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<title>Michael C Podlesny - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael is the author of Vegetable Gardening for the Average Person: A Guide to Vegetable Gardening for the rest of us, the moderator for the largest vegetable gardening page on Facebook and creator of the monthly Seeds Club.]]></description>
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<title>Great Seed Starting Project for Kids</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Are you looking to get your kids into vegetable gardening? If so here is a great activity I do with my own sons and they absolutely loved it. It's fun for them, easy for you and not messy. Best of all it will get kids of all ages excited about growing their own fruits and veggies!]]></description>
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<title>Incorporating Manure in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:50:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was reading an article the other day in Mother Earth News magazine about a family in California that made a lifestyle change to be more self reliant and work hard towards being more self sustaining. One of the portions of the article talked about the important role their chickens played in tilling the land and adding their own manure to it so that they can grow fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs in fertile soil.]]></description>
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<title>What Does the New USDA Frost Zone Map Mean to You?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:29:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You may have been gardening your whole life and never knew that your corner of the country is in a zone. A plant hardiness zone that is. If you live in the United States of America like I do (and you may having something equivalent outside of the USA), then you will come to know, as your vegetable gardening experience continues to grow, that the country is broken into plant hardiness zones.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Herbs From Seeds for Good Health and Great Tasting Food</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:30:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I love growing herbs from seed. With a window sill and some sun, you can grow pretty much any type of herb year round, almost anywhere in the world. My favorite to grow for its wonderful aroma, is basil, but I love the taste of fresh rosemary on chicken. Herbs are easy to grow and maintain and the best part, many are healthy for you. Growing herbs at home is like growing medicine that makes your food taste better. Something that cough syrup won't do.]]></description>
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<title>Start Your Cucumbers From Seeds</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:37:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Last year was by far the best year for cucumbers that I have ever had. With a good mix of care and of course, excellent weather, the cucumbers I started from seed, blossomed and produced unlike any season before. Here is what I did last year. Hopefully you will have great success as I did.]]></description>
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<title>3 Tips for Growing Great Tomatoes From Seeds</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:12:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is nothing more popular to grow in the home vegetable gardening world then tomatoes. By more than 3 to 1 it outshines it's next counterpart (peppers or cucumbers, depending on which poll you read). Who can argue? Tomatoes taste great, have many uses, and there are so many varieties to choose from, that there is sure to be one kind for everybody.]]></description>
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<title>What Are Open Pollinated and Heirloom Variety Vegetable Seeds?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years there is a large movement towards growing your own fruits, vegetables and herbs from seeds. The top three reasons people gave in a recent study conducted by the National Gardening Association, were to put fresh produce on the table, save some money and to know that what they were growing was safe.]]></description>
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<title>3 Vegetable Seeds That Have a Large Yield Per Seed</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:47:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you had room to plant only three vegetables, what would they be and why? I was recently asked this question by a friend. Before I get into what I would grow let me address why I would grow the ones I did choose. If I only had space for three vegetables I would make sure I first grow something that has a high yield and second, make sure I am growing something that I and my family would enjoy eating.]]></description>
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<title>The Pollination Process in Your Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:14:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently I have written some vegetable gardening articles that have taken a turn towards more of a scientific approach, albeit entry level plant science as opposed to advanced horticulture, but very important, I believe, none the less. I wanted to touch on the process of pollination and what this process means for your vegetable garden.]]></description>
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<title>3 Cool Gardening Things to Learn About This Holiday Weekend</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:58:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend my family and I will be busy in the festivities of Christmas and even though this time of the year here in NJ means it's cold, neither the holiday nor the weather deters me from wanting to know and learn more about vegetable gardening. I put together three things that I find fascinating and hopefully you will too.]]></description>
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<title>Combining Vegetable Gardening With School Curriculum</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:54:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you have school aged children? Are you a vegetable gardener? Imagine if you were able to combine the fun and reward of vegetable gardening with the education your child receives in school? I was thinking about this the other day and wanted to do some research on topic. As a father of two and an avid vegetable gardener, to me the possibilities of combining the two, to me, seemed like a no brainer.]]></description>
