Homegrown: Your Backyard Garden Podcast Kathi Rodgers
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Grow a successful vegetable garden, no matter where you live.
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The Benefits of Composting for Your Backyard Garden
Discover the benefits of composting for your vegetable garden, and the advantages of composting at home. Composting your yard waste and kitchen garbage is the best way to improve your garden. Here are four reasons you should be composting, in honor of Learn About Composting Day.RELATED POST: 4 Reasons You Should Be Compostinghttps://bit.ly/compostreasonsThe natural antidepressant in dirt is mycobacterium vaccae. Purchase my ebook The Down-to-Earth Guide to Composting on sale until June 3...
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Which tomato variety is best for your garden?
Nine out of 10 gardeners grow tomatoes, making it the most popular garden vegetable to grow. And there are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes to choose from. Let’s explore the differences - heirlooms vs hybrid varieties, determinate vs indeterminate growing habits, and the six different sizes and shapes of tomatoes.Which one is best for you? It depends on what you want to do with your tomatoes - whether you want to add them to a salad, top a burger or sandwich, make sauce, or enjoy a snac...
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7 Easy-to-Grow Spring Vegetables
Discover seven easy-to-grow cool-season plants ideal for your backyard garden. From vibrant greens to flavorful root vegetables plus a delicious fruit, you'll learn about these easy-to-grow spring vegetables and why it's important that you know how to grow your own food.Transcript/related post: 7 Easy Cool-Season Vegetables to PlantGrow Guides Sweet and Sour Beet recipeEpisode 3: How to Plant GarlicKeep in touch!Oak Hill Homestead, the blogFacebookInstagramPinterest
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How to Plant Potatoes in Containers
Potatoes are a great way to make ends meet, and you can save even more money by growing them in containers. There are a few things you need to pay attention to though, and we'll discuss them in this episode. Let's dig in!Transcript/related post:How to Plant Potatoes in ContainersKeep in touch!Oak Hill Homestead, the blogFacebookInstagramPinterest
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What to Plant in a Vegetable Garden
What will you grow in your backyard vegetable garden? Choosing what to grow in a garden can be overwhelming with all the choices that are available. These tips will walk you through the steps of how to choose the vegetables and fruits to plant in your backyard garden.You'll find suggested vegetable varieties for small gardens in Episodes #3 and #5.Transcript/related post:7 Tips to Choose What to Plant in a Vegetable GardenRelated Links:Dirty Dozen listFind your growing season information here...
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Benefits of Growing in Raised Garden Beds
Every inch of soil counts in a backyard garden, and raised garden beds can be a game-changer, an efficient solution with many benefits. From soil improvement to better use of your garden space, learn about the advantages of raised garden beds, and about some of the disadvantages too. Let’s dig in!Transcript/related post:The Advantages of Raised Garden BedsGet your free set of printable plans and materials list to build your own raised garden bed.Keep in touch!Oak Hill Homestead, the blogFaceb...