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Six Planning Tips for Starting a Garden from Scratch
Make plants' roots strong and resistant to rot with hydrogen peroxide. Mix 1 T with 2 cups water and use to water your plant.

Fixers/Fertilizers

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No Dig Natural Gardening - Preparing an organic Garden
5 Cover Crops for Your Small-scale Garden that add nutrients to soil and keep weeds at bay.

Beds

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Be sure to upcycle your food scraps... All of this food will magically regrow itself!
Grow a meyer lemon tree from seed
Growing avocado

From scraps

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"starting an orchard: apples, cherries, peaches, plums and pears." where to plant your fruit trees, how to prune them, harvesting techniques and more.
The Black Jack Fig has large purplish fruit with strawberry red flesh, a fig variety that is a heavy producer, treating you to lots of sweet and juicy fruit. The Black Jack is a natural semi dwarf, and can be kept under 6 to 8 feet tall with pruning. The figs ripen June to September. Consider this variety in a container on a large porch, patio or deck, as it will thrive in lots of heat and full sun.  Hardy to USDA zone 7 and all higher zones. Our trees are shipped potted in soil to ensure a h...
Homemade Spray for Fruit Trees | eHow.com

Fruit trees

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planting corn in raised beds
How to grow sweet corn, planting sweet corn, growing, watering, and fertilizing corn
Know when to harvest corn from the garden by looking at the silks. Brown silks mean the corn is ready.

Corn

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carrot growing tips
How to tell when your Carrots/veggies are ready to harvest! Great guide for beginners!

Carrots

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‘Top Hat’ blueberry bush grows only 20 inches tall and 24 inches wide, plus it doesn’t need a pollinator to set fruit. It’s great for growing in containers...

Berries

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Beets/Radish/Turnip

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Cut-and-Come-Again Lettuce - varieties of lettuce you can cut, and that will grow back (like grass)

Leafy greens

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garlic drying technique
onions can store for 8 months..in pantyhose : tie a knot between onions and you can then clip the knot as you need an onion. Good for home-grown onions that are all here at the same time...

Garlic/Onions

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How to grow pumpkins
Growing, Storing and Curing Winter Squash - advice from an Organic Farmer

Squash

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Harvesting Cantaloupe
Vertical growing allows almost any gardener to find a space for melons. There are many advantages of going vertical with your melon vines. Space is the most obvious. What may have engulfed a 10 to 20 foot wide swath through the garden can be trellised to take up no more than a 3 foot wide "footprint" of garden space.
5 Tips on How to Grow Melons

Melons

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Step by step, year by year, how to grow asparagus
Growing Broccoli Raab
submerge pots to control herb growth...for sure!

Tips

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Growing & Troubleshooting pepper plants, sweet and hot
Anaheim Pepper Blossoms - Peppers need a fertilizer higher in Phosphorous and Potassium.
Seed Starting 101: Growing peppers from seed

Peppers

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Companion Planting  Vegetable Gardening Plant Combinations

Companions

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10 Tips for Growing Cucumbers
Tips for growing cucumbers
List Of Vegetables That Can Grow On A Trellis Instead Of Trailing On The Ground

cucumbers

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Bean Seeds (Bush Lima) - Henderson - 1/4 Pound, Vegetable Seeds, Eden Brothers
How to Grow Beans
How To Grow Green Beans

beans

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peas

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8 Tips for growing OKRA!
Okra have to be planted late in the spring or early summer when the ground is warm. it should then be thinned so the seedling are spaced 12 to 18 inches apart. it grows very fast and should be harvested frequently While still tender. Harvesting every few days will prevent hardness.

Okra

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Identify and Control Common Garden Pests
Natural Pest Control...fruits flies & ants
Coat the yellow plastic cup on the outside, with Tree Tanglefoot, a very sticky substance that doesn’t wash off. The aphids are attracted to the color yellow, they fly onto the cups and the Tanglefoot catches them.

pest control

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Learn what it takes to raise these husked fruits, plus five recipes that use them.
Early Tomatoes Progressing with Transplanting
How to Grow Tomatillos

tomatoes

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How to plant and grow sweet potatoes in 5 easy steps
Multiply your store bought sweet potatoes - place 1 sweet potatoes in a bucket of moist soil. As slips (shouts) appear, pull out place them six at a time into 20 gallon buckets.  Wait 4 months, dump bucket, get 3 to 4 gallons of organic homegrown sweet potatoes per bucket.

