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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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The other day, I suddenly realized that I hadn’t sprinkled MoleMax on our front flower bed. This wonderful repellent keeps gophers and voles from destroying our plants during the winter. When our landscape is covered by snow, lots of nefarious activity goes on underneath. Gophers chew on and eat plant roots. Voles chew mostly at the base of plant stems. […]
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Do you get cold easily? Do you dread having to do projects or tasks outside during the fall and winter months? Well, a heated vest might be just what you need. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism many years ago. Even though it’s manageable with medication, I’m always cold. Whether I’m indoors or outdoors, I’ve always had to put on a […]
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Dry Climate Gardening* by Noelle Johnson (Cool Springs Press, 2023, $28.99) by Susan Mulvihill We gardeners all have varying degrees of challenges, right? They might occur while we’re trying to grow our own food or create a pleasing landscape around our home. Those who live in arid or semi-arid climates have a unique set of challenges. But that doesn’t mean […]
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In this week’s video, I share with you what I feel are the best gardening tools. And as I explain, I don’t have affiliate relationships with any of the companies so I don’t benefit from recommending them. In addition, I will ONLY recommend a product if I personally use and like it. There are two things of particular interest that […]
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For the past 2 years, I have grown vegetables, flowers and strawberries in my GreenStalk vertical planter. It is so well-designed and all of the plants have thrived in it. Now I’m starting my third year of growing a small garden in it. The only downside to any type of container is that they dry out quickly. I was so […]
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Ever since my new book, The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook, was released on February 7, my schedule has been crazy! I wanted to let you know about the podcasts that I’ve either been a guest on or my book has been discussed. Here’s the line-up: The Joe Gardener Show with host Joe Lamp’l. I was delighted to be on […]
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The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide* by Jenny Rose Carey (Timber Press, 2022, 288 pp., $29.95) by Susan Mulvihill Flowers add so much color, interest and dimension to a garden. We fall in love with the ones we’ve seen in public and private gardens. But we often don’t realize the flowers might not be a good match for our conditions. We […]
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Bill and I are avid birdwatchers. We’ve created a landscape that attracts them and makes them feel safe. We love listening to them, admiring how beautiful they are, and watching them raise their young. We recognize the birds that come here but sometimes we need a little help with bird identification. For this week’s column, I have written about the […]
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Book Review by Susan Mulvihill Even though I’ve been growing vegetables for many years, there’s one skill I really need to develop: succession planting. When I heard Meg McAndrews Cowden’s new book, Plant Grow Harvest Repeat, was about that very topic, I was so excited to read it, She is truly a master at this. As she writes, “Continuous planting […]
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