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THE ASIATIC GARLIC – KOREAN MOUNTAIN Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about garlic. For those of you who are about to click on the Unsubscribe Button, please don’t! The reason we are dedicating so much writing to garlic is that it can be grown almost anywhere in the US, it is easy, dependable and fascinating to grow, and it is one of the healthiest vegetables you can consume. In grocery stores and health food markets, you can only find a few different kinds of garlic,
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The Rocambole Garlic – Ontario Purple Trillium ONTARIO PURPLE TRILLIUM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about garlic. For those of you who are about to click on the Unsubscribe Button, please don’t! The reason we are dedicating so much writing to garlic is that it can be grown almost anywhere in the US, it is easy, dependable and fascinating to grow, and it is one of the healthiest vegetables you can consume. In grocery stores and health food markets, you can only find a few different
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Red Rezan Buy Now for fall planting! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about garlic. For those of you who are about to click on the Unsubscribe Button, please don’t! The reason we are dedicating so much writing to garlic is that it can be grown almost anywhere in the US, it is easy, dependable and fascinating to grow, and it is one of the healthiest vegetables you can consume. In grocery stores and health food markets, you can only find a few different kinds of garlic,
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Polish Hardneck Buy Now for fall planting! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about garlic. For those of you who are about to click on the Unsubscribe Button, please don’t! The reason we are dedicating so much writing to garlic is that it can be grown almost anywhere in the US, it is easy, dependable and fascinating to grow, and it is one of the healthiest vegetables you can consume. In grocery stores and health food markets, you can only find a few different kinds of garlic,
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! On Tuesday, we began a newsletter series on garlic which will span 8 newsletters in total, and by the end of this series you will have learned all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about garlic. For those of you who are about to click on the Unsubscribe Button, please don’t! The reason we are dedicating so much writing to garlic is that it can be grown almost anywhere in the US, it is easy, dependable and fascinating to grow, and it is one of the healthiest vegetables you can consume. In grocery stores and health food markets, you can only find a few different kinds of garlic, so it is best to grow your own. Classifying
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! Today we begin a series on garlic designed to teach you everything you need to know to choose, to plant, to nourish, to harvest, to cure and to enjoy that magnificent vegetable we call garlic. Researchers now believe, based on biochemical and molecular markers from the most primitive fertile garlic strains identified by collectors, that garlic originated on the northwestern side of the Tien Shan in Central Asia. It began to be cultivated in that area and then was transported to China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan. From there it made its way into Turkey and eventually into Europe. In prehistoric times, garlic may have been indigenous to a broad area from China and India
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Order Poppy Seeds Now Plant Them in November For A Magnificent 2019 Garden There are 4 species of poppy that are well known to gardeners: Papaver orientale, Papaver nudicaule, Papaver rhoeas and Papaver somniferum. Three of these are legal to grow. The fourth, P.somniferum, the Opium Poppy is not legal to grow. However, it is interesting the way the law is written. It is legal to own Opium Poppy seed, but not legal to grow it. A fifth plant, Eschscholzia aurantiaca, commonly known as the California Poppy, is not a true poppy but has a similar looking blossom. P. nudicaule, the Iceland Poppy, and P. orientale known as the Oriental Poppy are perennials. P. rhoeas, known as the Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy, or Shirley Poppy depending on the
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This article is the third and last in a 3-part newsletter series about pollinator gardening. The series is dedicated to the work of a New Jersey Garden Club member, Jeannie Geremia. For years I have watched her tireless efforts to educate us all about protecting and nourishing pollinators. There are a number of dedicated, inspired pollinator crusaders in this country whose work is deeply appreciated. Jeannie is one of the best. Whether your garden occupies a fire escape, a backyard or acres on a farm or arboretum, it can be a flourishing, stunning home for the pollinators of this planet – our bees, butterflies and birds. As the creator and sustainer of this garden, though, there are three factors which you should always keep in mind
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This article is the second in a 3-part newsletter series about pollinator gardening. The series is dedicated to the work of a New Jersey Garden Club member, Jeannie Geremia. For years I have watched her tireless efforts to educate us all about protecting and nourishing pollinators. There are a number of dedicated, inspired pollinator crusaders in this country whose work is deeply appreciated. Jeannie is one of the best. Whether your garden occupies a fire escape, a backyard or acres on a farm or arboretum, it can be a flourishing, stunning home for the pollinators of this planet – our bees, butterflies and birds. As the creator and sustainer of this garden, though, there are three factors which you should always keep in mind when building
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