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New garlic growing method.
My brother has just become keen on growing veggies. He lives in suburbia, doesn’t have a lot of room. He decided raised beds were the way to go. He started with 2, progressed to 4 & now started growing in containers. He showed me this cool way to get garlic up & growing quickly. Now I don’t believe in making things even…
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Growing hot peppers
If you've had trouble getting tomatoes started from seed, peppers are worse. I have found them to be the hardest plant to get going. They need a long time to go from sprouting seed to being large enough to transplant outside. Here in zone 4, that means starting really early, in midwinter. January is not too soon. February…
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Getting ready for tomato season
Here in Vermont we cannot plant tomatoes until mid-May at the very earliest, but if starting your own transplants, the process is well along by now. This is the first year I've had solid success with my own tomato starts. See the pictures below. These are Amish Paste for sauce, which I will supplement with local purchases…