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<title>4 Gardening Items to Ask Santa for This Christmas</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:11:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For many of us, old man winter has moved in, putting a damper on our outdoor vegetable gardening efforts. While many still continue to grow some herbs, lettuce, spinach and other cooler crops in either outdoor cold frames or on indoor window sills, colder weather also means the Christmas season is upon us. ]]></description>
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<title>Maximize the Germination of Your Vegetable Seeds</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:32:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nothing is more frustrating then when you can not seem to get your vegetable seeds to germinate. You get excited for gardening season to roll around, have your vegetable seeds ready to go, plant them in some soil, wait, and nothing happens. There could be a number of factors as to why this could be. Here are some suggestions to help with maximizing the germination of your Vegetable Seeds.]]></description>
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<title>5 Home Grown Vegetables for Thanksgiving</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:31:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The holiday season is upon us which for our family kicks off with Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is that one day out of the year where we recognize how lucky we are to have our health, family and friends around our dinner table and of course the gratefulness that even in these tough economic times we can still put a nice meal on the table to enjoy the day.]]></description>
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<title>Vermicomposting for Better Soil</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Vermicompost is merely nothing more than worm castings after you have fed them a diet of organic material. It is one of the best forms of fertilizer you can add to your garden. So good that many home vegetable gardeners have created worm farms and vermicompost bins in their own back yards, sheds, garages and basements.]]></description>
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<title>How to Photograph Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:57:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With smart phone in hand with a built in camera I was in heaven. I could use technology to take instant photos of my home vegetable garden and upload them online for the world to see. It is a real time snapshot of what I am growing at that moment.]]></description>
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<title>Start Using Companion Planting in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:41:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to maximize the available room you have in your yard or on your property, while at the same time promoting healthier plants through better soil and other means,companion planting is the way to go. Companion planting is a great way to combine various plants in a single location all of which work in conjunction with one another as opposed to competing with each other for the same nutrients. The most widely known method for companion planting and the easiest to understand would be the Three Sisters Method.]]></description>
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<title>5 Power Vegetables to Grow in Your Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:46:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I wanted to follow up a previous article with a list of vegetables that gardeners, looking to maximize their space, can grow to ensure they are eating the veggies that yield the highest amounts of vitamins, minerals and nutrients your body needs for a healthier you. I call them, the power vegetables.]]></description>
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<title>How to Start a Community Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:14:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago I had the privilege of instructing a class on the basics of home vegetable gardening at my local library. During this class we went over such things as getting your garden ready, enriching your soil through composting, organizing the layout and of course managing the garden once it was all put together.]]></description>
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<title>5 Tips for Maximizing the Germination of Your Vegetable Seeds</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:57:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So you have decided to save even more money with your vegetable garden by starting your plants from seeds. There is no question that the amount of money you save when you start from seeds is tremendous. Seed packets range in price from a buck to three bucks and the amount of seeds you receive for such a low cost are just mere pennies (or less) per seed.]]></description>
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<title>Home Vegetable Gardening: The New Prescription From Doctors and Nutritionists</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:06:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While finishing up a project I was working on the other night, I was flipping through TV stations to at least put something on that was watchable as background noise. I came across an infomercial selling some new great weight loss product that is guaranteed to give you those 6 pack abs and rock hard muscles in as little as 20 minutes a day.]]></description>
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<title>Keeping Your Home Vegetable Garden Pest Free, Safely</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:27:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is a question that I hear most often from home vegetable gardeners. How can you keep your garden pest free without spraying harmful chemicals on them? As one person wrote me, "Isn't one of the points of growing your own food, to avoid all the chemicals and have it be safe?"]]></description>