potatoes

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How to Grow Strawberries: Basic Tips That Really Work
Six Planning Tips for Starting a Garden from Scratch Compost, Garden Planning, Starting A Garden, Soil Test, Compost Soil, Gardening Tips
Six Planning Tips for Starting a Garden from Scratch - PreparednessMama
Six Planning Tips for Starting a Garden from Scratch
Make plants' roots strong and resistant to rot with hydrogen peroxide. Mix 1 T with 2 cups water and use to water your plant. Herbs, Hydrogen Peroxide, Garden Remedies, Plant Roots, Diy Fertilizer
10 All-Natural DIY Fertilizers for Your Garden and Yard
Make plants' roots strong and resistant to rot with hydrogen peroxide. Mix 1 T with 2 cups water and use to water your plant.
The 5 uses of baking soda in the garden Baking Soda Uses, Baking Soda
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The 5 uses of baking soda in the garden
Homemade Fish Emulsion Fertilizer - made by mixing 1/2 bottle of cheap beer, 1 Tbs of Epson salts, and 2 Tbs of fish emulsion in a watering can (1-2 gallons). You can do this for ALL vegetable, flowers, and indoor plants. You will definitely notice the difference in a few weeks! Container Gardening, Outdoor, Terrarium, Fertilizer, Watering Can
Apply Homemade Fish Emulsion Fertilizer
Homemade Fish Emulsion Fertilizer - made by mixing 1/2 bottle of cheap beer, 1 Tbs of Epson salts, and 2 Tbs of fish emulsion in a watering can (1-2 gallons). You can do this for ALL vegetable, flowers, and indoor plants. You will definitely notice the difference in a few weeks!
DIY Liquid Miracle Grow Concentrate: 1 gallon of water, 1 tbsp Epsom salts,  1 tsp baking soda, 1 tbsp powdered milk,  1/2 tsp ammonia, 2 drops blue food coloring Shaded Garden, Miracle Grow, Epsom Salt, Plant Care, Fertilizers, Plant Food
DIY Liquid Miracle Grow Concentrate: 1 gallon of water, 1 tbsp Epsom salts, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tbsp powdered milk, 1/2 tsp ammonia, 2 drops blue food coloring
12 home remedies Home Remedies, Veggie Garden, Garden Pests
A Dozen Homemade Organic Garden Remedies
12 home remedies
Three ways to test to see what the pH of your soil. Household Vinegar, Soil Ph, Garden Soil
How To Test pH Levels In Soil
Three ways to test to see what the pH of your soil.
Use of Epsom Salt in Gardening Gardening Supplies, Epsom Salt Garden, Sodas, Epsom
Use of Epsom Salt in Gardening
Hydrogen Peroxide for Plants: Natural pesticide, soil aerator and water cleanser Natural Pesticides, Sprouting Seeds
Hydrogen Peroxide for Plants
Hydrogen Peroxide for Plants: Natural pesticide, soil aerator and water cleanser
DIY ~ Protect Your Houseplants For Pennies! Make your own dormant oil spray (Garden of Len & Barb Rosen) Canola Oil, Bug Spray, Diy Sprays, Spray Bottle, Gallon
DIY ~ Tucking the garden in for the winter at Our Fairfield Home & Garden
DIY ~ Protect Your Houseplants For Pennies! Make your own dormant oil spray (Garden of Len & Barb Rosen)
Mix used coffee grounds with crushed dry egg shells and tomato plant blossoms won't rot. Jazz, Coffee Grounds, Coffee Grinds, Dishes, Uses For Coffee Grounds, Cafe, Remedies, Tips, Tomato
Mix used coffee grounds with crushed dry egg shells and tomato plant blossoms won't rot.
How To Make And Use Compost Tea – The Ultimate Organic Fertilizer Compost Tea, How To Make Compost, Composter
How To Make Compost Tea With Ease - And How To Use It Like A Pro!
How To Make And Use Compost Tea – The Ultimate Organic Fertilizer
Banana peels, used coffee grounds, and eggshell tea make for some free fertilizers that plants really love. Garden Care, Fertilizer For Plants, Natural Fertilizer, Banana Peels
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Banana peels, used coffee grounds, and eggshell tea make for some free fertilizers that plants really love.
USE MOLASSES TO BOOST FERTILIZER  Added to any liquid fertilizer, molasses makes it more effective. Excellent when applied to soil in conjunction with organic fertilizers, or sprayed directly on plants.    Basic Mixture:   1 to 3 tablespoons blackstrap molasses (unsulphered)   Added to 1 gallon of liquid fertilizer Nature, Grow Organic
