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March 7, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Tips and tools for your first vegetable garden 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.… read more»
March 1, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Fresh horseradish—how to plant, harvest, and serve it Want to give some homegrown zip to your meals? Plant horseradish! Simple to grow and harvest, you’ll enjoy having your own fresh crop to eat and to share with friends. Tricia plants and harvests… read more»
February 17, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Currants are the edible almost everyone can grow Add currant bushes to your garden for an easy, deer-resistant edible that also grows in part-shade. If you live in USDA zones 3-8 currants are a must for your garden. In our new video, Tricia plants currants… read more»
January 11, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Find your thrill with blueberry chill (hours) WHAT’S A CHILL HOUR? You’re happily choosing your blueberries from our catalog when you suddenly notice extra numbers in the descriptions. Number of chill hours? Isn’t it enough to know… read more»
December 15, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Why it’s a good idea to grow mushrooms 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… read more»
November 30, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Growing Meyer Lemons in Containers Say the words Meyer lemon and people either throw back their shoulders and proudly announce, I have a Meyer lemon tree!  or they get a sad expression and sigh, I wish I had a Meyer lemon tree. You… read more»
November 22, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Make your own succulent container gardens We’re making succulent container gardens, and you can too! Succulents have cast their spell over us! As soon as they showed up in our nursery greenhouse we on the staff started taking our breaks… read more»
August 4, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Growing garlic—what’s the difference between softneck and hardneck varieties? Growing garlic in your own garden lets you play with flavors you cannot find at stores. We carry more organic seed garlic than any other garden company, at the best prices, so plunge in and get garlicky.… read more»
July 14, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Pruning tomatoes—when, why and how Pruning tomatoes? Aren’t gardeners busy enough during the year, pruning roses and grapevines? Pruning tomato suckers is not a big, hairy project—although it is fun to touch those hairy tomato… read more»
June 16, 2011 - Kristee from SmartGardener.com
Smart Gardener - Garden Planning Tool What is Smart Gardener? Smart Gardener is a free, online personalized solution that lets you easily and conveniently plan, manage, harvest, and even shop for and share, your organic vegetable garden, all… read more»

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