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Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category

February 19th, 2008

A Few Monday Gardening Links

Here are a couple gardening links I thought you might find interesting.
You Girl Girl tells you how you can make your own seed starting mix. The best part? It’s all organic, and contains no chemicals.
Garden Rant has chocolate plants (Yum!). Plants that have a chocolate scent, rich chocolate color, or are just dark […]

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February 1st, 2008

Growing Organically For Market

I found a three great resources for anyone thinking about going commercial with their garden this summer.
1. Market Organic Gardening ~ Going Commercial discusses the basics of organic gardening for market, and what you should expect.
2. Market Gardening: A Startup Guide is an excellent resource for anyone thinking about gardening commercially. The article talks […]

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January 21st, 2008

Seed Catalogs: More Than Just A Garden Wishbook

Those seed catalogs you’ve been receiving in the mail are a great source for more than seeds and plants. They contain important planting, and growing information. There are often uses for the plants listed, for example which types of corn are good for parching, which types for drying.
Many also have a plant history, at least […]

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January 13th, 2008

Plan A Garden Swap Party

This spring get together with friends and have a garden (or plant) swap. Have everyone bring at least two things they have an over-abundance of to swap for things they may need in their own garden.
Some people may be better at saving seeds, others may have too many of some types of perennials, or […]

By linette -- 4 comments

January 9th, 2008

Gardening Skills

Stuart at Gardening Tips and Ideas (one of my favorite gardening blogs) just posted a list of 21 Skills Every Gardener Should Have.
Some of the skills listed include, propagating wood cuttings, pruning, dividing, staking, mulching, controlling garden pests, improving your soil, container gardening, and many more. I can see I’ll be busy for […]

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January 2nd, 2008

My 2008 Gardening Goals

What are my gardening goals for 2008, and what are my goals here at Mother Earth’s Garden?
My gardening goals for 2008:

1. I have several houseplants that need re-potted. I plan to re-pot them in the upcoming months, so they’ll be ready for spring growth spurts.
2. I would like to add a new water feature to […]

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December 28th, 2007

The Best of Mother Earth’s Garden 2007 Part 2

As promised here is the second part of the best of Mother Earth’s garden. I tried to pick the posts I would most want to read if I was just visiting the blog. I also looked at posts that are still receiving search traffic, and posts popular with comments.
I hope you enjoy the results for […]

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