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Growing and Cooking with Basil
One of the most commonly grown culinary herbs is basil, an annual that loves the weather to be warm or even hot for its best performance in the garden or in containers. On page 25 of our 2020...
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Gardener’s Greenroom
Growing advice, seasonal how-tos, and recipes from master gardener Andy Wilcox. A new article lands here every week.
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January 10, 2020
How Do I Know How Many Seeds I Need To Order?
Well I’m ready to order my seeds for next season; and I’m planning to expand my garden area to double or triple that of last season, but how do I begin...
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January 6, 2020
Flower Plantings Are Also Vital to the Vegetable Garden
I remember as a child (more than 60 years ago) my mother always planted some flowers scattered here and there throughout our huge 2-acre vegetable garden. At the time I thought...
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January 3, 2020
Liberal Use of Cover Crops Key To Maintaining Soil Health
Gardeners from all across the nation are always asking us how they can help maintain the organic matter and the microbial life activity in their garden soils to insure good health...
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December 18, 2019
How To Choose Which Seed Types Are Best For You
Especially for inexperienced and first-time gardeners, choosing which seeds are best for your gardening needs can be quite frustrating when you see such common descriptive terms as “open-pollinated, heirloom or hybrid”...
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December 12, 2019
Deciphering Cultural Information on Seed Packets
Although much of the information is quite straightforward, even experienced gardeners sometimes have problems deciphering all the various letters and numbers provided on seed packets, particularly with those regarding disease resistance,...
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December 5, 2019
How To Win Those Bragging Rights for the Earliest Ripe Tomato
I’m 72 years old and I’ve been involved in gardening and horticulture all my life, but I am absolutely certain that every newcomer or veteran gardener has his or her own...
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November 23, 2019
Introducing our Early Spring 2020 Catalog
Welcome back, Gardeners’ Greenroom readers! As we are about to enter Spring 2020, let’s introduce our new blog author, Randy Peele. Along with generations of horticultural knowledge and garden-writing experience, Randy...
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June 10, 2019
Third Edition of Our Fall & Winter Gardening Catalog Is Now Ready!
In Summer 2017 Seeds ‘n Such founder and owner J. Wayne Hilton fulfilled one of his longtime dreams after many successful years in the mail-order seed business by releasing a special...
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