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1 Potato, 2 Potato…

If there’s one thing I unwittingly repeat over and over again, it’s this:

You haven’t lived until you’ve grown your own potatoes.

Potatoes have been part of my garden for years.  They are comfort food for some, or the carb from hell for others, but aside from tomatoes, they are the quintessential vegetable (okay, tuber) to
grow as a home gardener. 

About a month ago, I planted an assortment of seed potatoes in my back yard garden.  I obtained them from Wood Prairie Farm in Maine, where they sell organic, non-GMO seed potatoes
and other organic vegetable seeds.  I was thrilled to …

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The Getting-Started Gardening Jitters

When asked, “What is your greatest gardening challenge?”, someone wrote in recently: “Getting started!  Right now, gardening is ALL THEORY and it’s been over 10 years since I’ve even had a houseplant… At some point I’d like to try tomatoes in … Continue reading

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