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This week is unusual because I’ve shot two videos, rather than just one. That’s because I have a very timely tip regarding peach leaf curl and NOW is the time to implement it! Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that attacks the leaves of peach and nectarine trees. Perhaps you’ve seen leaves with red blotches on them, or leaves […]
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The Preserver’s Garden: How to Grow a Garden for Fermenting, Canning, Pickling, Dehydrating, Freeze Drying & More by Staci & Jeremy Hill We gardeners want to grow a lot of our own food. We are often met with plenty of challenges, however. Which veggies are the most productive? Which preservation methods can we use? What are the best practices to […]
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If you’ve been following me, you know I shoot a monthly video about how our vegetable garden is doing. It’s September now, right? That means it is officially time for my September Vegetable Garden Tour! My goal for these video tours is to share the highs and lows, as well as helpful tips along the way. And I do have […]
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I’ve been growing pole beans and bush beans for as long as I can remember. They’re so productive and we use them a lot in cooking. But I’ve encountered some weird bean problems that I thought you might be interested to learn about. The great news is that both types are beans are very easy to grow. Give them some […]
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How would you like to take a stroll through our vegetable garden? Well, you can RIGHT NOW! For this week’s video, I shot my July vegetable garden tour and it’s the next best thing to being here. As I explain in the video, I always shoot a monthly tour of the garden throughout the growing season. I’ve been doing this […]
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I’ve been on vacation for two weeks so am currently playing catch-up! In my newest video, I take you on a vegetable garden tour for the month of June. During the garden season, I plan to give you monthly updates on how everything is growing. You’ll see which crops are excelling, any problems we’re encountering and how we address them. […]
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With the title of this week’s video, you might fear a lot of things can go wrong with a garden. For the most part, we have minimal problems because we really stay in tune with what’s going on out there. It’s so important that we gardeners engage in a bit of vegetable garden troubleshooting to nip problems in the bud. […]
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This week’s video is going to be slightly different. The topic is aphids and the beneficial insects that prey upon them. Perhaps you saw my YouTube “short” video about the huge population explosion of aphids in May 2024. I explained how I wasn’t going to worry about them because I knew beneficial insects would come to the rescue. Well, things […]
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I’m so excited about this week’s video! It’s been hard to be patient. But I’ve been waiting for this point in the season to shoot a vegetable garden tour. From here on out, I’ll shoot a monthly tour video so you can see how everything is progressing. You’ll see what we’re growing, hear about any challenges that pop up and […]
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Bill and I have been using agricultural insect netting in our vegetable garden since 2022. On Nov. 22, 2024, I wrote a blog post about a problem we encountered with it. I’m happy to tell you that we’ve resolved it so wanted to provide an update. Let’s start with some background on the agricultural insect netting product and the problem: […]
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