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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.

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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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Wild Game Recipes

Here are a Special Collection of Recipes for preparing everyone's favorite wild game: Deer and Rabbit.

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Growing up poor in northern New York during the 1950's is not something I recall with a lot of fondness. It had to be a challenge for my parents to make ends meet. Our family consisted of nine hungry ...More>
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The sharp snap of a twig abruptly betrayed the deer's presence. Standing as still as the lawn ornament he had previously modeled for, he tested the air through his nostrils slowly. The air was differe...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 and harvesting your own home grown sage can be a delightful, rewarding experience. Besides being a great seasoning for stuffing recipes and an ingredient for flavoring sausage, sage has many o...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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Gardening Questions? Ask Google

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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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Secret and Hard to Find Recipes

Here are a few closely kept secret recipes for the most appreciative Indoor - Outdoor Gardner. Try them out on your friends and family soon!

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Venison jerky is a nutritious snack food that is prized by hunters and hikers alike. It contains less fat than beef jerky but is not available commercially. When prepared properly, venison jerky loses...More>
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If there's one really good reason to make friends with a Canadian, it would be to capture their recipe for genuine French-style Poutine. Pronounced "Pou-tin" this dish is a delightful combination of ...More>
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Recipe for Indian Corn Soup, a traditional Native American food which is prepared for special occasions and gatherings. Years ago, corn soup was made with "Indian White Corn" not unlike hominy in ...More>
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Growing and harvesting your own indoor herb garden can be a delightful, rewarding experience. Herbs have many uses besides the obvious: preparing a delicious meal with great seasonings you have grown ...More>
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Blog Talk Radio: Native Plants

  • This week, Ms. Grow-It-All (aka Master Gardener Audrey Post) and landscape designer/horticulturist Bill Kollar of Gardens Inc. in Apalachicola, Fla., talk about salt-tolerant plants and native plants for the home landscape. Also, be sure to check out Ms. Grow-It-All in the newspaper this week, which features Bill Kollar's wife and business partner, Amanda Kollar, discussing plants that can be grown both in sandy beach soil and in heavier clay soils. Read the column on the Ms. Grow-It-All Web sit

    MsGrowItAll | salt tolerant plants | Bill Kollar | native plants | Amanda Kollar

    Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:30:00 GMT

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