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<title>What Is Listeria and How Do You Protect Yourself?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:04:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Last month experts confirmed nine case of Listeria in the state of Colorado. First indications point the outbreaks to have occurred from infected cantaloupe, although one family member of an infected person claims it had to be the salmon she ate. Officials are still gathering information as to its cause, but as of right now, cantaloupe seems to be the culprit.]]></description>
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<title>4 Ways to Piss Off Rabbits With a Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:14:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In your neck of the woods you may never see a rabbit. Your fuzzy vegetable garden predator may be a deer or woodchuck, but here in the good ole Garden State of New Jersey where I grow my vegetables, rabbits are the pain in the rear of choice. Or should I say, not really of choice, but forced upon me.]]></description>
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<title>E Coli and Your Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:13:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There have been plenty of mentions about e. coli in the news as of late. It has affected our meat supply to vegetables grown on farms throughout the country. Many people ask, can e. coli contaminate our home grown veggies. While the short answer is yes, the long answer would be it depends on where you grow your garden, who are your neighbors, do you wash your veggies before you consume them and so on.]]></description>
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<title>Everything You Wanted to Know About the Radish</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:27:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the cooler months whether it be the spring or fall, when someone asks me what is one vegetable they can grow that produces quickly and will do well when temperatures drop, I always answer the radish. Sure there are plenty of others that thrive great in cooler temperatures, but if you want something quick, I honestly can not think of one where you can reap the benefit within as little as 40 days.]]></description>
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<title>3 Vegetables To Grow in the Fall</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:28:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sure the months are still warm, even hot in many areas of the world, but that is no reason to not start thinking about what you will be planting in the cooler autumn months in your home vegetable garden. That time of the year, when the leaves change to vibrant colors and the kids head back to school, will be here before you know it.]]></description>
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<title>How to Get Rid of Cabbage Worms</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:52:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To understand how to get rid of a pest in the garden, I always like to start by trying to understand what it is I am actually trying to get rid of. In this case the cabbage worm. The cabbage worm is a generalized term used for four kinds of Lepidopteran. More specifically their larvae.]]></description>
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<title>How to Control Aphids in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:35:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to a study by the USDA, aphids rank as the top insect to do damage to people's home vegetable gardens. You may agree with those findings. Aphids are very common throughout the world and come in all shapes and sizes. They feed on pretty much everything and when they are done feeding on a plant their young will develop wings, move to the next plant and the process starts all over.]]></description>
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<title>Your Vegetable Garden Is Talking, Are You Listening?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:41:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is a fact that your home vegetable garden is going to go through ups and downs throughout the growing season. Not just the current season but also over many years. I find in my own experiences that from one year to the next that certain crops do better than others.]]></description>
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<title>Slugs in the Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:15:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I say slugs in the home vegetable garden I am not talking about the crabby old man around the corner that constantly wants your fresh fruits and veggies. I am talking about that annoying shell lacking gastropod mollusk that wreaks havoc on the plants you are growing.]]></description>
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<title>Chickens and the Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:08:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I have recently begun a quest to learn as much as I can on the benefits of chickens that goes beyond their ability to lay eggs. A quest that my wife believes has turned into a near obsession. I'll save that conversation for a later article and podcast. For now I want to concentrate on why chickens make for a great addition to a backyard home vegetable garden.]]></description>
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<title>What Is Diatomaceous Earth?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:30:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A lot of people are looking for safe, yet effective ways to eliminate pests in the home vegetable garden. Diatomaceous earth gives you the ability to do just that. Here is some information on what it is, how it works, and where you can get it from.]]></description>
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<title>Three Tips to Getting Your Kids Involved in Vegetable Gardening At Home                             </title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:19:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was very fortunate as a child. My dad got me into vegetable gardening, thankfully, to show me where food comes from and that, yes, you are able to feed yourself without leaving your home. Of course he also made it clear that the more independent you want to be, the more work you will have to put into it. I didn't understand that at the time but I certainly do now.]]></description>
