Community gardens are popping up across the country, and we couldn’t be happier! For instance, you’ll find Burpee Home Gardens vegetables growing in a city garden near Boston this season. Some of our Tomato, Pepper and Basil plants are part of a local human services organization that installed raised veggie garden beds for residential treatment programs....

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The students at Robles Elementary School are well on their way to harvesting and eating the fruits of their labor. This Tampa, Florida school garden is growing beautifully with tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, beans, watermelon and more! Robles is a proud recipient of our 2011 "I Can Grow" Youth Garden Award.

In this video below, Robles student....

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“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” Wayne Gretzky

When I agreed to blog about my gardening adventures (or misadventures), I wanted to keep things interesting. So I hope you enjoy the play-by-play of my hockey-themed garden.

Believe me, I wanted to create something grander (bubble hockey-like greenhouse) but my carpentry....

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When Father’s Day rolls around each June, that’s a sign for homes across the nation to bring out the grill and let Dad do his thing! If you’re growing fresh ingredients in the garden this year – even better! What a healthy way to get more vegetables on your plate, with a little extra flavor of the flame?

The varieties below are GREAT for grilling… either shish-kebab style on skewers, or cooked on a grill plate.

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It’s been two weeks since our big planting day! Our plants are starting to take shape. We are excited to watch them grow throughout the summer. Our new rain barrel and compost bin will be delivered tomorrow. We loved planting with the Burpee Home Gardens staff. They were amazing and we learned a ton!

Below is a video we took during planting day, and some....

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