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Organic Gardening
Articles about organic pest and weed control, season extension, tools of the trade, and more.
Keep Your Cool: Avoid Heat Stress
By Andrew Weidman
Learn to recognize the symptoms of heat stress, plus ways to stay cool as a cucumber while tackling garden tasks.
Heirloom Expert: How to Grow Ground Cherries
By Doug Oster
Ground cherries are beginning to make a comeback and here is what you should know about them.
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 doesnāt 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 picklesā¦we've got 'em all!
Tick, Tock, a Flower Clock
By Betsy Strauch
Want to mark the hours by the blooms in your garden? Itās 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, itās important to understand the different seed types available in todayās market.
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