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Green Lightening Squash

Green Lightening Squash is one of a handful of vegetables that were recently presented with the All-America Selections Award for 2025. It’s actually the second squash to receive the National Award for an edible variety this year. But unlike that other squash (you can read about Squash Thriller here), Green Lightening is a summer squash, ...

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New Vegetable Gardening Book: The 10-Minute Gardener

A new gardening book claims to give you the tactics to nurture your vegetable garden in just 10 minutes increments. Not only that, the author also says you’ll have a veggie garden and a life, all while growing more food more efficiently. Is that even possible? YouTube garden content creator CaliKim says yes. And she’s ...

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Winter Hardy Passion Fruit

Passion Fruit that is winter hardy to -4F, or about Zone 6b? Yes, it’s true. The Swiss breeding company Lubera has been growing and selling its hardy Cooltropics® Eia Popeia® variety in Europe a few years now and this vining, climbing, flowering and fruiting plant is indeed able to survive in this non-tropical environment. And ...

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Phytophthora Causes Squash Rot

Phytophthora Blight may be throwing a wrench into your pumpkin and winter squash crops as they enter the final weeks of the season. With squash crops and wet weather—and we’ve had some wet weather in New England this summer—comes the threat of fruit rot. Where there is water, there’s the possibility of a ruined crop. ...

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The EarthLifter Tool for Easier Digging

Got a bad back or find it difficult to perform lifting and pulling tasks in the garden? The EarthLifter tool can help with that. I was able to test drive the EarthLifter while attending a trade show recently. It’s a tool whose form and physics allows you to use less effort when going about your ...

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Seven Practical Gifts for Gardeners

We’re ten days away from Christmas Eve. It’s time to start shopping if you haven’t done so already, and I wanted to offer a few suggestions for finding practical gift for gardeners this season. Holiday Gift Ideas for Gardeners The Best Weed Tool Over 20 years ago, CobraHead sent me a prototype of their hand ...

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