garden Rake a Workhorse in the Garden

The garden rake is my new favorite tool in the garden. I’ve written a bunch about good vegetable garden tools before, such as THIS and THIS , which I still hold in high esteem in the hand tool category. But, the garden rake, that’s a vegetable garden tool with heft. Plus, it has multiple purposes ...

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Raised Bed Victory Garden Considerations

The National Garden Bureau’s four-part Victory Garden 2.0 series of blog posts has been my inspiration for my recent Just Veggies posting lately. In my last three Just Veggies posts I wrote about planning a modern Victory Garden, planting your Victory Garden and what to consider if all you have room for is a Victory ...

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Container Victory Garden Considerations

In my two editions of Just Veggies I riffed off the Victory Garden 2.0 blogs posts released by the National Garden Bureau in response to the coronavirus pandemic. My first post was about planning a modern victory garden and the second was about planting your Victory garden with vegetables. This week’s post is in response ...

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Planting Your Victory Garden Outdoors

In my last edition of Just Veggies, I referenced the National Gardening Bureau’s series of four blog posts about “Victory Gardening 2.0,” or more accurately, vegetable gardening in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Whether your reason for a victory garden is for supplementing your fresh veggies to lessen the trips to the store, a learning ...

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Victory Gardening Through the Pandemic

The idea of “victory gardens” is making a comeback, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty that situation brings to our families and communities. Back when the original victory gardens were being planted around the time of World Wars I and II, food was scarce and the world was at war with each other. ...

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Stay Healthy In the Garden

Be safe and healthy in the garden this spring, friends. I say this because a few days ago I received the annual prepare-for-spring announcement from my community garden organizer. The subject line was “Gardening in the time of COVID-19.” It gave general information about the cancellation of a city-wide Gardeners’ Gathering due to the virus, ...

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