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Rotating vegetable plantings reduces infestations that damage your garden. Learn keys to successful crop rotation.
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Tomato growers must take care to avoid blossom-end rot (BER), a disorder that can dramatically reduce fruit quality and quantity. By usi...
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Learn—month by month—the necessary gardening activities for lawns and shrubs, annuals and perennials, fruit and nut trees, and b...
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The Farming Basics app from Alabama Extension is a gateway of information for small and beginning farmers. Features of this user-friendly ap...
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The “SOW – A Planting Companion” app is designed to tell you the optimum time to plant each crop in your home garden. Simply c...
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Luscious, fresh, homegrown vegetables can be raised by most Alabamians. Careful planning, hard work, and attention to de- tails and the info...
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Learn about selecting containers and potting mixtures, as well as planting, fertilizing, and watering. Gain tips for mixed-plant con...
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Follow this planting guide for growing cooler-weather produce that thrives.
Many vegetables are well adapted to planting in...
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Learn about planting, rotating, fertilizing, harvesting, curing, and storing of garlic.
Garlic is a member of the large Lily family, whic...
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Raised bed gardening is a convenient and easy way to produce homegrown vegetables. Unlike traditional in-ground gardening where lots of spac...
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By following a few simple steps, you can successfully freeze and store almost any vegetable for up to a year.
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