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Grow Garlic in Your Backyard

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Garlic can be used for cooking, canning, pickling and keeping away evil spirits—and if you grow it right, you might never have to buy it again.

13 Low-Maintenance Vegetables for a Hassle-Free Garden

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Incorporate these perennial edibles into your garden this year and save yourself time in future seasons growing vegetables.

3 Composting Methods For Urban Farmers

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These three small-space composting methods will help you turn your waste into a nutrient-rich amendment for your garden.

10 Citrus Trees You Can Grow In Pots

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Your winter can be a whole lot sunnier if you grow one of this bright citrus fruits indoors during the cold season.

UF Hack: A DIY Start To Strawberries

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Increase the size of your strawberry bed using this simple and cost-free propagation technique.

4 Ways to Grow Mushrooms

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Build a mushroom bed suited to your urban farm and the species of mushroom you wish to grow with these guidelines.

UF Hack: Low-Cost Garden Fence Posts

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Protecting your prize crop doesn’t have to be expensive. It just takes a little creative problem-solving with what you use for fence posts.

What to Do With Your Compost in Winter

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While your compost heap might slow down in cold weather, you can still continue to feed it using these tips.

How To Keep Healthy Trees

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Like your 401K, your trees are leafy investments that pay dividends. You want to keep them green and growing for years to come.

6 Ideas To Extend The Garden Harvest

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Eat from your garden year-round with these season-extending techniques that allow you to grow food even when the temperatures dip.

Cultivate Good Fungus in Your Soil

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Part of a healthy soil structure means creating fungal structures, called mycelium, through which plants communicate and share nutrients.

UF Hack: Improve Soil With Sheet Mulch

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Avoid weeds and build soil with sheet mulch—it’s a heckuva lot easier than weeding the garden!

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