As the garden’s hardy greens are finally about to succumb to continued winter cold weather, it’s time to move your vegetable production inside. I’ve been setting up a microgreens growing station in a walk-in closet for about five winters now, and believe me, it’s a thrill to harvest something fresh when the outdoor landscape is brown and bleak. Aside from…
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Houseplant How-Tos
Now that the vegetable and flower gardens are taking a long winter’s nap, it’s time for us to turn our attention to what’s growing inside our homes. Houseplants are not only a nice way to add some fresh and natural accents to an otherwise static environment, they also are purported to clean the air and exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen…
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Getting a Leg Up for Next Spring
Except for a few hardy greens left to harvest , we’re done with the gardens for this season. And by “done” I mean we’ve got very little energy left to give to our outdoor gardening habit this year. It’s time to wrap up the growing season for good. That energy we do have left will be spent on getting a…
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Bringing Indoor Plants Back Inside
I live in an unheated three-season cottage May through October. The last week of September reliably presents one or two nights that dip down to 50F. Like a splash of cold water to the face, me padding about the wooden floor bare-footedly is a stark reminder it’s time to move to warmer digs. And if I’m chilly, the tropical and…
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