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Something has been eating my tomatoes, and over the weekend I saw the culprit. A woodchuck waddled over, reached up, bent a branch down and grabbed a tomato! How can I keep woodchucks out of my vegetable garden?

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Ways To Clean Seeds
August 16, 2010 – 8:32 pm | No Comment
Ways To Clean Seeds

Here are some easy ways to clean the seed you collect from flowering plants, fruits and vegetables.

Cleaning Seed
August 16, 2010 – 7:56 pm | No Comment

Question: Should I clean the seed I collect from my plants? How?
Answer: Yes, you should clean the seed you collect. Cleaning the seed will tell you how much you actually have. To allow additional curing, …

Propagate Plants as Gifts
October 19, 2009 – 12:10 am | No Comment

Pam Baggett’s tips for saving now on presents you’ll give later.

Gardening on the Cheap: Homegrown Seeds
August 13, 2009 – 12:08 am | No Comment
Gardening on the Cheap: Homegrown Seeds

Instead of buying seeds next spring, harvest your own this summer and fall. Pam Baggett tells how.

Gardening on the Cheap: Stretch Those Annuals
May 20, 2009 – 12:05 am | No Comment
Gardening on the Cheap: Stretch Those Annuals

Find out how to make pricey flowering annual plants work harder for you. You can fill those empty spaces without going back to the nursery for more plants.

Use Those Prunings
April 21, 2009 – 12:04 am | No Comment

Check out this reader tip for increasing your plant collection while you prune.

An Egg-Carton Seed Tray
February 3, 2009 – 12:02 am | No Comment

A Louisiana reader shares how to make a seed-starting tray.