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Understanding Plant Fasciation and How to Deal With It

When you spend a lot of time in your garden you start noticing interesting things about nature. For instance, you learn how to identify useful weeds, or you might discover strange conditions such as ...

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Which Vegetables are Worth the Effort of Growing?

A couple of friends of mine have asked this recently: considering how cheap certain vegetables are at the grocery store, are they really worth growing at home? Should you put more time and effort into ...

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Growing Oca: How to Plant and Raise This Underappreciated Veggie

Have you heard of oca before? Chances are you might have never tried it unless you've traveled in the Andes mountains, or have a great South American grocery store near you. It's time to fix ...

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Growing Cucamelons: How to Plant and Use These Tiny Wonders

What looks like a mini watermelon, tastes like a cucumber, and is classified as a berry? Cucamelons! These adorable little veggies aren't as popular as their cucumber and melon cousins, but more ...

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Heather

Are you looking for a landscape plant that isn't about the big show-off effect, but rather a subtle statement in your garden? Or perhaps you want to grow a plant that thrives in a garden of acidic ...

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How to Identify and Get Rid of Boxelder Bugs

Whether you have a tiny garden or a large homestead, you know a thing or two about bugs. Some kill our plants, others can make us sick, and then there are those that are simply a pain in the ...

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26 Unusual Vegetables Worth Growing in Your Garden

You can't go wrong with a tried-and-true vegetable assortment in your garden. After all, peas, carrots, lettuce, and tomatoes are the cornerstones of most people's diets. They're reliable, and most of ...

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How to Grow and Care For Lilacs in the Garden

It’s pretty rare to pass a garden and not spot some lilacs. They're beautiful, low-maintenance, sweet-scented shrubs, so it's easy to see why so many people grow lilacs. The petals appear in ...

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White Mold on Plants: How to Identify and Deal With Sclerotinia Rot

It seems that in some years, our biggest challenge in the garden is trying to control all of the diseases that affect our crops. In fact, some years it feels like all you are doing is battling ...

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