Category Archives: About Gardening

This is a section I’ve devoted to all the pages on gardening that I did’t know what to do with. All the topics are called “A Word About Something”. This is were I will most frequently be posting new pages. …

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To urban farmers like myself, containers play an important role. Besides all the containers I use to start my plants in. I have several containers which have had the same plant in them for years. My favorite container is the …

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Pest is an incredibly huge topic to write about. This is an area that will ultimately become its own section here at The Garden. Books a 1000 pages long have been written on it. Here I hope to give you …

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Growing vertically can offer many advantages. There are any number of ways you can do it. You can grow up a string, a fence, lattice, poles, or special garden mesh or netting. You will need some kind of horizonal support …

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I do all my gardening in raised beds. I use 2×6′s to define my garden. It is best not to use pressure treated wood. The advantage of raised beds is it clearly defines the garden. I never step on the …

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I feel that compost is the most important ingredient for a successful garden. In nature, plants drop their seeds, die, and rot. A new plant of a new generation grows the next year in the decaying remains of it’s parent. …

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