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<title>Who's Telling You That You Can Not Save Money in a Vegetable Garden? It's Not Who You Might Think!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:05:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is an aged old question that I, along with many other home vegetable gardeners, constantly get asked. Can you really save money with a home vegetable garden? Some will say, absolutely not, and I will get into who those "some" are in a little bit. They aren't who you might be thinking about.]]></description>
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<title>Planting Strawberries in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:51:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This year marks the first year I added strawberries to my home vegetable garden. In fact I started my strawberries from seed. Through my own account, and the success I am having with them this year, I wanted to post what I did that yielded to me some great results.]]></description>
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<title>Prices Don't Rise in the Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:29:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the time I wrote this article, according the GasBuddy.com, the national price average in the United States for one gallon of regular gasoline was $3.55. The price has been recently fluctuating to the point where the up and down motion makes you feel like you are on a boat heading through a hurricane.]]></description>
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<title>Grow Chives</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[OK I have to admit I am a huge fan of putting sour cream and chives on my baked potatoes. It's one of those guilty pleasures in life! Of course being a vegetable gardener that also grows herbs I have also talked myself into "the sour cream isn't bad because the potato and chives came from the garden.]]></description>
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<title>Lost in Thyme</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:36:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thyme is the number one herb sold on our website and we received tremendous positive feedback when it was the featured herb in our monthly Seeds Club. Who could argue about the versatility of thyme? It is a great herb to add to a lot of different recipes, and in many cultures is used as a medicinal herb.]]></description>
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<title>Two Cringe Worthy Vegetable Gardening Mistakes</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:57:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I look back at my many years of having my own vegetable garden and always have a `what the heck was I thinking` moment. Whether it was growing something I had no intention eating or the countless other mistakes I have made in time, had I not learned from them would have been a real tragedy. I wanted to share with you what I believe are vegetable gardening mistakes that can make anyone cringe.]]></description>
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<title>Four Tips for Great Peppers</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:14:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are a number of fruits and vegetables that I absolutely love to grow in my home vegetable garden, peppers being one of them. Like all of the other fruits and vegetables, I love to start my peppers from seeds. I enjoy not only the cost saving benefits of using seeds, but the challenge of it as well. ]]></description>
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<title>Four Methods to Control Aphids</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:13:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Aphids will work over a plant, reproducing at a great rate and when the plant they are feeding on becomes over populated they will develop wings and move on to another plant. As you can see if you do not tackle the problem immediately you can get over run with aphids fairly quickly. Here are four methods you can start implementing right away with any aphid issues you may have.]]></description>
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<title>Three Easy Home Vegetable Gardening Tips to Follow</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 16:21:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I like to keep my home vegetable gardening as simple as possible. Sure on occasion I will venture out into something new and little more advanced, but my entire gardening process surrounds some basic tips that I am going to share with you in a moment.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Swiss Chard From Seed</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:46:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Up until about seven or eight years ago, I was simply a traditional home vegetable gardener. I, like a lot of other people, grew the basics such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and various greens. As I started to expand my vegetable gardening horizon I learned about so many new plants that offered up great tasting and healthy options for my family's dinner table. One such vegetable is Swiss Chard.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Rutabaga From Seed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rutabaga makes a great addition to a variety of dishes. Even more amazing is how easy Rutabaga is to add to your home vegetable garden and even easier yet, to grow them from seed. Here I have outlined some tips to increase your chances of "Rutabaga from seed" success.]]></description>
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<title>3 Reasons Why Your Vegetable Garden May Stink</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:19:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[OK it is the hard truth that most people don't want to hear and that is your vegetable garden, well, it stinks. Not in a bad rotting compost smell type of stink, but in a way that anyone, with or without vegetable gardening experience can immediately look at and say, "dude, your vegetable garden is a mess."]]></description>
