Professional growers have learned that if you can heat the soil or other growing medium without raising the air temperature around the tops of the pl
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Growing your own food doesn’t have to be rocket science. In the words of Confucius, “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicate
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Reader Arden Schmitt recently built a subterranean greenhouse in Southern Idaho and was kind enough to submit a brief description and photos. The gre
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One of nice things about greenhouse growing environment is it allows for propagating new plants from existing ones. But you don’t need to have a
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Vegetable Gardening isn’t Just for Summer Anymore Now that most of your summer vegetables are growing well and many of your spring crops have prov
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The Mittleider grow box is a combination of soil gardening and hydroponics. It was created by Jacob Mittleider as a viable way to raise vegetable
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Hoe Peppers How do you prevent your garden from being a 24-hour diner for every insect that passes through the neighborhood? There are several che
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Raised beds and elevated gardens provide easier access to gardens and can increase space available for growing vegetables and flowers. You will enjoy
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It’s not worth having a garden if you don’t also have birds. And it is possible to create a bird haven using old items from around the house.
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The percolator is a fantastic system for the beginning hydroponics gardener to build. Very few materials are required and all of them can be obtained
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