My First Garden: Mistakes and Successes
In 2013 I planted my first garden. Looking back, I see mistakes and successes from that first year. All of them served to teach me, and they helped me grow a more successful garden each…
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Troubleshooting Tomato Plant Problems with Joe Lamp’l
When we begin our gardens, we imagine what our tomato harvest will look like. But most of the time, we don’t anticipate tomato plant problems that often arrive in mid-summer. Beginning gardeners blame themselves and…
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3 Organic Aphid Control Methods — Tested
When you discover aphids in your garden, you naturally want to get rid of them — fast! With a host of organic aphid control solutions available online, how do you know which one to choose?…
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Raised Garden Bed vs. In Ground Garden
First-time gardeners must decide: “should I plant in a raised garden bed or in the ground?” Certainly, it’s not always an either/or decision. While I’ve always used a combination of both for many reasons, Jill…
12 Garden Rules from One Generation to the Next
As a first-time gardener, I would have given anything to have had a more experienced gardener teach me and guide me. But as it was, I taught myself from online sources, books, and trial and…
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Is it better to stake or cage tomatoes?
My journey to the ideal tomato trellis system has not been an easy one. It started with using a flimsy round “tomato cage,” which couldn’t bear the weight of my vining tomato plant loaded with…