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<title>3 Vegetable Gardening Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:18:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spring is the Super Bowl for us vegetable gardeners as it marks the time when we can get our hands dirty, put the hard work in, all to reap the benefits of a bountiful harvest. Here are 3 tips to get you going as we embark on yet another season in the sun.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Cabbage From Seed</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:41:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I can almost smell the stuffed cabbage cooking in my mom's kitchen. It was one of her (and my grandmother's) best dishes. I am not much of chef so I won't go into great detail on the recipe, but it was a meat mixture that was wrapped with a cabbage leaf and it tasted great.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Zucchini From Seed</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:10:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Am I the only one that thinks zucchini grows like a weed? So as long as you give your zucchini ample water and sunshine, it seems to grow like wild on its own and without much help. Not only is zucchini fairly easy to grow, but a couple of plants will give a family of four all of the zucchini it can handle and more.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Sunflowers From Seeds</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:06:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ah, sunflowers. The sight of sunflowers brings a sense of summer, warm air and of course all of the wonderful tasty seeds they produce. Their popularity has grown over the years, due in part to their ease of growing, minimal space requirements and of course because baseball players chew sunflower seeds as opposed to tobacco.]]></description>
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<title>Compost Pile - Quick Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:03:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I am convinced that composting is the number one thing you can do as a home vegetable gardener that is beneficial for your soil and plants. Adding good quality compost to your soil helps with drainage, nutrients in the soil and so many other things. Along with the soil benefits you can also take a lot of organic material that would otherwise find its way into a landfill and actually put it to good use.]]></description>
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<title>It's Nearing Lettuce Season for Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:53:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The different varieties of lettuce to choose from to grow in your home vegetable garden varies as greatly as the number of choices your local cable company or dish provider give you in the form of channels to surf through. Then when you break down each variety there are even more choices.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Spinach in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:04:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I was younger I could not stand the taste of spinach. of course that was more than likely due to the fact the only spinach my mom served came from a frozen box that had to be cooked. Then in my early twenties I grew (no pun intended) to love to eat fresh, raw spinach. That is when I began growing my own spinach. I found that this cool weather crop is a great addition to any home vegetable garden, and a lot easier to grow then you think.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Broccoli in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:21:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend I will be starting my broccoli seeds indoors. Like a baseball fan who gets excited to hear when pitchers and catchers are reporting to spring training, I get excited when I see plant varieties that are ready to start indoors pop up on my Droid smartphone calendar. Of course on my calendar it shows me when to start them indoors and then when to move them to the outdoors. We'll save how to do that for a future article and podcast. For now let's concentrate on growing broccoli in the home vegetable garden.]]></description>
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<title>Attract Insects to Keep Your Garden Insect Free?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:15:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A couple of the biggest myths of organic gardening is that it is hard work and time consuming.. While both might be true, neither term applies to anything you have to do. Let me explain. Part of organic gardening is being able to keep bad insects, such as aphids, beetles and armyworms, off of your plants with good insects also called beneficial insects, such as ladybugs, hoverflies and lacewings. The only work you need to do is to attract the beneficial insects. This requires some upfront work, but once that is done, the beneficial insects do the rest.]]></description>
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<title>Add Tomatillos to Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:53:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[They are in the same family as the tomato and closely related to the cape gooseberry. They have the shape of a sphere and produce a green (sometimes green-purple) fruit and tomatillos are readily used in Mexican cuisine. Believe it or not they are easier to grow than you think and can be added to virtually anyone's home vegetable garden.]]></description>
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<title>We Vegetable Gardeners Know What to Do With Those Keurig Cups</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:10:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It seems as if every one of our neighbors and relatives received one of those Keurig individual coffee makers. If you are not familiar with them they are pretty neat, especially if you want to enjoy a quick, fresh cup of coffee. They give you the flexibility of making an individual cup of coffee in a wide range of flavors (over 200 the last time I checked their website) without having to make a whole pot, measuring the grounds and so on.]]></description>
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<title>Fighting Obesity Starts in the Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:54:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is no question obesity is a rising problem for many here in the United States. The United States Center for Disease Control rates obesity as a person having a body mass index of 30 or greater. The body mass index, or BMI for short, is calculated based on the person's height and weight and provides a reasonable indication of body fat, which could lead to further health issues.]]></description>
