Growing Salad Year 'Round

How To Grow Salad Greens All Yearis a very informative article on extending your growing season.  Even a beginner can follow along and understand all the tips and techniques explained in this wonderful how to.

For even more information on extending your growing season try these.
Using Garden Fabric (Row Covers)
Season Extending Techniques
All of these, and more, can be found at Gardener's Supply Company.

Happy Gardening,
Valerie

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Rain Barrels

As I was checking my email this morning I came across some interesting twists on the old rain barrel. ;Some are painted and some are urns. Take a look.


If you'd like to see more of Tony's work please see his website here.

http://www.anthonyswartwood.com/ 

or you can call him 813-453-2749

Thank you Gardeners Reach & Gardener's Supply

Happy Gardening,
Valerie


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The Vegetable Garden Poem

This was originally posted over at Gardeners Reach by DragonFly Lady.

For the Garden Of Your Living...

Plant three rows of Peas:

1. Peace of mind

2. Peace of heart

3. Peace of soul

Plant four rows of Squash:

1. Squash gossip

2. Squash indifference

3. Squash grumbling

4. Squash selfishness

Plant four rows of Lettuce:

1. Lettuce be faithful

2. Lettuce be kind

3. Lettuce be patient

4. Lettuce really love one another

No garden is without Turnips:

1. Turnip for meetings

2. Turnip for service

3. Turnip to help one another

To conclude our garden...

We must have Thyme:

1. Thyme for each other

2. Thyme for family

3. Thyme for friends

Water freely with patience and cultivate with love.

There is much fruit in your Garden because...

You Reap, What You Sow!

Author Unknown
Happy Gardening,
Valerie
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Help with Companion Planting

I read up this past winter (yuk is it still winter????) about Square Foot Gardening and Companion Planting. I took notes but since the books were Library books I don't have the book in front of me at this time. I ran across a WONDERFUL blog about SFG and Companion Gardening, and Emily had put together an AWESOME chart for those of us who get headaches thinking about this type of thing. Emily's blog is MySquareFootGarden and the page with her chart is HERE. Emily also has several posts on her adventures in her garden, please take a minute or two and stop by her blog.
Happy Gardening,
Valerie


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It's seed starting time here in NE Texas, however I am waiting another week or two, as The Farmer's Almanac is saying RAIN until March. However, if you cannot wait here are a few videos to get you started.

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Do you or your Sweetheart want to start a Garden, but don't know where to start? How about here.  

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Happy Gardening, 

Valerie 

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