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May 1, 2017

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Protect Your Favorite Plants with Trap Crops

By Sappho Charney | Amaranthus, Annuals, Basil, Brassica, Broccoli, Cabbage, Companion planting, Cucumber, Dill, Fall gardening, Flowers, Fragrance, Garden Info, Gardening Tips, Geranium, Grasses, Herbs, Lettuce, Marigold, Mustard, Nasturtium, okra, Organic, pest repellent, Radish, Rose, Seed, Squash, strawberry, Summer sowing, Sunflower, Tips and Techniques, Vegetables, Zinnia | No Comments

If you are trying to go pesticide-free in the garden, consider a version of companion planting that actually has one…

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April 19, 2017

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Your Beans’ Best Friends

By Sappho Charney | Basil, Beans, Carrot, Companion planting, Corn, Dill, Garden Info, Gardening Tips, Herbs, Legumes, Nasturtium, Nature's Aid, nitrogen fixing, Peas, pest repellent, Potato, Radish, soil building, soil improvement, Squash, Sunflower, Three Sisters, Vegetables | One Comment

Good old beans! As a legume, they are one of the stars of the garden, fixing nitrogen in the soil…

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February 19, 2017

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Your Cucumbers’ Worst Enemies

By Sappho Charney | Companion planting, Cucumber, Dill, Melons, Potato, Radish, Rue, Seed, Squash, Vegetables | No Comments

The cucumber is an amiable presence in the garden, not out to offend anyone. Yet, for one reason or another,…

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February 16, 2017

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Your Cucumbers’ Best Friends

By Sappho Charney | Beans, Bees, butterflies, Companion planting, Corn, Cucumber, Dill, Garden Info, Gardening Tips, ladybugs, Legumes, Lettuce, Marigold, Nasturtium, nitrogen fixing, Peas, Pollinators, Radish, soil building, Spring, Squash, Succession planting, Sunflower, Three Sisters, Vegetables | No Comments

Would you believe that cucumbers are second only to tomatoes as the most popular vegetable crop for home gardens? (We…

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August 30, 2016

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Extending the Veggie Garden Season

By ParkSeed | Beans, Brassica, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cool-season crops, cover crops, Fall gardening, Garden Info, Gardening Tips, Legumes, Lettuce, Peas, Pollinators, Radish, Vegetables | No Comments

As summer winds down, it’s easy to assume that the vegetable garden is about over. Even if our tomatoes, peppers,…

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April 10, 2014

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Digging for Gold in the Garden

By Sappho Charney | Beet, Carrot, Garden Info, Potato, Radish, Vegetables | No Comments

Root crops — carrots, radishes, potatoes, beets, turnips, and parsnips — are among the the most exciting of the vegetable…

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