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Seed Company: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Company Name Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Website https://www.rareseeds.com/ Catalog Available? Yes Review
4 Ways You Can Boost Local Backyard Vegetable Gardening
There is an abundance of valuable knowledge, advice, and wisdom shared in the NTVG Facebook group, but Facebook is a poor tool for storing and categorizing this information. For those that feel compelled to help save good information and help … Continue reading
Using BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) to Control Caterpillars
Seeing signs that caterpillars (I lazily call them worms) are eating up your vegetable plant? Before going to the ‘spray to kill’ route, let’s think through a few other options first. Did you know hornworms glow (iridescent) when a black … Continue reading
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How To Test Hay, Compost, or Manure for Herbicides That Will Wreck Your Garden
Before you use that a free load of manure, compost, or hay in your garden, do a little testing to make sure the great deal on free or cheap material you just scored won’t ruin your garden for the whole … Continue reading
Figs are Undiscovered Treasures for Fruit Loving North Texans
The online community at ourfigs.com lists over 500 different varieties of figs. They even group figs into five flavor groups of Honey, Sugar, Adriatic, Bordeaux and Dark Berry. I was turned on to this world I never knew existed by … Continue reading