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*This is an excerpt from The Alabama Vegetable Gardener, ANR-0479.
Most people associate wood ashes with the popular term for p...
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*This is an excerpt from The Alabama Vegetable Gardener, ANR-0479.
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1. Be Smart–Have a Plan
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Follow this planting guide for growing cooler-weather produce that thrives.
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You’ve worked hard to grow healthy pumpkins and winter squash. Keep them that way off the vine using these best practices.
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People are often afraid of spiders because of their ill-deserved reputation for envenomizing victims. In fact, most spiders do not h...
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