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3 Superfast Ways to Weed this Spring!

How to Quickly Handle Weeds 1. Off with their heads.  Most of us spend our time nurturing seedlings….but weed seedlings are a very different species.  With the first warm spells of spring, hundreds of thousands of weed seeds germinate.  I sharpen my hand-held hoe (a scuffle hoe works too…any sharp edge) and one swift run along the […]

Front Yard Vegetable Gardens

Heirloom Vegetable Seeds I’m fortunate to know lots of gardeners. They are a quiet bunch for the most part and sometimes rather eccentric. But they are on the forefront of an environmental movement that is making a big difference in our community: turning front yards into vegetable gardens! It begins as the gardener runs out of room […]

3 Veggies You Gotta Grow at Home!

Heirloom Vegetable Seeds These three veggies you gotta grow at home because they aren’t easy to find in grocery stores. Even if you can buy them, they are so much better fresh out of the garden AND super easy to grow at home. Broccoli Raab Rapini This is a relative to big broccoli stalks. You get […]