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Garden Fundamentals

7 Reasons Gardening is Good for You

Growing your own food does more than just feed your family--it can provide you with lots of healthy benefits. Find out what gardening does for your body.

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5 Variations on a String Trellis for Tomatoes

A string trellis is a simple, effective way to support a growing tomato plant. Here are 5 options to consider including in your garden.

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A Cold Weather Use for Tomato Cages

I began gardening around six years ago, and at first I attempted to use store-bought tomato cages. I tried several types, ranging from cheap to expensive, but my Bonnie tomatoes always outgrew them.

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Garden Mistakes -- and What I've Learned From Them

Some say the best lessons are taught by our failures -- and when it comes to gardening, I would have to agree. Season to season, I not only learn from the mistakes I make in my garden, but also share this knowledge with my three daughters so they won’t have to repeat them when they get old enough to start growing their own.

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Why Victory Gardens Still Matter

I am a life-long gardener. Growing up in rural Oregon, I was taught by my parents to grow, can, and cook food – all good old skills that seem to be so rare these days. But they weren’t rare during World War II, when growing food became a matter of national security.

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How to Preserve Hot Peppers, In the Dark or Otherwise

Learn how to preserve hot peppers by making pepper jelly or dehydrating. Kelly shares her experience preserving hot peppers in this Bonnie Plants blog post.

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Got Pollination Problems? Give Hand-Pollination a Try!

If you’re having trouble with pollination of your melon, pumpkin, cucumber, or squash plants, don’t give up. Give hand-pollination a try.

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The Root of the Problem

Blogger Renee Adam learns an easy remedy for rootbound tomato plants and vegetable plants that sat too long in their pots. Rootbound plants should be gently loosened before planting.

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Yiayia's Eggplant Keftethes

Eggplant lovers will devour this anecdote and delicious eggplant keftethes recipe.

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Planning Your Fall Garden

Transitioning the vegetable garden from spring to fall can seem like a daunting task, but while the heat is still on in many areas of the U.S., it is time to think about preparing a fall vegetable garden for cool-season vegetables.

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Tomato Plants Not Setting Fruit? Here’s Why

If you have trouble with tomato plants not setting fruit, heat is likely to blame. Keep plants healthy to ride through the heat wave, and help prevent this problem by growing heat-set varieties.