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Microgreens Kitchen Garden Kit

In the market for an easy way to grow microgreens? The Microgreens Kitchen Garden Kit from Knowing Nature can help you get started quickly and easily. What Are Microgreens? But first, let’s talk about what microgreens are before we launch into how to grow them with this kit. Microgreens are the first few leaves of ...

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Repurposing Decorative Pumpkins and Gourds

Are you left with slowly sinking pumpkins and rotting gourds that have served their decorative purpose for the fall holidays? Don’t toss them into the trash. Instead, consider giving them a second life in your garden. Not only is this an eco-friendly option (and you should be eco-friendly), but it also adds nutrients back into ...

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Shredded Leaves for Winter Mulch

Shredded leaves are nature’s free mulch. Not only that, they are a valuable fertilizer source that drops onto your lawn each fall—did I say for free? And because it’s both free and a boon for garden, you might just find yourself asking your neighbors if you can take their leaves off their hands, too. All ...

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Row Covers for Frost Protection

Where I garden, row covers can be a fall season saver. All that work and time I put into seeding, growing and tending a fall vegetable garden can be negated by a single hard frost. But row covers can protect crops of tender herbs and leafy greens. They allow me to extend my growing season ...

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Parsley, Flat and Curly

I received an email from the California-based seed company Renee’s Garden last week suggesting that gardeners had time to sow one last batch of parsley. Along with that information they offered up several suggestions of and descriptions for parsley varieties that readers could try. I was surprised they suggested curly version. Why on earth would ...

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Fall Care for Sunchokes

Maybe you’ve eaten sunchokes, a.k.a. Jerusalem artichokes, at a restaurant or have seen them as a surprise ingredient on one of the televised cooking competitions. Maybe their nuttiness intrigued you enough to consider growing it yourself. Great! Early fall is a great time to plant these USDA Zones 3-9 perennial vegetables. We’ll cover the hows ...

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