Creating a kitchen garden from scratch

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A Director of Heritage Organics discusses how he successfully built a highly productive 1500 square foot kitchen garden in his Pennsylvania backyard from scratch, out of lawn in a single season. He advises to carefully decide the size of the garden, crops that one needs and are easy to grow, plan a schedule as per the seasons and enjoy a low-maintenance vegetable and flower garden in one's own backyard.

Pennsylvania

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A design for all reasons: a family adapts a traditional layout to their modern needs

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A gardener adapted a French geometric garden design to meet the needs of his family and their market garden and seed catalog business. The formal design has country touches to make it more homey and versatile. The location of the garden takes full advantage of the sun to lengthen the Vermont growing season.

Personal narratives, Landscape architecture

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Tasteful colors: a sampler of eye-opening vegetables

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Vegetables can be beautiful as well as functional. Several vegetables come in interesting color varieties that make the garden exciting. Suggested varieties include purple sequoia bush beans, golden yellow eggplants, red Lollo Rosso lettuce and purple Islander peppers.

Usage, Cover Story, Vegetables, Varieties, Color in gardening

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