Lauren Mackay
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How To Plant And Grow Summer Bulbs In The Spring: Step-By-Step
Few flowers are as showy and glorious as those shooting up from a summer-blooming bulb. Planting bulbs is neither laborious nor difficult.
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How To Plant And Grow Spring Bulbs In The Fall: Step-By-Step
Planting bulbs in the fall for you to enjoy in the spring is an easy and highly rewarding garden job. No other addition will make the color impact to your garden that spring-blooming bulbs do.
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How And When To Fertilize Your Vegetable Garden Naturally
Making the shift to use naturally derived products to fertilize your garden is extremely easy. In fact, you can accomplish this in large part by using organic materials already present in your yard!
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How To Build The Ideal Soil For Your Plants: Step-By-Step
There are several simple practices you can incorporate into your gardening routine to help your soil and garden be the best they ever have been long into the future.
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10 Best Vegetables To Grow In The Winter
Growing vegetables in the winter can be difficult, but it gets easier when you know the best ones.
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What Are Microclimates: Everything To Know For Your Garden
Microclimates are smaller climates within larger ones that deviate from the norm. Microclimates occur due to a variety of conditions such as light, wind, water, buildings, and property slope. Identifying your microclimate is essential to understanding what your garden needs, where to put it, and how to help it thrive.
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Vermont Plant Hardiness Zones Map And Gardening Guide
Vermont’s plant hardiness zones include zones 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b and 6a. Across all these zones, its overall average extreme minimum winter temperatures range from -30°F (-34.4°C) to -5°F (-20.6°C).
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Is Fertilizer Necessary For Your Vegetable Garden?
Whether or not fertilizer is necessary for your vegetable garden comes down to what kind of fertilizer you’re using and what’s already in your soil.
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How To Maintain Your Vegetable Garden Throughout Every Season
Maintaining your vegetable garden requires different steps for each season. But each step is essential to the health and growth of your vegetable garden.
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How To Make The Best Soil For Your Vegetable Garden
I know from experience you need to start with great soil to grow great vegetables. All year long, I am doing something or other to make sure my garden has good, healthy soil.
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How To Protect Your Vegetable Garden From Frost
Let’s dive into what you can do to protect your vegetable garden from frost. The good news is these are the best tips and quickest methods gardeners commonly use, so you’ll be able to implement them quickly, too.
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How To Clean Your Garden Vegetables So They’re Safe To Eat
If you’re like me, you work hard to build your soil organically, stay mindful of the water you use, and avoid using synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. But does this mean you can get away with not cleaning your vegetables? Specifically, does this mean you can get away with not washing them? I wish it did.
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20 Best Vegetables For Your Garden
Every vegetable garden I’ve planted starts as a blank slate. That blank slate can be exciting! It represents the freedom to grow what you want. But freedom can also be overwhelming as you struggle with all the directions you can go.
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Everything To Know About How To Save Your Seeds For Next Year
A seed is the beginning and the end of your plant’s life cycle. So, seed saving may be for you if you like bringing things full circle. Seed saving is also very practical since you’ll be stocking up for your garden next year.