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How To Can Fruit: A Beginners Guide

Canning Fruit by Sam Doll   Summer is the perfect time to enjoy fresh, local fruit. Whether it’s plump, Maine blueberries or sweet, Colorado peaches, every part of the country is offering up a local bounty of great unique fruits. The only problem is that it is hard to make these harvests last! Maybe want […]

Fall Blooming Plants for Pollinators

Wildflower Seeds by Heather Stone As the days become shorter and the nights cooler and the season shifts from summer to fall many of us can find our gardens to be a little lackluster. Not much is blooming after the abundance of color throughout the spring and summer. This is where fall blooming plants come […]

Back To School

The Importance of Learning Gardening by Sam Doll What do you think of when you imagine a classroom? Do you think of rows of desks, educational posters, a whiteboard with a professionally dressed teacher at the front? There may be a few toys or tablets with games designed to teach kids their alphabet or basic […]