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cheap | DIY | greenhouse | guest post

Building Your Greenhouse For Success
ByThe Cheap Vegetable Gardener

Most of us think of building and maintaining greenhouses as a labor of love, a fulfilling hobby, or simply an aesthetic pursuit. We invest our time, effort, and money into greenhouses for the joy of gardening and the sake of surrounding ourselves with beauty. But efficient greenhouses can also give back in more explicit ways. From filling kitchens with fresh produce to supplementing incomes and increasing property values, greenhouse…

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companion planting | guest post | Polyculture

Improving Plant Health With Companion Plants And Polycultures
ByThe Cheap Vegetable Gardener

width=”500″ height=”333″ /> Ecological garden designers often look to the native plant communities in their region to see which plants grow together naturally, in order to help determine suitable plant combinations for their designs. This is because many plants that grow together actually benefit each other. It’s an excellent strategy, and yet plants need not have evolved together in order to get these benefits… What Is Companion Planting? Companion…

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guest post | pests

Removing pests from your garden using animal traps
ByThe Cheap Vegetable Gardener

width=”550″ height=”279″ /> Unfortunately, at one time or another, most homeowners will encounter the need to defend their turf from some four-legged nuisance. Animals wreak havoc in yards and gardens, feasting on vegetables, seedlings, flowers, bulbs and trees. Some animals even burrow and create tunnels, effectively destroying the roots of plants. One of the best ways to get rid of an unwanted animal is a live animal trap. In…

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cheap | guest post | recycle | water

Irrigating with Plastic Bottles
ByThe Cheap Vegetable Gardener

width=”549″ height=”412″ /> When standing with the hose in hand watering the garden this growing season here’s something to contemplate: The point of watering is feeding roots but in most cases excess water is wasted falling between and around plants. A watering can is better suited for the task but still lacks precision. One way to ensure water reaches its target is through a delivery mechanism that takes into…

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deer | guest post

Many uses for witch hazel in your garden
ByThe Cheap Vegetable Gardener

Witch hazel is a small tree or deciduous shrub that usually stands between 3 and 8 meters high and can sometimes reach 12 meters. The witch hazel’s oval leaves are arranged alternately and have a wavy or smooth margin. The leaves are 3 to 11 cm wide and 4 to 16 cm long. The scientific name for witch hazel translates to “together with fruit,” due to the fact that…

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guest post | strawberries

Guest post: Huge strawberry
ByThe Cheap Vegetable Gardener

I have been pretty busy lately and was happy and honored that Megan from Megan’s Garden would do a guest post about a strawberry she found. It was a crazy day I found a strawberry, a double strawberry . I am not kidding. A strawberry is not like this. I ate it. It was yummy. Find one in your strawberry box. I want one again.Their hard to find.

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