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8 Gift Wrapping Ideas Using Herbs and Flowers

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Projects |
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Your gift wrap can be just as exciting as what it’s covering when you adorn the package with herbs and flowers from your garden.

Cold Frame Greenhouse: Extend Your Growing Season

Crops & Gardening
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Cold frames open up the world to gardeners by creating a micro­climate for sensitive crops or as a means to extend the shoulder seasons.

Blackberries And Raspberries: Popular And Easy To Grow

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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Looking for an easy-to-grow plant with income potential for your hobby farm? Blackberries and raspberries fit the bill and are a "berry" good idea.

Brambles: Spring Care Tips for Raspberries & Blackberries

Crops & Gardening
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Support Raspberries & Blackberries While They Break Dormancy

Different Weeds Call for Different Solutions. Trimec® Has You Covered.

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Every lawn is different, but every lawn faces some weed pressure. No worries: there’s a solution in the Trimec® line-up of lawn herbicides. It starts with the original, “the patriarch” of the Trimec Family: Trimec Lawn Weed Killer. A favorite for homeowners and professionals alike, original Trimec controls more than 200 listed broadleaf weeds, including […]

Can Garlic Survive Winter? Yes—And Why

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Can garlic survive winter? Each fall, gardeners across the country take on one final, important task—planting garlic before cold weather sets in. While most garden beds are being cleared and put to rest, garlic is one of the few crops intentionally planted just ahead of winter. Timing varies by climate, but in most regions, garlic […]

Growing Garlic: Easy Tips for Planting, Caring and Harvesting

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Love garlic? Who doesn't?! This flavorful crop is easy and satisfying to grow, so you should clear a bit of space to grow some garlic of your own. Here's how.

Cold Weather Vegetables: Why Cold Makes Some Crops Sweet

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Cold weather vegetables and other late-season crops are known to see a marked taste improvement after a light frost or two. For the best-tasting apples, leafy greens, and root crops, a dousing of cold weather can be just the ticket. This is true not only for fall harvests, but also for early spring crops that […]

Rootstock Guide: 7 Common Apple Rootstocks Explained

Crops & Gardening
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The rootstock on which an apple tree is grown influences the tree’s size, diseases resistance, precocity, and more.

Paperwhites: How to Force Winter Blooms Indoors

Crops & Gardening
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Paperwhites are a winter-flowering treasure. Their pure-white blooms and heady fragrance can brighten even the darkest, coldest day.

How to Start a Christmas Tree Farm for Profit

Crops & Gardening
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The spirit of the season can start right on your Christmas tree farm. Here's what you need to know about starting and maintaining the business.

Winter Sowing Garden Guide

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The cold has arrived. As gardeners, we find ourselves longing for spring, when our gardens come back to life and we can spend time outside. It’s tempting to believe we can’t plant anything now, but there is a way to plant seeds for next spring. Winter sowing is a type of planting that involves planting […]

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