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Tag: Garden

Tomatoes from Seedling to Delicious

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| 2021, Article, Garden, Hints, How To, Newsletter, Planting

Now that we have our tomatoes planted and growing, let’s consider tomato care. That would be watering, feeding, staking, pruning and disease control. Watering: The first and probably most important consideration is watering. Tomatoes require regular, consistent watering—infrequent, but deep is the best. The amount should equal about 1” (including rainfall) of water per week […]

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Tomatoes

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| 2021, Article, Garden, Hints, How To, May, Newsletter, Plants

What is the most popular fruit grown in our home gardens? You know it as a tomato. Botanically it is a fruit as are zucchini, peppers, cucumbers, beans and peas.  Nutritionists call them all vegetables, mainly because we eat them as savory dishes. But by whatever classification, a tomato is what so many of us […]

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Guide to sowing common vegetable seeds in the home

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| 2021, April, Article, Garden, How To, Newsletter, Reference

If you click on the image below, you will be taken to the vegetable seed sowing PDF and you can print directly from there. Good luck and happy planting!

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Fall Planting Milkweed Seeds

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| 2020, Fall, Garden, Planting

Here in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, fall is the best time to plant milkweed seeds. It’s too warm for the ground to be frozen but too cold for seeds to sprout before winter sets in. Exposing seeds to cool temperatures before the warmer temps of spring will cause them to break their dormancy and […]

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Garden Harvest

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| 2020, August, Garden, Member, Video

Come and watch one of our members as they harvest some of the late summer bounty that is found in their garden. Each plant is described as she picks the vegetables. Watch Now!

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