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Growing Basil & Avocados: A Tale of Two Plants

Growing Basil & Avocados: A Tale of Two Plants

Every single plant you decide to grow can make a huge difference in your life. How about $1,000 in groceries per year from just ONE garden pot? It’s all about choosing the right varieties for your strategy and goals… That’s what makes growing food WORTH IT! So just...

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Mason Bees: 5 reasons you want them in your garden

Mason Bees: 5 reasons you want them in your garden

You’ve heard about the bee… but have you heard about the mason bee? There are approximately 20,000 known species of bee on this planet, and 139 of those species are mason bees. If you’ve never heard of them, let me fill you in a bit because these little critters are...

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Conscious Nutrition

Conscious Nutrition

BY: Guest Heather Fleming I am Heather Fleming, a Clinical Nutritionist who is also an emotional eater, recovering perfectionist, and very rebellious with my relationship with food. Instead of obsessing about trying to follow a perfect diet, I created Conscious...

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Black Lives Matter: message from Grow Your Own Vegetables

Like so many others, we are devastated and heartbroken by the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and countless others. Our thoughts and prayers are with their loved ones. 2020 has challenged us on so many levels. The silver lining of these...

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Meet Gina the “Make it Happen” Gardener

When you see someone who believes in the nourishment of a garden SO much that she buys a blackberry bush BEFORE she even has a yard, you just have to find out what happens next! Meet Gina from California.   Gina is busy! A doctor and a mother of two, she decided she...

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The Garden Journal That Can Get Wet Without Smudging

Have you ever noticed the big flaw with bringing important garden notes on paper outside as you work? Maybe you are writing down how much you harvested, or your soil fertility plan, or maybe you want to journal and draw your plants…Whatever it is, bringing paper into...

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Garden Harvest Pop Quiz – (Organic Vegetables & Herbs)

Garden Harvest Pop Quiz – (Organic Vegetables & Herbs)

Why Harvesting Is So Important Successful growers spend up to 40% of their time harvesting—and for good reason! 1️⃣ You’re growing food—so harvest often and enjoy it.2️⃣ When you harvest regularly, you get to eat your food instead of the pests.3️⃣ The more you...

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