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February 21, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
We’re always talking about extending your growing season with floating row covers, low tunnels, and hoop houses. These all protect your plants from frost. Today we’ll give you easy instructions…
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November 1, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Don’t leave your garden yet! Late fall and early winter is the time to plant some easy edibles, and scatter the sweeps of wildflowers that will be a delight come spring and summer. Tricia has winter…
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July 6, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
It’s the plaintive cry of gardeners, “What’s wrong?” Happily, co-authors David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth answer the question in their two best-selling books—What’s…
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June 12, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
What do gardeners in the West need? A shovel, a hose, and the Sunset Western Garden Book. The latest edition of the Western gardener’s best friend is stuffed with color photos of plants. Find out…
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May 18, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Do you have a small garden? Make it do double-duty as a space for outdoor entertaining and growing edibles. Garden designer Susan Morrison is an expert on small space landscapes and she gave us quick design…
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April 18, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Double digging revitalizes garden soil and gives it better tilth. It’s one of the basic practices of “French intensive” or “biointensive” organic gardening. French intensive…
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April 11, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Check the soil temperature before you transplant your vegetable seedlings and starts. Vegetables need specific soil temperatures to grow properly, as Tricia mentions in our new video on Planting Vegetables.…
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March 7, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Ready to start your first vegetable garden? The three essentials for an easy vegetable garden are: Full sun Convenient water supply Good soil Add some basic supplies and you’ll be off and growing.…
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December 15, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Grow mushrooms at home as a fun, family project and for good health! In our latest video Tricia shows how she grows both Blue Oyster and Portabella mushrooms at home. New research is showing the importance…
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November 17, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Artichokes are the new stars of the edible garden. Of course we all love to dip the chokes in butter, but artichoke plants also have great garden design elements with their dramatic height, spiky foliage,…
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