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WebFamily Gardening, Determine Your Plant Hardiness Zone
One of the questions we are asked related to gardening is how can I tell which zone I am? Sometimes the zone maps on the back of seed packets are Read More…
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Gardening with Older Parents and the Elderly
Like many of you, my love of things green and growing was instilled by my parents. My mom loved having a vegetable garden and my dad loved trees. Now that dad is gone and my mom blew past 80 a year ago, my role has changed. I plant trees. I plant trees that my dad would love. But I also do a little vegetable gardening. Mom was Read More…
It’s Time to Start Our Generational Gardening Series Again
The late frosts are nearly gone and it’s time to begin planting our seeds in little starter kits once again. The girls like picking out the seeds, and I always end up buying seeds with photos of World Record plants. It is hard to explain that the World’s largest cantaloupe may not be fit for consumption to a child. All you can do is offset that with a tried and true variety. I liked Rocky Ford Cantaloupes as a child and have fond memories of running down to the garden and picking one just so I could cut it in Read More…