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  • Sauerkraut
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    Fermenting Cabbage for Homemade Sauerkraut

    After stews, slaws, salads, and soups, you may find you still have crunchy heads of cabbage turning soft in the fridge. For long-term preservation, a savvy gardener may turn to the most natural process: fermentation.

  • Homemade Compost
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    How to Make Compost at Home

    By sustainably recycling used food scraps and organic material like cardboard and paper through means of creating compost, the gardener obtains an efficient growing medium for pennies on the dollar.

  • Germinating seeds in soil
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    A Grower’s Guide to Sowing Seeds

    With signs of Spring, shrubs are budding, the ground is thawing, and I am eager to sow seeds. What early efforts contribute to a successful garden? How does the gardener provide favorable conditions for the seed?