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How (and little bit of why) to grow our own vegetables--to feed ourselves, body and soul. This board is for educational purposes only.
To prevent the larvae of the cabbage worms from burrowing into heads of cabbage, cover each head with a nylon stocking, and leave it on until harvest time. This method typifies good organic gardening pest control – rather than fight pests after they appear on your vegetables, take preventative measures to stop them from getting near your vegetables in the first place.
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Alternatives to traditional "in-ground" victory gardens
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Click over to win a copy of Small-Space Container Gardens: "When you see all her ideas, you’ll understand why Fern is so inspired. Throughout her gardening guide, the author shares design tips, planting advice and do-it-yourself projects for creating a sensational small space garden, regardless of where you live."
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The Kitchen Garden Planner at Gardener's Supply is a great tool.
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"As recently as 5 December 2011, [SNAP program website] indicated that SNAP can be used to purchase “Seeds and plants which produce food for the household to eat.”
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Grow vegetables in partial shade! Learn how!
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A victory garden can come in containers, too!
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If you find tiny green grenades like these in your garden, I can tell you whom to blame.
Kate Copsey (pictured) of America's Home Grown Veggies interviews Pamela Price of RedWhiteandGrew.com re: Victory Gardens
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Brush up on the history of Victory Gardening with the Growing a Greener World gang! (2010 season)
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Paper mache seedling pots. Easy, fun and almost free to make. ♥
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Ruby Red Swiss chard is an easy-to-grow vegetable. <---Delicious, nutritious and pretty in a border, too.
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How to grow more vegetables in a small space.
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How to make your own garden-grown red pepper flakes
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Includes link to spread sheet to track your veg garden's productivity. Post by Rosalind Creasy
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You can use trap crops like sorghum to reduce damage sucking pests do to your crops like tomatoes.
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A mobile app helps you easily find a food bank where you can donate extra veggies
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How to read a seed packet not just for flowers, but veggies too. Explains what all the different instructions on the packet mean.
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Dani Blogbooktours Worth buying their seeds just to get the seed packets - so much information. Definitely keepers.
How to save tomato seeds (video tutorial).
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There's a lot of misinformation out there about the use of coffee grounds in the garden. This will set the record straight.
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Hey, garden fans! Create a "I'm a Suburban Farmer in [Insert your city, state, or country]" Pinterest board, share a link to it with @Suburban_Farmer on Twitter & Pinterest, and you might win an AWESOME prize package.
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Chris McLaughlin Woo Hooo!
Pamela Price I'm hoping that @Holly Hirshberg from DinnerGarden.org will see this one and share! =)
How to grow a pineapple from a pineapple top via DinnerGarden.org, a non-profit
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Veggie Garden Bloggers & Writers United: A new group board promoting homegrown food. See it here: bit.ly/wMBq1i
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Milk carton green houses for winter sown vegetable starts.
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This is our FAB FAV list of tomatoes for 2012 as posted on our blog at: wp.me/p1pHjV-lE
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How to transplant tomatoes for a more abundant harvest.
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Apartment gardening in 4-square feet (in Winter) from www.AnneofGreenGa...
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Love the curves in this raised bed for gardening.
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Christine Steiner Love the organic flow of this! Beautiful!
Pamela Price Isn't it great?
You can use the 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map to figure out your zone. From that you can determine what to plant and when in your area.
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Jacqueline Thanks
Pamela Price You're welcome!
The first "$25 Victory Garden" video by Joe Lamp'l of Growing a Greener World (PBS). GGW is recreating the experiment this year.
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corregated raised bed-great info
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Mike Stokes I'm building some raised beds right now. My first one was with cinder blocks. I'm going to build one like this too. (I'm creating my first garden.)
Pamela Price Good for you!
Jamie Oliver + Better Homes & Gardens' "Food Revolution Garden"...
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Well thought out raised bed design
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One of our favorites. Many heirloom varieties you've maybe never heard of or have been wanting to find.
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How to find space to garden in via hyperlocavore.com Dream of a garden but have no place to dig? We can help!
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Liz McLellan Thanks so much Pamela!
Pamela Price You are welcome!
Yes, you can convert your yard to an edible landscape--but please do your homework re: HOA and city restrictions to save yourself grief.
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A roundup of RedWhiteandGrew.com reader responses to "What are ***your*** ideas/thoughts/suggestions on how we can engage other new, upstart gardeners with the concept of Victory Gardening?"
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Timelapse of radish seeds from YouTube.com. More ideas and resources on plant basics here for homeschool and classroom units: bit.ly/hi3RzH
by mindlapse
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Teresa O'Connor Thanks, @Pamela Price