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Garden Basics 101: Get to Know Your Garden - Creating and maintaining a beautiful garden with healthy, thriving plants requires imagination and lots of careful planning. Whether you're moving…
Inexpensive Way to Start New Plants - Do you throw away your plastic containers after using them? Well after reading this post, you're going to think twice…
5 Sweet potato plants growing in a silver galvanized tub Planting Sweet Potatoes in Raised Beds - Growing in raised beds can be helpful if you're trying to keep your harvests from critters and foragers (aka invaders)…
Cooperative Extension Office Locator - Most people aren't aware that there are trained faculty and staff that offer problem-solving horticultural assistance, free of charge, in…
Inexpensive Saturday Afternoon Date in Downtown Washington, DC - It wasn't until we recently spent an afternoon Downtown with family that we realized that it was free to park…
The Thyme Plant – 12 Benefits and Ways to Use It In Your Daily Life - Thyme is one of those herbs that once you try it, you absolutely can’t live without it. Growing up Jamaican,…
Dinner Haul From the Garden: 01 - It's very fulfilling to walk right out into our Backyard Oasis and randomly pick things to eat. This evening my…
From Trashy to Centerpiece - I saw this sweet little table sitting by the curb about to be trashed and I was not having that!…
Starting a New Grow Space Using Scrap Wood - With the cost of wood going up and down these days, starting a new grow space may sound expensive. But…
How to Propagate Spider Plants - I was so happy when I got a chance to take home a Spider Plant pup from one of these…