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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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Five Perfect Plants for Spring Container Gardens

Five Perfect Plants for Spring Container Gardens Container gardens are rewarding for both newbies and experienced gardeners. They spark joy for those who love to get their hands dirty and passers-by observing beauty. Early Spring planters bring the promise of sunny days to dreary porches, patios and entryways. Because they brighten spaces, frame focal points ...

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AAS 2020 Tomato Winner Apple Yellow

AppThe All-America Selections judges gave a National Award to a tomato called Apple. That’s like naming your dog Kitten (I had a friend who did that, actually). And while the dog named Kitten in no way resembles a cat, Apple Yellow tomato is indeed reminiscent of an apple—a Golden Delicious, in fact. And, doubling down ...

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Ratooning to Create a Second Harvest

Ratooning your crops midseason is one way to encourage a second round of growth—and a second round of harvest—from your garden veggies. Yes, I spelled “ratooning” correctly. When I first saw this new-to-me word, I thought it was “racooning,” which I do hope isn’t an actual thing. So, if ratooning is not racooning, what exactly ...

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Reading Soil Test Results from a Vegetable Garden

Interpreting your soil test results is the next step in the process of finding out what you are dealing with as far as your vegetable garden soil is concerned. Soil tests come back with various numbers, percentages and some indication of whether your garden’s levels are within an acceptable range. To the uninitiated, the numbers ...

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