Gardening

WINNER: Heirloom Garden Seed Giveaway

Wow, what a fun contest! Over 150 people entered to win a 10-package set of heirloom garden seeds from Clear Creek Seeds, making this a very successful first giveaway of the year. I wish I had more seeds to give away!

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GIVEAWAY: Heirloom Garden Seeds

Win a free package of 10 non-GMO, heirloom, open-pollinated vegetable seeds from Clear Creek Seeds! Giveaway ends Feb 12, 2012!

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Kool Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi can be an intimidating vegetable if you haven’t been around it much. It looks like an organic, green space alien, with a taste like fresh, crunchy broccoli stems, with a hint of radish. The name kohlrabi comes from the German kohl, meaning cabbage, and rabi, meaning turnip—and that kind of says it all about this delicious vegetable.

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Breaking the Ice Without Scorching the Earth

As snow falls this week, know that not all de-icers are alike, and some are downright harmful to your pets, your children and your local streams and rivers.

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Keep Your Green Thumb from Going Brown this Fall

As Summer is a drawing to a close, and the leaves on the trees are about to burst into a parade of colors, here are some tips for maintaining your green thumb throughout Fall.

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Compost Happens

Now that it’s autumn, now is a great time to collect the bounty of fall leaves for composting that will ensure a healthy garden next year. For your soil, there is no better ingredient than compost, whether you till it into garden beds or use it as mulch around shrubs and trees. Considered essential to [...]

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