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November 1, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Our gardens can shift so quickly from warm, late summer to chilly, rainy fall. To help you avoid the “oops, I forgot to ________” that afflicts all gardeners, here’s a checklist of garden…
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May 24, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
The wheel hoe is a superb and versatile garden tool. There’s no motor to fuss with, just a willing garden helper that rolls along tilling the soil, digging an even furrow, or cutting off those nasty…
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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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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 28, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
You wouldn’t pour a can of motor oil on your garden, would you? Of course not. You wouldn’t even dribble motor oil on your garden, but that is what happens if you treat your metal garden tools…
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April 8, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
It’s a war in there. Or the cycle of life. And death. And decomposition. There’s a fascinating ecosystem that turns your mound of oak leaves and banana peels into soft, sweet-smelling humus…
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April 7, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
We hope our new video, Composting 101, inspires you to start a compost pile. Composting is easy! Most of the time, that is. But solving any problems with your compost pile, is definitely easy. We think…
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March 4, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Organic weed control does not just mean getting on your hands and knees to pull weeds. We’ve got a whole slew of techniques to get rid of the weeds in your garden (without the R word). Take a look…
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January 8, 2009 - Autumn from Peaceful Valley
When planning to plant your single tree or home orchard, there are a few bare necessities: 1. Select a fruit tree. We carry over 120 varieties of fruit & nut trees from Dave Wilson’s nursery.…
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