USE MOLASSES TO BOOST FERTILIZER Added to any liquid fertilizer, molasses makes it more effective. Excellent when applied to soil in conjunction with organic fertilizers, or sprayed directly on plants. Basic Mixture: 1 to 3 tablespoons blackstrap molasses (unsulphered) Added to 1 gallon of liquid fertilizer
Sweeten your tomatoes by sprinkling baking soda on the soil around your tomato plants. Natural Remedies, Tomato Plants, Natural Cleaning Products, Cleaning Hacks, Veggies, Cleaners Homemade
Sweeten your tomatoes by sprinkling baking soda on the soil around your tomato plants.
Tomatoes need calcium to achieve their full flavour potential, and calcium is often greatly lacking in our soils. 95% of a dry eggshell is calcium carbonate. When planting your tomato plants crush up (to powder) about 4 or 5 egg shells and put them in the bottom of the hole. Then plant your tomato on top. They'll provide calcium and prevent blossom end rot. Organic Pesticide, Egg Shells, Stem, Botanica
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Tomatoes need calcium to achieve their full flavour potential, and calcium is often greatly lacking in our soils. 95% of a dry eggshell is calcium carbonate. When planting your tomato plants crush up (to powder) about 4 or 5 egg shells and put them in the bottom of the hole. Then plant your tomato on top. They'll provide calcium and prevent blossom end rot.
6 homemade plant fertilizer "recipes"--very, very simple Companion Planting, Homemade Plant Fertilizer, Plant Nutrients
Use These 7 Homemade Fertilizer Recipes in Your Garden
6 homemade plant fertilizer "recipes"--very, very simple
how to do a simple soil test to see if your soil is alkaline or acidic for the type of plant you want to grow.
Could it be your Soil pH levels are off ? - The Homestead Survival
how to do a simple soil test to see if your soil is alkaline or acidic for the type of plant you want to grow.
7 Surprising Fertilizers for Your Garden Garden Veggies
7 Surprising Fertilizers for Your Garden
Quick Guide: 10 Natural Fertilizers to Improve Crop Production Bug Spray Recipe, Home Made Fertilizer, Aquaponics
Quick Guide: 10 Natural Fertilizers to Improve Crop Production - Hobby Farms
Quick Guide: 10 Natural Fertilizers to Improve Crop Production
Prepping the Vegetable Garden Beds- Complete Organic Fertilizer Recipe Garden Compost, Vegetable Garden Beds, Growing Veggies, Organic Weed Killer
Old Dog, New Tricks: Prepping the Vegetable Garden Beds
Prepping the Vegetable Garden Beds- Complete Organic Fertilizer Recipe
Homemade Miracle Grow, aka compost tea... basically egg shells & coffee grounds that sit in a cool spot for about a week
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Homemade Miracle Grow, aka compost tea... basically egg shells & coffee grounds that sit in a cool spot for about a week
Improving Clay Soils Amending Clay Soil, Clay Soil, Soil Texture, Organic Matter
Improving Clay Soils - FineGardening
Improving Clay Soils
Natural fertilizer Planting Seeds, Kale, Pepper Seeds, Veg Garden, Seedlings, Hot Pepper Seeds
Natural fertilizer
An herbal brew to combat troublesome creepy crawlers   Basil and especially potently scented herbs- such as lavender, rosemary, tansy, southernwood, rue, mint, wormwood, or sage-help fight harmful leafhoppers, aphids, cabbage loopers, mites, cucumber beetles, and many other creepy crawlers. Garden Pest Control, Pests, Insect Spray, Pest Control
An herbal brew to combat troublesome creepy crawlers Basil and especially potently scented herbs- such as lavender, rosemary, tansy, southernwood, rue, mint, wormwood, or sage-help fight harmful leafhoppers, aphids, cabbage loopers, mites, cucumber beetles, and many other creepy crawlers.
Use an aspirin foliar spray to combat black spot, powdery mildew, and rust. Aerosoles, Powdery Mildew
Use an aspirin foliar spray to combat black spot, powdery mildew, and rust.
Wood ash - An excellent fertilizer for your garden if you use it correctly. Wood Ash, Garden Projects
How to Use Wood Ash Correctly in the Garden
Wood ash - An excellent fertilizer for your garden if you use it correctly.
Uncracked Raw Egg Decomposes Becomes Natural Fertilizer Under Soil Starting A Vegetable Garden
Uncracked Raw Egg Decomposes Becomes Natural Fertilizer Under Soil - The Homestead Survival
Uncracked Raw Egg Decomposes Becomes Natural Fertilizer Under Soil