My Mini Square Foot Garden

Theresa Flavin  |  30th Mar 2010  |  Filed under Vegetable Gardening

I’ve been anxious to garden for a month now.  It started in the middle of February with snow still on the ground when I went to a class at a local gardening shop about Square Foot Gardening.  It’s a way of vegetable gardening where you can get  lots of veggies in a small space.   I decided I would give it a try.

2 weekends ago it was beautiful in PA, perfect gardening weather….It was&hellip

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Vegetable Gardens in the South

Kay King  |  26th Mar 2010  |  Filed under Vegetable Gardening

Growing cauliflower and broccoli means planting early as these cool weather crops will not produce when the summer temperature begin in late spring. In extreme southern locations, March to mid- April is planting time for these vegetables and by early April it’s time to put in peas, radishes, carrots, potatoes, corn and squash. Till your garden area as early as possible so it is ready for&hellip

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Live Oaks in March Require Patient Gardeners

Rachel Jefferson  |  23rd Mar 2010  |  Filed under Flower Gardening

Location: Georgia

Many southern locations are blessed with huge oak trees but in March those trees are not so popular with gardeners. The days are warming up and by March (even this year with the wacky weather we’ve been having) there is seldom a frost danger now. Gardeners are anxious to begin planting as the garden stores are already filling with annuals, perennials and shrubs for early&hellip

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Is Your Garden Organic… Really?

Kay King  |  22nd Mar 2010  |  Filed under Ornamental Gardening

Location: Southeast US

Organic gardening has been widely adopted as a way to produce abundant crops of vegetables, keep lawns lush and green and fill flower beds with color every season. It’s not surprising that such a popular topic leads to sellers who offer natural or all-natural weed and insect control products and may use the word “organic” to describe a product that contains&hellip

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