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The Best Growing Trays for Microgreen Success

The Best Growing Trays for Microgreen Success

Microgreens are a great crop for so many growers. Whether you’re looking to supplement your vegetable garden, wanting to add fresh veggies to your plate in the winter months, or growing indoors because you don’t have outside gardening space, microgreens are a fun and...

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The Indoor Container Garden for BIG harvests

The Indoor Container Garden for BIG harvests

Tired of wasted garden space, not having enough space, or waiting for the growing season to get fresh food? Check this baby out! It’s a Grow Your Own Vegetables Team favorite gardening product! This container garden gives you BIG Harvests with this Indoor Container...

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Spark Garden Excitement in Kids with Reading

Spark Garden Excitement in Kids with Reading

All you need to explore gardening with children is a garden. Right? Generally, this is true. However, if we want children to develop sustained curiosity about the natural world, we need to present them with digestible, age-appropriate topics. Our course, Sprouts: A...

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The Importance of a Versatile Garden Trellis System

The Importance of a Versatile Garden Trellis System

Trellising is one of the best ways to increase the amount of growing space available to you in your garden. It also helps keep harvests off the ground away from moisture and soil dwelling pests. The soil is where plants grow but it’s also where organic matter gets...

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Gardening Moms Get Kids to Love Eating Vegetables

Gardening Moms Get Kids to Love Eating Vegetables

One mother and student in our garden membership, Harvest Club, shared a story with us. It’s one that holds a clear message of why growing your own food is just, well… superior. As a mother and wife she struggled to get her kids and partner interested in vegetables....

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Determinate Vs. Indeterminate Tomatoes: What to Know

Determinate Vs. Indeterminate Tomatoes: What to Know

Tomatoes are one of the most prized garden plants. With hundreds of varieties, who can resist those sun-kissed bursts of flavor? But when new growers plant tomatoes, they often experience issues or total failure for one reason: there are two different types of...

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The Hidden Gems of Garden Journaling

The Hidden Gems of Garden Journaling

The garden journal is one of the least used tools of gardening. Those who keep a garden journal, often do so because they simply love journaling. Those who don’t journal often find the idea daunting or a frivolous waste of time. But under the surface of this seemingly...

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Kids’ Read-Aloud: Dandelion Magic

Kids’ Read-Aloud: Dandelion Magic

So many grownups think dandelions are weeds. They mow them down, spray them, and gripe about them all spring. But did you know dandelions can actually be…MAGIC?? Dandelions are the first food honeybees eat each year. And because they have a taproot, dandelions loosen...

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