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Best When-To-Do-What Gardening Book

Posted on 5 August 2011 by glc

This is simply my favorite gardening book ever. If you are not sure when to do what, buy this book! Time-Saving Gardener: Tips and Essential Tasks, Season by Season Categorized by season, with a step-by-step format, Hutchinson’s guide aims to … Continue reading →

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Vertical garden time!

Posted on 6 July 2011 by glc

Have an apartment balcony? Vertical garden time! How to Turn a Pallet into a Garden Another GREAT find seen here… Pocket Gardens Sprout on Paris’s Anti-Parking Posts

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Grow Organic Spring Greens All Winter in NJ

Posted on 6 April 2011 by glc

I will be trying this next winter… if I’m still in New Jersey. Old-Time Methods Yield Spring Greens All Winter How to build My 50 Dollar Greenhouse Building Hoop Houses out of Electrical Conduit

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Improve Your Garden and Planet by Making Your Own Compost

Posted on 1 February 2011 by glc

Start Planning Your 2011 Compost and Garden Now Improve Your Yard, Garden and Planet by Making Your Own Compost Do you typically throw out leaves after raking them up? Consider trying something different with yard waste. Putting your leaf bags … Continue reading →

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Must See Documentary: We’re all from dirt!

Posted on 15 January 2011 by glc

I highly suggest everyone watch this documentary Dirt! The Movie in it’s entirety. It’s that simple: We’re all from dirt! We must reconnect. I started growing my own vegetables a few years ago, but I’ve got to do a better … Continue reading →

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The Botany of Desire

Posted on 24 October 2010 by glc

Very well made with amazing facts and interesting perspectives.

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FOOD from the SKY: endangered organic roof gardening

Posted on 11 July 2010 by glc

If you have space, you can grow! I grow all my summer vegetables in containers. And even when I lived in my condo, I grew grape and cherry tomatoes on my small balcony. ‘FOOD from the SKY’ Thornton’s Budgens roof … Continue reading →

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glc’s perennial favorites

Posted on 22 April 2010 by glc

Here’s a handy list of (mostly) perennials good to plant in Northern New Jersey. I could never find the info I needed on any one website, so I am compiling my own reference. I will be adding to this list, … Continue reading →

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Lovin’ the Early Spring Blooms

Posted on 16 April 2010 by glc

Seems like it went from winter to summer. What happened to spring? Either way I’m lovin’ all the green in my front, side and backyards. Croms, bulbs, seeds…

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