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<title>Make a Home Vegetable Garden Part of Your New Year's Resolutions</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:23:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether it is being successful at those new resolutions you just set for yourself or just trying to make the New Year a little better than the previous year for your family, there are items on your to-do list that you need to tackle every day. Here is one resolution to add to your list if you have not done so already, home vegetable gardening.]]></description>
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<title>Turnips for Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:55:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you grow them for their greens or the root they are best when harvested in cooler temperatures. You can plant turnips in the midsummer time and have them ready in the autumn months. Turnips also make for a great spring crop in your home vegetable garden.]]></description>
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<title>Two Trends in Home Vegetable Gardening for the Upcoming New Year</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:55:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I recently had the privilege of appearing on a radio show where we did nothing but talk about vegetable gardening for over an hour. It was a lot of fun, and the questions by the host, Kate Copsey, were fantastic. They made me do some quick thinking about my own vegetable gardening experiences, what I grow, methods I use and so on. More importantly the interview also made me think about trends in vegetable gardening that will be big in the upcoming year.]]></description>
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<title>Add Asparagus to Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:39:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Asparagus is a great addition to any home vegetable garden. Whether you mix them in with a salad or cook them your own special way, this perennial plant will yield you a great tasting vegetable for about 10 to 15 years.]]></description>
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<title>Two Quick Composting Methods for the Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:42:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You won`t find too many more natural ways to improve the nutrients in your soil then compost. The result of organic material breaking down, compost will add much needed, nitrogen, potassium, phosphorous and calcium (as well as other nutrients) to your soil. The best part, composting is easier than you think.]]></description>
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<title>5 Basic Tips for Growing Peppers in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:39:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Peppers are the third most popular vegetable grown in the home vegetable garden. There are literally hundreds of varieties to choose from however the basic concepts to grow them are the same for just about all of them. Here are 5 basics on peppers to get you started.]]></description>
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<title>Home Vegetable Gardening Made Easy With These 4 Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:31:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Don't make home vegetable gardening harder or more complicated than it has to be. You may overwhelm yourself an invariably give up. Instead, follow these 4 tips, to keep home vegetable gardening light and more reasonably maintainable.]]></description>
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<title>Build Your Home Vegetable Garden Raised Bed Out of These 5 Items</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:06:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wood is a very popular choice to build raised beds for the home vegetable garden. There are, however, other choices you may not have thought of. They are either low cost or in some cases, free if you are looking in the right place.]]></description>
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<title>5 Common Home Vegetable Garden Terms and What They Mean</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:45:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard a lot of terminology being floated around in your vegetable garden. Here are five popular ones that will look familiar to you and what they mean.]]></description>
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<title>Solving the Aphid Problem in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:44:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[They are the most common pest problem in home vegetable gardens. The answer, however, is a lot easier than you think. The best part is there are safe answers to reducing aphids in your home vegetable garden.]]></description>
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<title>Jump Start Your Vegetable Garden With a Greenhouse</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:30:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Regardless of whether you live in a one bedroom apartment or on a farm, you have plenty of room for a greenhouse and probably didn't know it. Listen in as Mike gives you some tips on how to jump start your home vegetable garden with your very own greenhouse.]]></description>
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<title>Here Is How You Get Started in Vegetable Gardening</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:44:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest things about speaking with 13,000 other vegetable gardeners on our Facebook page, besides being around like minded people, are the wonderful ideas everyone shares. Whether they are new to the activity of vegetable gardening or have been doing it all of their lives, I always learn something new.]]></description>
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<title>Grubs Lead to Moles, How to Get Rid of Both of Them</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:42:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[They are the larvae of insects, most commonly wasps, bees or beetles. More commonly referred to by home vegetable gardeners as grubs, an infestation of them can lead to attracting moles and both can wreak plenty of havoc on your home vegetable garden.]]></description>
