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Have we got pollen or what??!! Our warm wave has smacked all the blooming trees up several notches, yielding a distinctly yellow overcast around town. Add that pollen particulate to brown clouds kicked up by the extremely dry conditions on our beloved dirt roads and we’re talking about Foam and Wash’s favorite season. The cars in Foodtown parking lot look like everyone just got back from racing the Baja 1000 rather than making a simple milk run. Spring is here.
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 Q.   I am a budding gardener and want to extend my vegetable patch a little. To do this, I have to go into an area that is shaded in late afternoon. What should I plant there?
Charlie, Davenport, IA

 A: Good for you for starting slowly and building up as you learn. A half-shady bed is perfect for  (more...)

 
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NPK? OMG!

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Serious hardcore gardeners hitch up their pants and frown over NPK all the time, but this kind of talk can very quickly take all the joy out of gardening for novices. NPK are the elemental symbols for nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, the three most important ingredients contributing to soil fertility. (Here’s my trick ...  (more...)

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May is Spring-ing!

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Welcome, Friends! I'm the host of Gardening Gusto, Katherine Whiteside.  I have been a champion of organic gardening for years (way before it was cool), embracing a healthful lifestyle with gusto! In exploring our site, we hope that you too will find the spark of excitement to push you into the great outdoors and grow your food (or flowers), naturally. I'm sure that once you try my fun and easy gardening ideas and look through our downloadable garden projects, you'll see how much joy you can begin growing. Gardening advice doesn't need to be stuffy and it certainly doesn't need to be complicated. Anyone can do it! No matter where you live and whether your gardening space and budget are big or small.  You can do it!

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