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Consumer Critique: Mighty Yum

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The first we little plant-based lunch kits. I haven't always been impressed with plant-based meat or cheese substitute, but stacked up with the provided crackers, they worked well. With its 100% plant-based ingredients, this snack is gluten-free, vegan, and has no trace of GMOs. Thanks for reading!

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Vertical Gardening Update: I've Got Cantaloupes

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In years past, the plants took over my garden and spilled into the yard , so I changed my planting strategy for the melons this year and planted upward , not at ground level. It is now the middle of July and I am seeing the benefits of vertical gardening for vine plants. Do you plant melons vertically?

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Welcome to My Jungle

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Or this newly planted herb garden. Somewhere in this mess are tomato plants, green beans and pepper plants. Thanks for reading. Who would have thought 7 weeks ago, that this humble boxed garden with its new soil.would become such a jungle. would explode into this. How is your garden doing this summer?

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Square Foot Gardening: Spring Clean Up

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As you can see, it needed some attention: Some of the 'weeds' in the picuture is the mint that I naively planted 10 years ago when we built my garden box. Do yourself a favor and plant your mint in a container unless you want to spend your spare time yanking it from your garden. It is the most invasive plant known to man!

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My (almost) Square Foot Garden

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The weather this past weekend was gorgeous, so I took advantage of it and finally planted my vegetable and herb garden. I planted 3 Roma tomatoes, 1 grape tomato, 1 sweet pepper, 1 jalapeno, carrots, green beans, and many herbs. I also bought butternut squash to plant on my vertical trellis along with a cantaloupe.

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Vertical Gardening

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It is my most favorite plant to grow in my garden, but the last two years, they have taken over my small little garden box and spilled into my yard. I was nearly panicked to think of a summer without growing cantaloupes, but I just didn't know where I was going to plant them. What kind of trellis/system do you use to plant vertically?

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My Garden Notebook

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This year, we replaced the dirt in my square foot garden , built a vertical trellis , planted perennials around our patio, and a slew of smaller projects. I planted impatiens through out the flower beds this year to add some continuous color. Thanks for reading. At the beginning of each year, we write down our outside projects.

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