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Organic Ways to Rid a Vegetable Garden of Pests

Whether they’re the big, four-legged variety or from the creepy-crawly family, garden pests are a pain the butternut squash. Here are some quick and easy organic ways to rid a vegetable garden of pests and keep your vegetables healthy.

The Big Pests

Deer, rabbits, cats and similar may not be insects but they can do a real [...]

How to Install Landscape Edging Around Your Garden

Using landscape edging around the perimeter of your garden is both aesthetic and practical. The edging gives a defined and visually pleasing boarder for your garden and also helps keep grass and weeds from your surrounding lawn from creeping into your vegetable garden.
Here’s a quick guide to installing your own landscape edging:

1. Remove any weeds or [...]

Tackling Those Fall Garden Chores

photo courtesy of Flickr and theothermonalisa

The dog days of summer are over and now you can sit on your butt and relax, right? Not so fast. Before you snuggle in for a long winter you’ve got some fall garden chores to tackle. Taking some time to prep your garden in the fall will mean [...]

How to Grow Vegetables in Containers

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If you haven’t tried to grow vegetables in containers you may want to rethink that after reading this article. There are many reasons why container gardening is becoming so popular. Thos with little to no yard, who were once left out in the cold as far as vegetable [...]