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Nov 5, 2012
Plan now for holiday gifts from the garden
Theresa Loe  Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
It may be fall, but the gift-giving holidays will be upon us before we know it! As gardeners, we can share a little bit of our garden during the holidays through garden-harvested gifts. It can be as....

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Apr 11, 2012
Plant now for preserving the harvest later
Theresa Loe  Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
When most people plant their spring vegetable garden, they are only thinking of the delicious fresh flavors they will be eating later at harvest. But when I plant, I’m thinking about what I like....

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Jul 25, 2011
Harvest is here; it’s canning time
Susan Whetzel  Burpee Home Gardens Guest Blogger | Recipe Developer
I’m pretty confident in saying this…Burpee Home Gardens is psychic. If they aren’t, well then, they’re some kind of geniuses, using their minds for the greater good, but of....

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Jan 21, 2011
Eat those winter salads
Burpee  Edible Gardening Team Members
Boiling up a hearty soup is a typical way to use up spare vegetables and herbs. Freeze your recipe in portions, and you’ve got meals to use (and share) for weeks! Fresh chopped salads are another....

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Sep 28, 2010
Strawberry-lemon marmalade
Theresa Loe  Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
Here in California, it is the end of strawberry season. In my own backyard, I have a small patch of strawberry plants plus a large strawberry pot. Both areas are still bursting with sweet berries. Next....

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Sep 13, 2010
Farmers’ markets in the workplace
Burpee  Edible Gardening Team Members
So, you’ve spent time the last several weeks busily harvesting all the yummy fruits and vegetables from your garden. Maybe you’ve even done some canning or freezing, and possibly donated some....

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Aug 26, 2010
Tomato worm invasion
Megan Mahaffey  Guest Blogger 2010
How, in all my life, had I never seen a tomato worm? You remember me mentioning that I thought, perhaps, I had a deer nibbling on the tender leaves of my plants? I was wrong. Seriously wrong. To....

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Jul 19, 2010
Growing a Greener World in L.A.: Urban homesteading episode
Joe Lamp’l  Executive Producer and Host | Growing a Greener World
We’d like to share some photos with you from a recent location shoot! The cast and crew of "Growing a Greener World" were in L.A. to film an episode on urban homesteading in Theresa....

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Jun 1, 2010
This year, PLAN TO CAN
Theresa Loe  Associate Producer | Growing A Greener World
If you are like me, then right now you are busy planting your vegetables, fruits and herbs in the garden. Before long, that produce will flourish and provide us with bushels of food. That’s a....

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