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More mulch, less physical work.: My resolution is No more new flower beds after I finish the two I am working on". This year I will be a tad selfish. Another year has passed and gardeners are already anticipating the possibilities of the new one.

One of the most popular is thefrom several states meet and spend a couple of days greenhouse hopping. We're here to help solve gardening problems and celebrate your victories.Happy New Year from all of us behind the scenes at Dave's Garden!

What are your resolutions this year? The trick to New Year's resolutions and making them work is to select just a few goals like Mom did, plan ahead and break each goal down into doable tasks.

If everything goes well, you will have plants that look like they did the season before, but perhaps even busier.If you have successfully kept your poinsettia for two seasons, it will be time to try to propagate your plant if you want.Most poinsettias...

1 are called New Year's babies. Humans have strange New Year's traditions. Infants born on or soon after midnight on Jan. They're served in a dish called Hopping John or Hoppin' John.

It's a mini-cuke that's seedless and only about 2-3 inches long when mature. It produces early and hopefully will become my new salad/snacking cucumber. I've always had trouble with them for some reason.

Yesterday Uzzi and I got to eat the Christmas tree. Uzzi and I don't know what to write down. Post a comment. Yay! She also wants to write at least two new books. For instance, Chinese New Year falls on February 14 this year; Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New...

Heat gently until the parsnips and eggplant are soft, garnish and serve. Add the cumin and cayenne, though. Photo by Judith Hausman With added North African spices, this stew is full of flavor.

Soil samples should be dried and sent to a lab to be tested for pH, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, cation exchange capacity and organic matter. Keep your forages from becoming stressed with these tips.

For more information on how to protect yourself, your farm family and your farm employees during harvest season, visit the National Agricultural Safety Database . Most farm-related injuries and fatalities can be prevented with appropriate safety measures...

Mulch beds and shrubs to conserve moisture, and choose drought-resistant plants.Resolve to make your garden more attractive to wildlife. Enjoy the garden for what it should be--a place of beauty to relax and enjoy instead of a constant labor-intensive...

Forced bulbs in pots have been exposed to the chilling requirements necessary to get the bulb to grow leaves and flowers. Most bulbs require some sort of specific temperature change to force them out of dormancy.

This ancient grain grows best in cool, mountainous regions and has long been a staple food cultivated by Incan tribes in the Andes Mountains of South America. The General Assembly of the United Nations has declared 2013 as The International Year of Quinoa!...

In Illinois, for example, sweet Williams are considered annuals, but they often overwinter in Arkansas, according to the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. Grasshoppers also love to munch on some dianthus species, as do slugs and snails.

He learned the method at a workshop at Salamander Springs, an Appalachian farm where permaculture expert Susana Lein grows the Three Sisters. In a sense, the legumes are freeing up resources that all in the plant community need to survive and thrive.

That's all history now. These days I can't wait until I finally get my own three wheeled Ape. Now's that's true agricultural chic! To carry her products on deliveries and to the market, she drives her Ape, which is essentially a little truck, built around...

He didn't even want me to unload the sacks, and proceeded to thread and connect a new clutch cable. This little scooter James-Bond-cool, amazingly reliable, and perfect for the incredibly tiny streets here.

Common perennials with evergreen to semi-evergreen foliage in zone 7 are:Plants with evergreen foliage are not the only kinds of plants that can extend the landscape's appeal through all four seasons.

They return year after year, often growing bigger and blooming better with each passing season. My plants have even been spotted blooming on Christmas during mild winters in my zone 6 garden! This is a great addition to shady borders and woodland gardens,...

I say, "Hurry up and drink," or "I bet the Astilbe in the Sahara would be grateful for half this water," or "Next time you're buying the drinks." The ungrateful ones croak in the heat anyway.

Today, there are well over 3,000 different varieties of Capsicum thanks to the ease of cross-pollination and the competitiveness of the human nature. We'll be making quite a few of our typical farm products with the bounty of peppers harvested from our...

Voting begins Aug. Voting on this contest has now closed—thank you for participating! You can find the winners in the November/December issue of Chickens .

I blame it on my fried brain, and the truth is, for me, television is easier than reading, especially after spending most of my work day sitting in front of a computer screen. So this year, rather than trying every new variety on the block, I'm going...

The first spring day when the weather is warm enough to start the morning outside, maybe with a hat, scarf, and long sleeved shirt, what a joy. You can repeat this process as many times for as many days as your skin needs.

I couldn't ask for better gifts if I tried. It consists of a V-block and a breaking edge. The bender will let me make the small bits of hardware often needed for handyman projects.

Year-round—they aren't letting winter get in the way of their crops at their Michigan farm. CSA farmers have come up with a way to extend growing season. Do you have any year-round crop tips?

After harvesting the castings, rebuild the bin in the same fashion, carefully transferring as many worms as you can to their new digs. Add a pound or so of red wriggler worms (you can purchase these mail order through companies like UncleJimsWormFarm.com...