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Organic Gardening
Articles about organic pest and weed control, season extension, tools of the trade, and more.
Heirloom Expert: Growing Fruit Organically
By Doug Oster
Some of the keys to growing fruit trees organically include spraying them with safe products, pruning, and other organic practices to battle disease and insects.
Heirloom Expert: Removing Ice from Trees
By Doug Oster
Should you remove ice and snow form bushes, shrubs, and trees, or should you leave it be.
Heirloom Gardener: Mystery Beets
By Doug Oster
Doug doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to his knowledge of the mysterious beets.
Pickles, Pickles, and More Pickles!
By Sherry Smith
A small 25 cent packet of seeds and a "why not?" attitude filled the pantry. Garlic dill pickles, Serrano dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, fermented pickles…we've got 'em all!
Tick, Tock, a Flower Clock
By Betsy Strauch
Want to mark the hours by the blooms in your garden? It’s time to plant a flower clock.
Types of Seeds: Heirloom, Hybrid, and Open-Pollinated
By Christy Marsden, Seed Savers Exchange
To save seeds that are healthy, vigorous, and true-to-form, it’s important to understand the different seed types available in today’s market.
What’s in a Name? Understanding Botanical Nomenclature
By Oscar H. Will III
We’re introducing the first installment of the Herbarium department, where we’ll explain scientific names of plants and other common botanical terms, such as cultivar vs. variety, to help gardeners better navigate seed catalogs.
Fall 2016 Gardener’s Almanac
By the Heirloom Gardener Editors
Mark your calendars; here are the dates that gardeners and naturalists alike won’t want to miss for fall 2016.
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