September 28, 2024

Tag: gardening advice

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VIDEO: Grow Salad Greens All Winter For Less Than 20 Dollars | Gardening Tips | Roots and Refuge

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Today, I’m sharing a quick and affordable project to help you grow your own salad greens all through the winter! Want More Roots & Refuge? Check Out: Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvBpcMe9OjXGnjLgPuLGQPw Email Us:…

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VIDEO: Apple Storing and Processing, the Easy Way

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Autumn brings us an abundance of juicy apples – but what to do with them all? Many varieties can be stored to enjoy over winter, while all apples may be processed into truly tasty treats. In this short video we show you how to store apples safely…

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VIDEO: Saving Seeds from Beans, Peppers, Onions…and More!

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Saving your own seeds is the ultimate in self-sufficiency. Every gardener should give it a go! Over time, saving seeds from your best plants can result in vegetables that are perfectly suited to your garden’s growing conditions. This means stronger, healthier plants – and bigger harvests! In…

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VIDEO: Why Raised Garden Beds? | The Benefits of Raised Bed Gardening | Roots and Refuge Farm

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Why Raised Garden Beds? Let me tell you! Miah’s How-To Video Showing the Building of Our beds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIYXknhJSoo&t=628s Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/roots_and_refuge Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsandrefuge/ My Infrequently updated blog: www.thehodgepodgedarling.blogspot.com My Articles in Do South Magazine:http://dosouthmagazine.com/?s=jessica+sowards Our Music is by our friend Daniel Smith We love happy mail! To drop us a line: PO Box 850…

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VIDEO: Getting Rid of Weeds

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Weeds are an inevitable part of gardening. Their often persistent nature can make for a truly frustrating experience! But you don’t have to let them get the better of you. From puny annual weeds that can be dispatched with a hoe to more troublesome perennials that need…

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VIDEO: Growing Cabbages from Sowing to Harvest

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Cabbages you’ve grown yourself are sweeter and crunchier than anything you can buy. Better still, they are straightforward to grow, so there’s no reason you can’t enjoy delicious homegrown cabbage. There’s a cabbage for every season, meaning you can have a year-round supply of your very own…

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VIDEO: Growing Fruit – Why Thinning Creates a Better Harvest

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Early summer offers a tempting taste of what’s to come in the fruit garden. But to get the most from your fruit trees you’ll need to thin them out by removing many of the developing fruits. It sounds counterintuitive, but by thinning fruits you’ll enjoy a better…

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VIDEO: Growing Beans from Sowing to Harvest

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. One crop sums up the sheer joy of growing your own more than any other: beans! Beans are quick-growing and exceptionally prolific, producing tender, tasty pods over many weeks. Grow them from seed for no-fuss plants that will crop repeatedly. In this short video we share invaluable…

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VIDEO: Growing Cucumbers From Sowing to Harvest

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Crunchy cucumbers, fresh from the garden are in a league of their own. There’s nothing as cool as a homegrown cucumber! Cucumbers grown in the greenhouse require slightly different care from those grown outdoors. In this short video we show you how to grow both outdoor and…

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VIDEO: Growing Soft Fruits for Beginners

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Juicy, sweet and oh-so tempting – soft fruits are the last word in homegrown deliciousness. They’re also heavy cropping and surprisingly easy to grow. If you’ve never tried growing fruit before, now’s the time to get started. In this short video we show you the best soft…

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VIDEO: High Yields: 6 Proven Strategies to Boost Garden Harvests

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. We all dream of a garden brimming with delicious abundance, yet the reality often falls short. But there are several simple techniques that even new gardeners can use to grow bumper harvests. Think strategically and plan your garden with care, and you’ll enjoy a truly prolific plot…

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VIDEO: No-Dig Gardening: An Easier Way to Grow

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. You dig, you toil, you reap the rewards. But just how necessary is digging? Mother Nature doesn’t use a spade, and she does pretty well! So why not follow her example – ditch the spade and save valuable time and effort in the garden. In this short…

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VIDEO: Bird Feeders: Encourage Birds into Your Garden This Winter

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Birds are the gardener’s valuable allies, helping to keep pests in check. But during the colder months there are fewer bugs around to fill their bellies. Feeding Garden Birds in Winter Provide sustenance for birds during the winter and they’ll stick around to help snap up pests…

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VIDEO: Soil Health: How to Improve Your Soil

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Good soil provides moisture, nutrition and support for crops. It’s essential to take care of your soil to guarantee a great harvest. Any soil type can be improved using one simple technique. In this short video we show you how to identify what type of soil you…

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VIDEO: Upcycling Projects: Turn Your Trash into Garden Treasures!