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<title>Can Your Turn Your Home Vegetable Garden Into a Permaculture?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:00:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you ever think you can turn your back yard into an area that provides not only food for your family but a sustainable living environment for other animals and creatures? In its simplest definition, that is what a permaculture is. Read on as Mike gives you some more information on the topic.]]></description>
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<title>Follow These Tips to Grow Healthy Artichokes in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:58:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In warmer areas it can be a perennial but for most of us where the temperatures drop artichokes are an annual. Artichokes are easier to grow than you think. Simply follow these steps and you will be well on your way to a healthy artichoke harvest.]]></description>
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<title>The Importance of Potassium for Your Home Vegetable Garden Plants</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:55:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Potassium is a very important nutrient for the plants that you grow in your home vegetable garden. Unlike other nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous, potassium requires a bit more work to get it into your soil and keep it there.]]></description>
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<title>Higher Yields on Your Tomatoes With These 5 Simple Tips</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:31:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is by far and away the most popular vegetable grown in the home vegetable garden. Not only here in the United States, but also around the world. If you want better tasting tomatoes and higher yields, follow these tips and you will be well on your way.]]></description>
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<title>Great Tasting Radishes in 5 Easy Steps</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:24:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Radishes, they are easy to grow and you have plenty of varieties to choose from. With these tips I am about to give you, you will be well on your way to adding them to your home vegetable garden.]]></description>
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<title>Four Solutions to That Unpleasant Odor in Your Compost Pile</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:43:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Compost is the best way to ensure the soil your vegetables grow in have all of the nutrients they need as well as proper pH levels and adequate moisture retention. But before you can get there you need good compost. If your compost has a foul odor here are 4 solutions you can try today.]]></description>
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<title>Seven Tips for Better, Healthier and Tastier Celery</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:55:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Celery really makes a soup or stew "pop". It gives them both great flavor, not to mention celery goes great with buffalo wings. Growing celery in your home vegetable garden is simple to do and with these tips you are sure to succeed.]]></description>
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<title>7 Common Home Vegetable Gardening Mistakes</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:30:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We have all been there. Making mistakes that we look back on now and say, gees I cannot believe I used to do that. If you are not at that point yet, here are 7 common home vegetable gardening mistakes to refer to.]]></description>
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<title>6 Reasons You Should Start a Compost Pile Today</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Beyond being easy to do, there are a variety of reasons why you should have a compost pile. Here are 6 to get you excited about turning your trash and garbage into a vegetable gardener's gold mine.]]></description>
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<title>5 Herbs to Add to Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:31:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Herbs add great flavor to any dish. Fresh herbs from the garden make whatever it is you are serving, taste even better. Here are 5 herbs you can add to your home vegetable garden today.]]></description>
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<title>3 Tips to Better Soil for Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:13:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The power of a better garden is already in the palm of your hand. Here are 3 tips to improve your home vegetable garden right now.]]></description>
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<title>Growing Spinach in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:56:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Filled with so many vitamins, spinach makes for a great addition to any home vegetable garden. Find out just how easy it is to grow this cool weather crop.]]></description>
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<title>Three Ideas to a Vegetable Garden With Limited Space</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:11:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yes you can grow your own vegetables even if you have limited space. Here are some options you can consider.]]></description>
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<title>Four Benefits of Compost Tea</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:33:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Filled with millions if not billions of microbial activity, compost tea is steaming with benefits. Easy to brew, you can add this magic elixir to your garden in no time.]]></description>
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<title>When Life Deals You Garbage, Then You Make Compost</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:07:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is an aged old saying that reads, "when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade." Meaning to me that if you are dealt a bad situation, you and only you can make it better. Makes sense right? ]]></description>
