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21 Tips for Zone 3 Gardening Success for a Harvest You Can Count On

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While some may consider zone 3 gardening to be a challenge, there are actually many ways to have a productive garden and an abundant harvest. Let’s explore the fruit, vegetables, and perennials that do well growing on my zone 3 homestead.   First a word about “hardiness zones.” Hardiness zones tell you what the coldest expected […]

How to Prepare Sunflower Buds Like Artichokes

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Many people love sunflowers for their cheery sunshine faces but did you know that the whole sunflower plant is edible from the roots to the petals and seeds.  Harvesting sunflower buds and preparing them like artichokes is just one way to enjoy this edible flower. The sunflower is a gorgeous garden flower.  We planted hundreds […]

15 Red Hummingbird Flowers to Add to Your Organic Garden

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Planting hummingbird flowers and turning your garden into a hummingbird habitat will bring long term enjoyment to you and a healthier habitat for your visiting hummingbirds.  Here’s what you need to know to choose the best flowers for hummers, so they’ll come back year after year.   Many people feed the hummingbirds that visit their […]

6 Ways to Create a Hummingbird Habitat in Your Garden To Keep Them Coming Back

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By creating a hummingbird habitat in your yard you will increase your neighborhood biodiversity, improve your organic garden, and enjoy hours of fascination watching these beautiful but tiny birds, that return year after year.  Hummingbirds are a joy to watch and are an important pest eliminator for your yard.  So welcoming hummingbirds to your yard […]

7 Organic Gardening Tips to Maximize Your Garden Yields Now

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These 7 organic gardening tips can make the difference between wasted garden efforts and year round meals from your garden.  With a little focused effort and these organic garden tips you’ll get better garden yields this year AND in the future. There’s an old saying, “The eye of the farmer fattens the cattle.” While this […]

7 Tips for Growing Roses Organically to Create a Sustainable Eco-system

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By growing roses organically you can save money, reduce your workload, and support a sustainable eco-system that produces beautiful and fragrant roses throughout the growing season, for food, medicine, and aesthetics. When I was in the Toronto area last month I visited the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington.  We were a week early to view […]

How to Grow Giant Sunflowers For Competition and Beauty

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By planting giant sunflowers you can grow a beautiful privacy screen in one season, create a child’s play house, grow a hedge, or achieve a world record.  These huge sunflower varieties grow up to a foot each week, once their roots are established.  Their flowers are huge too, and can be as big as a […]

Grow Sunflower Sprouts for Tasty and Nutritious Microgreens in Just 12 Days

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Sunflower sprouts and sunflower microgreens are an easy to grow and underutilized salad green that is fun to grow at home.  You can grow a crop from seed to harvest in as little as 12 to 14 days.  There is no need to add additional soil amendments when growing microgreens.  The nutrients required by the […]

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