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Repel Harmful Insects With Plants

Infestations of harmful insects are the bane of any gardener’s existence. There is nothing quite so disappointing to come to the garden one morning and find holes chewed into the leaves or stems...

Attract Beneficial Insects With Plants

Insects that can act as a predatory police force in your garden will help to keep it free of pests throughout the growing season. While you can order beneficial insects online, this can get...

Garden Planning: Spring/Summer 2014

In the past couple of weeks we've been busy planning out our garden for Spring/Summer. We use Smart Gardener to help plan out the location of our plants as well as the schedule for planting...

Garden Journaling

In an attempt to post more (ie. at all) and to have a running log of everything we do with the garden, I plan on doing somewhat daily "journal" posts of what we do in the garden each day, even the...