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Jun
21

Garden Pests: No Problem If You Foster Soil Life, Diversity and Balance

Posted by Adina After I wrote the article Garden Pests: Nematodes I received a comment from Naomi. She wrote “Wow, mind boggling how many things can go wrong in a vegetable garden!” Her comment made me realize that I did not bring home the point of my article very well. While there are lots of potential problems [...]

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Jun
16

Friends’ and Clients’ Gardens: My Neighbors’ Fabulous Garden

Posted by Adina To get the full impact of the story of my Neighbors’ Fabulous Garden it is necessary to go back in time at least several years. By the time this story takes place we have been living next door a long time, and are close friends with our neighbors. We are both intense gardeners. As soon as [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ [...]

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Apr
26

The No Till No Dig Way: Revisiting The Lasagna Garden Mound

Posted by Adina The quickest way to get your garden growing in a hurry and without any previous plan is to build a lasagna garden or mound. I have written the recipe for this in the article The No Dig Garden Box, and I thought since I find myself talking about this garden so frequently and my old [...]

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Sep
02

In The Garden: Companion Planting

Posted by Adina I have been studying companion planting in the garden. With a single google search you or I can come up with myriad charts for companion planting, so I see no reason to repeat that arrangement of information. Rather I am going to write about how I am grouping the vegetables I am planting this year [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ [...]

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Aug
18

In The Garden: Summer 2009

Posted by Adina Here’s what’s going on in the garden this summer of 2009. I am growing okra, black eye peas, peanuts, green peppers and sweet potatoes as well as my perennial, asparagus. Long Beans have just quit, and new long beans are in the ground. It is perfect timing for some new seeds, so I put in [...]

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Jul
06

In The Garden: Starting Out

Posted by Adina

4X8 Mounds

[/caption]South Florida in the garden: It is July now and you have decided that you want to be ready to grow vegetables for your family when our first planting time comes NEXT MONTH!?! Yes, some of us will start putting seeds in as soon as August. Don’t worry you don’t [...]

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Sep
28

Path To Freedom

Posted by Adina I was checking into Joel Salatin, well respected practitioner of sustainable farming when I found this video. I have been agonizing over whether I have space enough on my property for more than gardening. Now I feel certain I do. Check this out, no matter how you feel about your garden this [...]

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