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Gardeners are a pretty thrifty bunch and it’s in the garden where repurposing old items into new really comes into its own. From transforming tins into planters to repurposing old furniture for storing produce, there are countless ways to put worn out or unwanted items to good…

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VIDEO: 6 Proven Strategies for Year-round Harvests

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. While there’s never any shortage of delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest during the main growing season, those quieter times of the year can prove a little more challenging. There are a number of tricks and techniques that help to extend the growing season beyond what you’d…

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VIDEO: Keeping Cats Off Your Vegetable Garden

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Cats make delightful pets, but they can be a nuisance in the vegetable garden. Cats make delightful pets but not everyone has such a positive relationship with them in their garden. It can be very frustrating when your vegetable beds become the toilet for the neighbourhood felines,…

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VIDEO: Beans: How To Grow Beans Using A Wigwam

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Training beans to grow up supports yields bigger harvests from a relatively small patch of ground. Climbing vegetables are easier to harvest, require less weeding and can be used to create a windbreak to protect other plants from harsh weather. If you love growing your own food,…

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VIDEO: Growing Raspberries from Planting to Harvest

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Raspberries are among the easiest fruits to grow and, for the space they occupy, produce even more fruit than strawberries. Isn’t it time you gave them a go? Raspberries deserve a place in any fruit garden. With minimal care, they’ll reward you with heavy crops of sweet,…

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VIDEO: How to Tell When Your Fruits and Vegetables are Ready to Harvest

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. There’s nothing quite as rewarding as harvesting your own homegrown fruits and vegetables. But how can you tell when they’re perfectly ripe? Different crops have their own tell-tale signs that let you know when they’re ready to eat. In this video we share our top tips on…

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VIDEO: Tomato Problems: Fix Issues Affecting Your Tomatoes

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. There’s nothing quite like the aroma and taste of a homegrown tomato. They’re also pretty easy to grow as long as you’re prepared for signs that something is wrong. As well as pests and diseases, tomato yield and quality can be affected by nutrient deficiencies, poor pollination,…

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VIDEO: 7 Naturally Sweet Crops to Grow in Your Vegetable Garden

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Growing your own fruits and vegetables naturally improves our diet but what can you do about that nagging sweet tooth? What if you could satisfy that craving with what you can grow in your own garden? In this short video, discover seven naturally sweet fruits and vegetables…

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VIDEO: 10 Smart Watering Tips for Your Vegetable Garden

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Water is a truly precious resource. Getting smart with the way we water saves time and money while boosting plant health. Watering at the right time, in the right place, using the right methods can make a big difference to how much water your garden needs. In…

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VIDEO: How to Make a Beautiful Arch for Climbing Vegetables

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Vegetable arches offer an incredibly efficient – and attractive – way to grow sprawling or vining vegetables such as squashes, beans and cucumbers. When you don’t have much growing space it makes sense to train your vegetables upwards. In this short video we’ll show you how to…

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VIDEO: How to Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Hanging Baskets

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Hanging baskets provide a great space-saving way to grow many fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes, strawberries and all manner of leafy herbs and salads. Whether you’ve got a small garden or if you’ve simply run out of space, a hanging basket overflowing with edibles will make a…

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VIDEO: Garden Pests: Stop Slug Damage To Your Fruit & Vegetables

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💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Slugs are the gardener’s number one enemy! In this short video we show how to fight back and stop slugs damaging your crops: – How to identify slugs, slug eggs or slug damage on or near your plant foliage or fruit. – When and where should you…