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Grow your Own

Gardening in Extreme Suburbia

May 4, 2010

Over the past few weeks, we have been busy transforming the sunny corner of my tiny suburban yard into a kitchen garden. As I mentioned before, I live in extreme suburbia in a townhome. Needless to say I have a very small plot of land to use for my garden. I am fortunate enough to [...]

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Home grown ‘maters

May 4, 2010

Now that it’s May, gardeners everywhere are starting to dream of tomatoes. Fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes are truly one of the greatest foods ever.  Nothing can compare, especially not the cardboard orbs masquerading as tomatoes in grocery stores. I’ve already seen some greenhouse-grown tomatoes at the farmers’ market, but the fact is, they’re still not as good [...]

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If you want veggies, plant flowers

April 7, 2010

If you want a successful garden this year, one thing you should do is plant flowers.  Flowers serve two purposes: #1 – They attract bees, which are necessary for pollination.  No bees, no tomatoes. #2 – They are effective bug repellents.  The conventional wisdom is to plant marigolds with tomatoes to repel cutworms, but did [...]

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Growing asparagus

April 6, 2010

One of the many reasons that Spring is such a great time of the year is that it is asparagus time.  Asparagus is one of those veggies that I only eat in season – a period of time that is far too short in my humble opinion.  During these coming weeks, I will be serving my [...]

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Plan carefully

April 2, 2010

One  thing I’ve learned in my years of gardening is that it is always possible to make stupid mistakes. Case in point:  A few weeks ago, I laid out the soaker hoses in my kitchen garden.  (In case you’re not familiar with them, they’re black hoses that are porous so that water can drip out [...]

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Small winter harvest pays off at the White House – inspiring us all

March 30, 2010

March 20 was the one-year anniversary of  the White House Kitchen Garden, and Mrs. Obama’s project continues inspire us all – as well as her campaign for health and fresh, local food. I recently read a post on the small winter  harvest from the garden – an amazing story of the garden that survived Snowmaggedon [...]

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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: 10 things to do right now

March 26, 2010

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution movement has become the tipping point for regular Americans on food consciousness, health, and the impact that our food habits have on our children and communities. Starting with his food revolution in the UK, then the TED Prize, a series of fabulous books, and now a prime-time TV show on ABC [...]

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On blueberry hill…

March 26, 2010

One of the easiest things I’ve grown over the years is blueberries.  And if you’re interested in growing your own blueberries, now is the time to plant them. Pretty much all garden shops — and even the big box stores with garden shops — sell blueberries.  I saw them at Southern States last week and [...]

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Easy peas-y

March 25, 2010

If you’re planning to plant peas this spring, now is the time to do it.  Peas take 60 days to go from seed to your dinner table, plus they’re a cool weather plant that does not like the warm days of June. Peas are incredibly easy to grow — and perfect for the juvenile gardeners [...]

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Apples, peaches, and cherries … oh my!

March 19, 2010

We are quite fortunate here in Virginia to have so many orchards within short driving distances and my family loves to pick our own apples every fall. Even though I’ve been gardening for 15 years, I’ve never had fruit trees before, mostly because I didn’t have space in my old yard.  Now I do and [...]

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