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Want to Know My Favorite Tomatoes?

Heirloom tomatoes are an absolute must for hardiness, flavor and maximum nutrition.  In fact, heirloom varieties of most any vegetable are my first …

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4 Tips to Design Your Garden

Have you decided THIS is the year to design your garden?  You’re probably inundated with all the new gardening catalogs filled with …

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6 Tips to Ripen Tomatoes on the Vine

In the intermountain and high desert regions, we are headed into a gorgeous Indian Summer.  Our fruit trees are dropping sun-warmed sweet fruit faster than …

Create a Microclimate

Do you know how to create a microclimate?  You probably already have, but don’t realize it.  Microclimates can occur almost naturally all …