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Tag Archives: Gardening
Celery Increase: Using, Storing, and Preserving Celery
Growing celery increases my salary! Here’s how to use and store it.
Tips for Using Rain Barrels
I’ve been using rain barrels for over ten years now, and here are the tips that I’ve learned.
Tour of My Gardens
The best part of the garden walk was seeing and talking to my newsletter readers, social media followers, and garden club friends.
Pruning Lilacs
To get the most blooms on your lilacs, prune them right after blooming each year.
Hardening Off Plants
Spring is an exciting time because I can start planting cool-season crops. It’s also a frustrating time as the weather changes from one extreme to another. Within one week we’ve had lows of 28°F and highs of 81°F. That’s why you need to know the best time for planting different kinds of seeds and transplantsContinue reading “Hardening Off Plants”
SPECIAL OFFER for National Gardening Day
Today, April 14, 2021, is National Gardening Day, and I’m celebrating it with a special offer. Subscribe to my newsletter now and get access to a video of my presentation on how to start a garden. Details are HERE. Do you know anyone who wants to start growing their own food?Share the link with them!ActContinue reading “SPECIAL OFFER for National Gardening Day”
Pumpkin Eggplant Riddle
Q: What looks like a tiny pumpkin but is really an eggplant? A: ‘Goyo Kumba’ Solanum aethiopicum The orange fruit in my hand is not a tiny pumpkin: it’s a tiny eggplant! I came across the seeds for this unusual vegetable, Goyo Kumba eggplant, several years ago, and I had to try it. If nothingContinue reading “Pumpkin Eggplant Riddle”
Winter Sowing in a Snowy Winter Wonderland
WINTER SOWING TUTORIAL 2024 UPDATE: New Winter Sowing Guide Now Available I’ve created a PDF Guide to Winter Sowing, which has even more information than the following tutorial. To get this free guide, you need to subscribe to my newsletter and then send me an email requesting it. —Debbie Rea, The Gardener Wife WHO couldContinue reading “Winter Sowing in a Snowy Winter Wonderland”
Sow What about Seed Swapping
January 30, 2021, was National Seed Swap Day. Don’t worry if you missed it because there are many seed swapping opportunities throughout the year. Gardeners have, of course, been swapping seeds for ages. And we certainly don’t limit this activity to one day a year! I wrote about making your own seed packets in my newsletterContinue reading “Sow What about Seed Swapping”
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