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Book Review: Eliot Coleman’s Four-Season Harvest
MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE I GREW UP IN MAINE that I find Eliot Coleman’s book Four-Season Harvest* so astonishing. Coleman’s farm is located in down east Maine, more than 150 miles north of where I grew up....
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Hoop House Kits
IF YOU’RE A GARDENER that lives where there are cold winters, extending the short growing season with a hoop house is a very enticing idea. According to the celebrated Maine farmer Eliot Coleman,...
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Need More Space Under the Grow Lights?
IF YOU’RE A VEGETABLE GARDENER who starts plants indoors, it’s inevitable that you’ll run out of space under your grow lights. Eventually every gardener buys or is given too many seeds and just can’t...
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Better Tomatoes with Walls-O-Water
CODY WITT OF THE REAL DEAL COMPOST blog gets between 50 and 100 pounds of tomatoes per plant in his garden in Colorado. What’s his secret? Plenty of top grade compost and Walls-O-Water*. Cody...
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Growing Carrots in Winter
CELEBRATED FARMER Eliot Coleman has written not one but several books on using season extending structures for year-round vegetable gardening. He grows a variety of vegetables in Maine (Hardiness Zone...
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Book Review: Eliot Coleman’s Four-Season Harvest
MAYBE it is because I grew up in Maine that I find Eliot Coleman’s book Four-Season Harvest* so astonishing. Coleman’s farm is located in down east Maine, more than 150 miles north of where I grew up....
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Hoop House Kit Reviews
Gardening when it’s cold outside means no pesky bugs and few animals to damage your plants. Low cost hoop houses can let you start earlier in spring or extend the season later into the fall without...
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Need More Space Under the Grow Lights?
IF YOU’RE A VEGETABLE GARDENER who starts plants indoors, it’s inevitable that you’ll run out of space under your grow lights. Eventually every gardener buys or is given too many seeds and just can’t...
View ArticleBetter Tomatoes with Walls-O-Water
CODY WITT of the REAL DEAL COMPOST blog gets between 50 and 100 pounds of tomatoes per plant in his garden in Colorado. What’s his secret? Plenty of top grade compost and Walls-O-Water*. Cody...
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Growing Carrots in Winter
CELEBRATED FARMER Eliot Coleman has written not one but several books on using season extending structures for year-round vegetable gardening. He grows a variety of vegetables in Maine (Hardiness Zone...
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Reusing Windows in the Garden
Updated: November 19, 2020 When it comes to reusing windows in the garden, many people consider making a greenhouse or cold frame. But they don’t go through with it because it seems to be too big of a...
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Grow Tomatoes in a Hoop House
Updated: November 22, 2019 Since you’re reading this article, you probably want to know if it’s better to grow tomatoes in a hoop house? The answer is yes. The biggest reason for backyard gardeners to...
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Grow Cucumbers in a Hoop House
Why grow cucumbers in a hoop house? There are two main reasons: First, cucumbers are heat loving plants, and a hoop house lets you plant sooner and grow longer than growing outside. Second, a hoop...
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