Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
The desire to start seeds for the spring garden grows strong in January – a least it does for me. Seed catalogs are arriving daily and social media is full of images of gardeners in “warmer climes” happily starting seeds for the season. It’s torturous to watch and sit by idle! I’m ready to start planting, too. The seed…
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Growing flowers, herbs, and vegetables in containers is a great way to brighten a patio or garden area. Often, choosing the container can be just as much fun as choosing what to grow! In this episode, we’re going to step out of the box — or should I say, out of the pot — and explore the many ways to…
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An herb garden right outside the kitchen door is a cook’s delight. Fresh herbs add a special burst of flavor to any homemade meal. Whether you are snipping basil for pasta, sage for turkey, or thyme and rosemary for roasts – herbs bring another layer of freshness and flavor to the table. But unfortunately come late fall, the perennial herb…
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Have you ever considered your grocery store produce isle as a source for herb plants? Me neither, until recently… I know that one way to make more plants is to propagate them from cuttings. This is a simple process of cutting a stem of new growth from an existing plant an allowing it to root in water or by using…
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