Kitchen Garden Spring Tour

Here’s a gal who has all her ducks in a row… and kids too! I don’t about you guys, but I’m really impressed.

As the video progresses, you can see (and hear) that their lot is probably in an urban area, and not very garden-friendly. Obviously, this didn’t stop this intrepid mom! She’s developed a productive raised bed garden.

Look what she and her family have accomplished…

Raised Bed Vegetable Garden Late Spring Early Summer Heirloom Tomatoes Squash Cucumber Zucchini

I planted all my plants from seed with the help of my children. We put our tomatoes out in April under plastic and they are doing very well. Raised bed gardening is the way to go if you don’t have good soil. We filled our beds with good composted soi…

Planting Spring Vegetables

Unfortunately, coming up with the best spring planting date isn’t an exact science. But the good news is that rest of vegetable gardening isn’t either.

Why is it good? Because we can plant our favorite vegetables, we can plan harvests that last for several weeks (instead of all at once), we can choose among several gardening styles…

In other words, there’s lots of opportunity to experiment and to have fun!

About that planting date, check out the first article…

Get ready for spring – and $6 gas! — White Pines Whisper

You tell it your last spring frost date and it tells you the dates for starting and setting out a lot of common vegetables and flowers. You can find your last frost date by entering your zipcode on the Plant Maps website (works for …

Publish Date: 03/07/2011 6:00

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Spring Gardening Tips…

Depending on where you are in the world, you’re either starting on your spring gardening, or waiting impatiently for the winter to retreat. And you folks in the Southern Hemisphere are harvesting or getting ready of winter.

Anyway, I was curious if there was any information about what gardeners were up to, so I did a bit of research on the internet. Here are a few of the neat stories…

Spring Garden Tips | Care2 Healthy & Green Living

March is the perfect time to take the snow gloves off and start exercising that green thumb by prepping the garden for the growing season.

Publish Date: 03/03/2011 10:07

 http://www.care2.com/greenliving/wake-up-the-garden-7-spring-garden-tips.html

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Winter Vegetable Garden Harvests

Minnesota gardeners are made of tough stuff!

This guy has some terrific tips about “keeping” root crops ready to harvest throughout the winter… even in Minnesota. I really enjoyed his reminiscenses about his dad’s winter harvests.
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Don’t Forget Platform Bird Feeders

Ezine Articles published an article of mine, Platform Bird Feeders, last month. Check out these excerpts and see why bird gardens should always have both tube feeders and platform feeders…

Really, what are the distinctions between a tube bird feeder and a platform bird feeder?

Basically, each feeder attracts specific bird species and accommodates different foods. …

Actually, some styles are covered with screening that accommodates birds but not squirrels. And any feature that keeps those squirrels from filling their cheeks with seeds will save you money. …

By the way, platform feeders will also accommodate bugs. If you place an additional one in your yard specifically for bugs, you will start attracting insect-eating birds as well. This is especially important all through the winter season, when insects are scarce.

Your yard and garden will benefit greatly from the birds you attract to it, and providing platform bird feeders for seed and for bugs will attract more than just a tubular seed feeder will.

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