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Article image Lasagna Gardening No, you can’t grow lasagna in your garden — sad, but true. What you can do is treat your garden bed like a big pan of lasagna, and assemble layer upon layer of goodness to create a thriving environment for your treasured plants. It’s inexpensive, and very worthwhile doing. All it requires are the right materials and a little elbow grease.
Article image Open-Pollinated Seeds If you’ve ever saved the seeds from a Honeycrisp apple in hopes of planting them and creating a lifetime supply of free Honeycrisps, we have some bad news: seeds from hybrid vegetables and fruits (including Honeycrisp) will not reproduce true-to-parent...
Article image Organic Growing Myths & Mistakes There’s more to organic growing than just clearing the chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides out of the garden shed. Knowledge is most certainly power, and having it can save you money, toil and trouble. Here are several myth-busters and information about organic gardening you probably didn’t know.
Article image Preventing Problems Before They Begin Organic gardeners have fewer tactical weapons in their arsenal in the war against pests and diseases, as chemical problem-fighters are not in the mix. Non-chemical alternatives are, by nature, less potent and sometimes an extra effort is required to keep your garden in good health. Preventive action bridges the gap.

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