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Straw Bale Greenhouse Building Plans

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Learn the six main steps and environmental benefits building a straw bale greenhouse.

Grow a Colorful Cutting Garden

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Fresh-cut, home-grown flowers transform a house into a home. Learn how to grow a cutting garden.

Popular Farmers’ Market Heirloom Vegetables

Crops & Gardening
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The popularity of heirlooms vegetables at farmers' markets and dinner tables is more established now than ever. Read about some of the best ones to bring to the farmers' market.

Crop Profile: Strawberries

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Strawberries: Make this incredibly productive plant part of your farm garden with these strategies for keeping away pests and encouraging growth.

Spotting Plum Pox

Crops & Gardening
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USDA seeks aid in plum pox virus testing

Share Your Gardening Tips

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Cherie Langlois starts us off with three of her gardening tips--and a "Don't," too. Join the conversation!

Perennial Growing Tips

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Looking for year-round color in your garden? Read one Kentucky gardener's favorite perennial picks and some perennial growing tips, too.

Crop Profile: Asparagus

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Known as "the food of kings,” asparagus can be an interesting addition to your family’s kitchen or market garden.

Keep Your Garden Protected

Crops & Gardening
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Protect your garden using planting strategies, fences and even owls--help keep deer and other critters away.

My Farm Truck

Crops & Gardening
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I don’t really have a farm, just an obsession with my Italian-style vegetable garden, and as much as I once loved my various cowboy trucks and cool sports cars, I don’t even own a car or truck anymore.

Bees and Colony Collapse: Join Effort to Conserve Pollinators

Crops & Gardening | News |
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Bee good to pollinators! Leading researchers are searching for clues about a mysterious ailment killing honey bees and other scientists are saying it's time to protect native pollinators

How Do I … Build Raised Beds

Crops & Gardening
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Growing in raised beds has many advantages: It can be easier on aging backs and knees, and the soil conditions inside a raised bed can easily be kept optimal.

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