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<title>Grow Kohlrabi When Space in Your Home Vegetable Garden Starts to Open</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:19:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Kohlrabi is in the same family as cabbage and is one of those vegetables that most people neither know about nor want to grow. However, because of its tolerance to cooler temperatures and its ability to grow fairly quickly, kohlrabi can make a nice addition to the garden in the early springtime and even better a great replacement vegetable when the warm weather crops are done. Here are some tips to help you grow kohlrabi successfully.]]></description>
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<title>Good Soil is the Foundation of Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:38:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you think you could build a skyscraper that stood four football fields tall if the foundation to that building was made from some cheap lumber and dirt? Probably not, and even if you could build it, would you want to go in it? I certainly would not.]]></description>
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<title>Understanding Manure For Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:16:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I love the scene in the television show Seinfeld where character George Costanza, played by actor Jason Alexander, is talking to a female named Kelly, played by actress Tracy Kolis, about his love of the word manure. The funny line is, "when you consider the other choices, manure, is pretty refreshing." Of course Kelly cuts the date short as she finds talking about the subject pretty strange.]]></description>
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<title>Adjust Your Home Vegetable Garden's PH Level</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:41:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Vegetables and fruits thrive when your soil's pH level is in the proper range. Here is how you can adjust that level in a natural and safe way that will help you grow better tasting food.]]></description>
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<title>Secure Those Cucumbers in Your Home Vegetable Garden With These Four Methods</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:49:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You could let the cucumbers roam free, but if you are limited with space, then go vertical. Here are four methods you can use to grow your cucumbers without using a lot of the space you do have.]]></description>
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<title>Three Safe Methods to Get Rid of Ants in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:29:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although not a huge issue in many home vegetable gardens, some do experience issues with these tiny little pests. Here are three safe methods you can use to decrease the ant population.]]></description>
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<title>Corn Classifications and What They Mean to Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:22:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I am by no means the greatest to ever grow corn, but I can hold my own. So when Lisa posted the question, "Can I plant any variety of corn together?", I had to step back and think for a second if that were possible. The answer in short is no as you will see when I get into the genetic classification parts.]]></description>
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<title>Companion Planting in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 22:20:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday I posted a simple question on our vegetable gardening Facebook page. I asked, do you use one crop to support another in your home vegetable garden? The comments and feedback were tremendous.]]></description>
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<title>How to Compost Inexpensively For Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 11:20:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Composting is one of the best things you can do to help improve your soil conditions. Before you run out and spend loads of cash, listen in as Mike gives you some creative ideas to compost inexpensively.]]></description>
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<title>Learn the Basics of Growing Tomatoes</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 22:24:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If a rose by any other name is still a rose, then a tomato by any other botanical classification is still a vegetable. Scientifically the tomato is classified as a fruit, but we, as home vegetable gardeners, will forever refer to this great tasting item as a vegetable. The tomato is so popular in the home vegetable garden that it nearly doubles the next most popular item, the cucumber.]]></description>
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<title>Less Seeds, Less Space, More Crops in the Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 19:04:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You can maximize your home vegetable garden output by reducing your vegetable garden size. Don't think so? ]]></description>
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<title>4 Harmful Insects You Must Get to Know to Protect Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 09:06:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have a vegetable garden, then there are harmful insects you must get to know to help you protect your crop. Here are 4 of them you should familiarize yourself with today.]]></description>
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<title>4 Beneficial Insects You Must Get to Know For Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 08:18:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have a vegetable garden, then there are beneficial insects you must get to know to help you out. Here are 4 of them you should familiarize yourself with today.]]></description>
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<title>Three Tips to Use That Extra Space in Your Home Vegetable Garden</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:25:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have extra space in your home vegetable garden, although you may not know it. Here are three tips from Mike to unleash that extra space you never knew you had.]]></description>
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