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Indoor Gardening and Outdoor Gardening is not just a Spring and Summer effort. After all, herbs, poinsettia, and bean sprouts can be grown any time of the year. So delve into the wonder of year-round growing in the Indoor - Outdoor Gardener.

What You Will Find in Indoor - Outdoor Gardening

The Indoor - Outdoor Gardener lives to grow, harvest, and enjoy the bounty of this great gift we call Earth. Every family has its gardener, chef, hunter, and gatherer that keeps that special recipe for preparing game or the best way to get rid of those pesky beetles that want to feast on the vegetables in your garden and the fruit trees in your backyard orchard. These secrets are what have kept us going for millions of years, yet they do not stop in the outdoors. The indoor gardner is the green thumb or the chef that nurtures that special blend of herbs and spices that makes each and every meal a memorable occasion.

Indoor - Outdoor Gardening is for you because you nuture, grow, cook and share the secrets of keeping our families strong and healthy. Enjoy the Indoor - Outdoor Gardening, and don't forget to leave a suggestion or tip or two. Your comments and ideas about growing and nurturing this Zone are always welcome.

Outdoor Gardening

on Sep 12, 09 at 12:13 AM

A recent tour through the orchard revealed some new pests: Worms busily devouring every leaf on every apple tree they could. These worms could be identified quite easily, although I haven't bothered to do so. They were getting fat on the leaves and had grown to 1-1/2 to 2" long. They have a red, shiny head and a nice set of jaws with which they were doing their damage. Entire branches have been stipped of leaves, and on two branches, clusters of these devils were wreaking havoc.

Of course, they are history now. The apple trees will recover and grow new leaves soon enough. Hopefully some will reappear before the first frost of the year, which could happen anytime now. I made a second tour through the orchard and found two more of the nasty critters, which I promptly dispatched.

Usually, I t

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Bean sprouts are tasty and nutritious and are popular in restaurant salad bars, so why not grow your own sprouts at home? With high concentrations of essential vitamins, protein and starches, bean spr...More>
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The bright red and green festive colors of the holiday season remind us to bring out the poinsettia plants for that extra touch of cheer. Every year, millions of people purchase these colorful plants ...More>
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Growing your own sweetcorn is an exciting gardening experience. It begins with planting that first golden kernel into the warm earth just before the summer sun calls forth the bloom of fruit trees and...More>
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The Healthy Indoor - Outdoor Gardner

We know that naturally grown and organic food is far more nutritious and healthy for our diets today. Freshly grown herbs and spices provide more flavor than their dried and packaged counterparts. The healthy Indoor  - Outdoor Gardner is sure to have a herb garden planted within reach of the family chef.

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Growing  sage as part of your herb garden is a great way to keep your recipes fresh. Sage is probably best known for its use as a seasoning for stuffing recipes and as a flavoring  ingredien...More>
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Herbs and spices are widely considered as Nature's gifts for improving our health. Obtained from plants in their countless forms, herbs and spices alike have been used since the earliest of times for ...More>
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In the Garden

Everything we grow depends upon the industrious activity of bees for pollination. Honeybees are perhaps the most admired member of the insect world and gardners understand and appreciate the important role they play in helping grow our food.

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Queen bees and worker bees are the most important and beneficial insects to have in your garden or orchard. They have a job in the natural world that no other insect, except perhaps the mason bee, can...More>
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Will there be any honey bees in the orchards and gardens of America in the coming spring? Honey bees are crucial for pollination and the production of most of our fruit, flowers, and vegetables that w...More>
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There's a full moon shaping up, a welcome sign of renewal and completion. It's time to look ahead and contemplate the coming of spring and the things I can accomplish in my backyard orchard this year....More>
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Finding an elderberry bush was a real treat in earlier times. Not only were elderberries treasured for their sweetness and unique flavor, they were favored for making tasty jams, jellies and pie. Maki...More>
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My first encounter with rhubarb wine occurred several years ago during an autumn deer hunting excursion. This concoction was sprung upon me by my elder brother, who has since passed, but enjoyed playi...More>
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