A few years ago I decided to tackle an item on my personal bucket list – Master Gardener Certification. I’ve now been a Master Gardener for five years. A big part of our role is to educate the community and citizens on gardening best practice and also how to become a Master Gardener. Today I’m […]
Master Gardener Certification Start to Finish
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Get Rid of Deer With These 5 Proven Tactics
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The infiltration of deer into home gardens and landscapes is a widespread problem. Deer cause damage to vegetables gardens, trees and ornamental shrubs. Once deer begin eating in your garden, it is more difficult to get rid of deer. This is because their eating patterns are habitual and they will return to the same spot […]
Milk Jug Greenhouses: Easy Way to Start a Garden
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Usually I order most of my garden seeds for the year in January or February. A few weeks later I put together milk jug greenhouses. These easy, miniature greenhouses help give seedlings a jump start on the growing season. You can make them any time before your final frost date. This post will explain how […]
Free Garden Catalogs Help with Garden Planning
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The holidays are over and the New Year’s Day spirit is slowly waning. You realize it’s January and you have at least two to three more months of life in a frozen tundra. Time to order free garden catalogs! If you aren’t already on mailing lists for free garden catalogs, January is my favorite time […]
A Simple Way to Grow Lettuce in Winter
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Winter can be both a welcomed reprieve from gardening chores, or a season of dread for the home gardener. If you are the latter, have hope as you can actually grow lettuce in winter and keep your garden growing a little longer. You may have heard of using hydroponics and artificial lights to grow vegetables, […]
10 Affordable and Fun Organic Gardener Gifts
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It’s the dead of winter and nobody is thinking about gardening. Wrong! If you have an friend who is a gardener on your wish list, I can guarantee they are thinking about their garden-year round. They might still be harvesting lettuce in a cold frame, flipping through garden seed catalogs or reading up on gardening […]
How to Clean Up and Put Your Garden to Bed
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Every fall, sometime in October or November, I put my garden to bed. I pull a fleece blanket over it, tuck it in real tight and say goodnight. Just kidding. Putting the garden to bed is just a layman’s term for cleaning the garden at the end of the season and preparing it for the […]