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MY FIRST EXPLORATION INTO growing garlic was also my first encounter with Filaree Farm. I hate to confess how long it has been since I first read “Growing Great Garlic,” the popular book by Filaree’s founding farmer, Ron Engeland (hint: publication date, 1991). Today, it’s Alley Swiss who farms the venerable Filaree acreage in Okanogan,…

WHEW! YOU FINALLY got everything into the ground, transplanting every little seedling and sowing every seed, and it’s time to sit back and pat yourself on the shoulder. Or is it? Sorry gardeners. Especially when it comes to plants we grow as annuals, like most of our vegetables and cutting and container flowers, and even…

Roundup 5107300 Extended Control comes in a container with a trigger sprayer. It acts as a weed preventer for up to 4 months. This product is rainproof in 10 minutes and gives visible results in 3 hours. It is advertised as guaranteed to kill weeds to the root so they don’t come back. This is…

The State of Georgia has always been rich in agriculture, giving local tables and other states, with easy vegetables to grow like apples to sweet Vidalia onions in the east, peaches and other fruits of central areas, and vegetables of southern counties. Vegetables and fruits are a billion dollar industry. According to the Georgia Farm…

I KNOW A LOT OF PLANTS BY THEIR PROPER NAMES, but when it comes to “weeds,” as we term unwanted garden visitors that seem to just come with the territory, my knowledge really paled until recent years. Lately, on days not conducive to outdoor work, I’ve been studying up from some great weed-identification websites, so…

Figuring out what to plant in front of the house can be very intimidating for new gardeners. I want to make it easy. So, in this post, I’ll simplify the fundamentals of foundation planting. Plus I’ll give you tons of tips for choosing the best plants for the front of your house. Then I’ll walk…