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Growing Grapevines
DIYnet — When planting grapes in sleeves, leave the top of the cardboard container just above the surface of the soil. Drip irrigation works well for watering grapevines, as it supplies water directly to the root zone. You can even grow your own wine, ...More…
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Summer Pruning
DIYnet — Remove the branch tips during the summer to encourage the growth of fruiting spurs. Summer pruning sometimes results in the production of new fruit spurs. These spurs will produce flowers the following spring, followed by fruit. If you tip-prune ...More…
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Pollination of Fruit Crops
DIYnet — Hives of portable honeybees are instrumental in pollinating fruit crops around the country. Flowers with flat petals and bright colors are inviting to bees. The most important ingredient for a healthy fruit crop isn't water, sunlight or ...More…
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Basics of Vegetable Gardening
DIYnet — Six in 10 gardeners grow vegetables. Growing them successfully, though, takes some careful preparation. Place your garden in a spot that gets 6 to 10 hours of sunshine per day. As you select vegetables to grow, learn how much space, water and ...More…
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Making Money With Your Garden
DIYnet — At Elizabeth Berry's farm all the weeding is done by hand, but it goes quickly because the soil is in such excellent condition. Your vegetable garden can be more than a hobby -- you can actually earn money from it. Demand for organically grown ...More…
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Holiday Fruit and Garden
DIYnet — We've come a long way since the days of Pilgrims and the time when an orange or cranberries were considered a Christmas treat. Can you imagine your child today being thrilled with a mere fruit or vegetable as a gift on Christmas morning? In ...More…
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A Productive Vegetable Garden
DIYnet — Thinning young vegetables to the recommended planting distance will increase the harvest. Planting a young tomato between onions that are almost ready to harvest saves room and extends the growing season. For more productive potatoes, mound soil ...More…
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A Few Tips Lend Help to Good-Looking Tomatoes
DIYnet — Anyone can grow tomatoes, right? That might be true, but there's a big difference between spindly plants producing a few fruit and shrub-like bushes covered with tomatoes. Here are a few things you can do to become one of the those people who ...More…
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Tomato: The Indispensable Guide To Tomatoes
DIYnet — I would love to grow tomatoes in my garden, but the area I want to use has drainage problems. What should I do? Tomatoes need a lot of sun, so build your raised bed in a sunny location. After you've constructed the sides, dig up the dirt at least ...More…
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Raised Veggie Bed
DIYnet — Horticultural expert Walter Reeves shows how to create raised beds for growing succulent, home-grown tomatoes -- even if your yard has poor drainage. Tomatoes need a lot of sunshine, so select a location for your raised bed that receives a lot of ...More…
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Early Spring Veggies
DIYnet — Radishes are the vegetable equivalent of "instant gratification." They're one of only a handful of veggies a gardener can sow from seed at the beginning of a month and harvest by month's end. The only way to get a bunch of radishes ...More…
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Pruning Apple Trees
DIYnet — Hand pruners come in a variety of styles. This pair has rotating handles. The branch collar is the wrinkled wood close to the trunk. Never cut into the branch collar when pruning. Fruit trees must be pruned every year, usually during the dormant ...More…