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A Calendar of Carrots

A Calendar of CarrotsA Calendar of Carrots There's a Carrot for Every Month It's fall, and gardeners' thoughts turn to the wealth of colorful carrots maturing underground, in anticipation of the sweet flavor brought on by the warm days and cool nights. With planning, however, you can dig fresh carrots through much more of the gardening season -- year-round, in...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Beets

BeetsBeets Red, White, Golden or Striped, the Options Are Almost Endless Dedicated beet lovers swear that juicy, deep red beets fresh from the garden make the finest eating available. If you plant plenty of beets, you can enjoy an early feast of beet greens, beet salads all summer and an ample winter supply for the root cellar. Here we deal...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Carrots

CarrotsCarrots Long and Short, Thick and Thin, Carrots Come in a Size for Every Garden Carrots are such cheery vegetables! Kids go for them almost the same way they love orange sherbet and jack-o-lanterns, it must be the bright orange color. Most adults seem to feel the same way, too. Even folks who turn up their noses at other vegetables will...

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Get Large Carrots Without Going to a Jeweler

Get Large Carrots Without Going to a JewelerGet Large Carrots Without Going To A Jeweler If you have terrible soil for growing carrots here's an easy way to get long straight carrots without struggling to change the soil of an entire plot. Thoroughly water an area so that it loosens up enough for some digging. Take a hoe or flat edged shovel and dig a trench about 4 inches wide and..

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Gourmet Radishes

Gourmet RadishesGourmet Radishes Here are radishes with flavors, shapes, and colors you won't find at most supermarkets or salad bars Growing radishes used to be almost an afterthought in my garden. I'd plant a patch in spring for salads, but forget it as spring greens and early peas began to produce. However, last year I tried some different radishes..

 

Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Growing Onions

Growing OnionsGrowing Onions Once They're in the Ground, Here's What to Do to Keep Your Crop Happy Onions hate weeds! Onions are slow-growing and have shallow roots, and weeds are just the opposite. Onions are slim plants, while weeds often have thick foliage that blocks out the sun onions need. All in all, onions can't give the weeds much competition....

 

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Growing Root Crops

Growing Root CropsGrowing Root Crops Thinning, weeding, and watering The First Thinning Thinning is a must with root crops. Crowded conditions cause them to become stunted or twisted around each other, and that's not good. You have to thin if you want roots that are big enough to eat. Starting when the seedlings are approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch tall, you...

 

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Growing Your Own Sweet Potato Seed Stock

Growing Your Own Sweet Potato Seed StockGrowing Your Own Sweet Potato Seed Stock Indoors or outdoors, here's how to start from scratch No matter where you live, you can easily grow your own transplants or slips. In the North, where springtime weather is cool, it's better to grow them indoors. In many areas of the South, you can start them outside. To start, you need disease-free...

 

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Harvesting Potatoes

Harvesting PotatoesHarvesting Potatoes When to dig your spuds Harvest and Storage Soil and air temperature, moisture, cloud cover and variety all affect time to maturity. It is far from an exact science. Some varieties in certain regions may mature in two months, or less. Others may require three or more months. Typical season lengths are noted for each...

 

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Harvesting Sweet Potatoes

Harvesting Sweet PotatoesHarvesting Sweet Potatoes How and When to Dig Your Crop Sweet potato plants will keep growing as long as the weather stays warm. The vines don't die and signal harvesttime the way white potato vines do. If you have a long growing season, you just have to keep checking the hills and harvest the roots at the best cooking stage. Gardeners in...

 

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