There is More to Gardening That Just the Harvest

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The harvest is definite the highlight of growing your own food, but there is much more to it than that.

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Starting an Herb Garden Using a Shipping Pallet

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I took a shipping palette and soda bottles and started an herb garden on my balcony.

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Vegetable Garden Soil Amendments: Compost or Manure Tea

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The roots of this cucumber plant have grown well over a foot outside of the container. Which soil amendment caused this?

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I Want to Get Fined for Growing Too Much Food

balcony garden, september 10, 2010

How many containers do I need to grow to get find for growing too much food?

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Harvesting Carrots That Are Too Small

Harvested carrots.

After four months of growing, I harvested my first carrots and they are mad tiny. What’s up with that?

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Falling Cucumber Flowers

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The cucumber plants on my balcony are blooming, but a lot of the leaves are falling before bearing fruit.

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If Our Food Supply Is Cut-Off, Where Will You Get Food From?

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According to Grist.org, if the food supply chain was cut-off in NYC, the supermarket shelves would be cleaned out in three days. What would you do?

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Planting Fall Vegetables in September

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It’s mid-September and almost the fall. I planted lots of greens for my fall garden. What are you growing?

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