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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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Rhubarb KangaRhu

A new rhubarb called KangaRhu is a recipient of a 2020 Green Thumb Award given out by the Direct Gardening Association. The awards are chosen by garden writers who judge garden plants and products on uniqueness, technological innovation, ability to solve a garden problem and their appeal to gardeners. It makes me happy to see ...

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