One of the most popular homegrown garden crops is tomatoes. As with many garden plants, tomatoes are prone to problems and pests. …
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Fruit and Vegetable Guides
When to Plant Tomatoes (Don’t Make this Common Mistake)
by Beckyby BeckyTomatoes will experience severe injury or die when the temperature drops below freezing, 32ºF or 0ºC. Therefore, the best time to plant …
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One of the number one problems of growing carrots is getting the seeds to sprout. If you can get them to sprout …
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Potato Planting The whole family was out today for a big planting day. We got our year’s supply of potatoes in the …
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This week Cruz was off of school for Spring break. We did a mini spring break for homeschool too. So it freed …
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Food SecurityYear Round Harvesting
10 Reasons Why You Should Be Growing Your Own Food
by Becky Porterby Becky PorterEvery year I spend many, many hours in the garden and in the kitchen. I think knowing the why behind the task …
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Food SecurityYear Round Harvesting
Growing A Year’s Supply of Food | Incorporating Variety in your Diet
by Beckyby BeckyGrowing a year’s supply of food can save you thousands of dollars. In addition, one of the best benefits is it has …
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Farm and Garden Reading Over our vacation and throughout the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reading a few books. One I …
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Orchard Mulching and Pruning Last week we had some boys from our church youth group come and camp on our property. They …
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Our Experience We recently applied, qualified for, and were awarded a high tunnel as part of the NRCS High Tunnel initiative. For …