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Autumn is for planting seeds to extend your garden

Autumn Is for Planting: Seed Starting for a Fall Garden

VegetablesAugust 4, 2022gail
It’s about Time to Get Started on Your Fall Garden. While it’s viable to find starts at the local farmer’s market, or the nearby hardware store, nothing is more rewarding than starting your entire garden from seed. That’s why we’ve decided to put all those preparations in one place – right here! We’ll discuss what...
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Luscious Lettuce, Crisp Kale: What to Grow for a Flavorful Fall Veggie Garden

VegetablesAugust 2, 2022gail
Time to Plan Your Fall Garden Summer’s sultry days may find you melting in the garden, but heavenly homegrown tomatoes and scrumptious sweet corn makes every drop of sweat and mosquito bite worth it. While you’re indulging in tasty homegrown treats, late summer means it’s time to plan for fall feasts. After all, summer’s waning...
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7 Reasons To Use Seed Tapes

Seeds and Seed StartingMarch 16, 2022gail
Seed Tapes Makes Growing Easy If you are one of the 18 million+ North Americans who have taken up gardening for the first time since the start of the pandemic, welcome to the wonderful world of gardening. Ahead of you is a lifetime of fun, discovery, satisfaction, and enjoyment which will also give you so...
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Edible Containers

Quick and Easy Summer Edible Containers, 1-2-3!

Container Gardening, VegetablesJuly 15, 2021gail
If you're craving homegrown goodies but lack garden space, you'll find fabulous new vegetable introductions that work wonderfully in your edible containers. While many tomatoes can grow in pots, you'll need a large, 5-gallon container to grow traditional varieties. However, with advances in breeding, new, compact varieties make the perfect addition to container gardens, even...
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Start a Foodscape Revolution This Fall!

Foodscaping, VegetablesAugust 14, 2020gail
The Foodscape Revolution Neighborhood Edition This fall get inspired to start a foodscape revolution of your own! The idea is simple, just plant a few of your favorite veggies right in your landscape. Fill up the open space and cultivate FOOD! While you are at it, inspire your neighbors to do the same and suddenly...
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Ask An Expert about Growing Peppers for your Victory Garden 2.0

Ask The Experts: Growing Peppers in Your Victory Garden 2.0

How-to, VegetablesMay 14, 2020gail
15 Questions Answered about Growing Peppers in Your Garden Successfully Growing Peppers in Your Victory Gardens 2.0 With so many different varieties, shapes, sizes, colors, and degrees of hotness, you can imagine why peppers are a very popular and desired vegetable to add to any Victory Garden 2.0. Did you know the pepper is a...
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Ask An Expert: Growing Tomatoes in Your Victory Garden 2.0 - National Garden Bureau

Ask The Experts: Growing Tomatoes in Your Victory Garden 2.0

How-to, VegetablesMay 5, 2020gail
A Victory Garden 2.0 wouldn't be complete without a few tomato plants. Growing tomatoes is one of the most popular vegetables grown in any garden and it's easy to see why. Nothing tastes as good as a tomato fresh from the garden! For a successful tomato season, we asked our NGB breeder members to answer...
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Victory Garden 2.0 - 10 tips for container gardens - National Garden Bureau

Plant a Container Victory Garden 2.0

Container Gardening, Planting TipsApril 8, 2020gail
Ten tips for planting a container Victory Garden 2.0 Grow a Container Victory Garden? Yes, You Can! James H. Burdett did not address container growing in The Victory Garden Manual, but times were different in 1943. Today, growing edibles in containers is probably one of the fastest emerging trends we are seeing.  Plus, with vegetable...
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Victory Garden 2.0 - 10 steps in Planting Your garden - National Garden Bureau

Planting Outdoors Victory Garden 2.0

Planting Tips, VegetablesMarch 30, 2020diane
Ten tips for planting your own Victory Garden 2.0 outdoors Congratulations on your decision to start your own Victory Garden 2.0! Now it's time for planting your garden outdoors!  In our last blog, we talked about how to plan your garden, including starting from seed. Now it's time to think about or begin, planting your...
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Victory Garden 2.0 - 10 steps to plan your own Victory Garden - National Garden Bureau

Victory Garden 2.0

Planting, VegetablesMarch 23, 2020diane
Designing your own Victory Garden 2.0 Ten Steps for Planning Your Victory Garden 2.0 When the Victory Garden Manual was first written in 1943, it was pretty easy to come up with reasons to grow your own vegetables. It was wartime and food was scarce. The food that was available might not have been the freshest or...
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