Fall Strawberries
I really like the color of these strawberries I propagated last this summer. I still have to figure out what I am actually going to do with these.
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Tending your garden with am army of robots
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Planting your second (fall) cold season crop
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Growing Fruits in Small Spaces
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Hometown Seeds giveaway, and the winners are…
I believe Plato was credited with the quote, “Necessity, who is the mother of invention.” As the Cheap Vegetable Gardener I prefer, “Laziness, who is the mother of invention.” With laziness and some boredom on the bus while riding to work with my laptop this motivated me to create “CVG’s Contest Winner Pickorama.” Basically I pass in the comment RSS feed and it extracts any duplicates (or my name…
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How to make your own upside Down Planter In your Garden
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