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How One Packet of Tomato Seeds Launched A Gardening Business

How One Packet of Tomato Seeds Launched A Gardening Business

As a new gardening season begins, I’d like to share how my passion for gardening and helping gardeners succeed grew…
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Dig Deep for A Successful Tomato Harvest

Dig Deep for A Successful Tomato Harvest

I love tomatoes. Specifically, I love growing tomatoes. Did you know there are 10,000 varieties of tomatoes? I think I’m…
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Podcast #11: How to Grow Tomatoes, Part 2

Podcast #11: How to Grow Tomatoes, Part 2

In this second part of the Growing Tomatoes Primer, I continue the conversation about growing healthy, productive tomato plants. I’ll…
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How to Prune Your Tomatoes to Keep Them Healthy

How to Prune Your Tomatoes to Keep Them Healthy

There’s one topic that everyone who grows tomatoes has an opinion about – and that’s pruning. To prune or not…
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Podcast #10: How to Grow Tomatoes – A Primer for Success

Podcast #10: How to Grow Tomatoes – A Primer for Success

There is nothing like the taste of a homegrown tomato! And the best thing? Tomatoes are pretty easy to grow….
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How to Repair a Broken Tomato Plant Stem

How to Repair a Broken Tomato Plant Stem

Oh snap! Did you just accidentally break off the main growing stem of your tomato plant? It happens! While tomato…
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I'm a bit tardy in posting these carrot photos, bu I'm a bit tardy in posting these carrot photos, but here are the gems I harvested just before Thanksgiving. They were in the last bed to be prepped for winter. Planted in mid-July, I managed to save them throughout the raised bed rebuild. I'm happy to say 1) the carrots are delicious, and 2) all beds are finally put to bed for the winter. No more hauling soil...time for a rest!

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