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Kitchen Gardening

Creating a kitchen garden April 4, 2025Regrowing Fruits and Vegetables from ScrapsFebruary 13, 2025Growing Ginger in Virginia: A Simple GuideFebruary 13, 2025Planning Your Kitchen GardenNovember 8, 2024What to look for to harvest vegetables at their best?August 11, 2024Hot Weather, Happy Tomatoes: A Hanover Gardener’s StrategyNovember 13, 2023Easy to Grow FruitsMay 10, 2023Selecting and Storing Farmers Market Bargains

Soil and Compost

Creating good soil and compost February 12, 2025How to Get Started with Composting: A Simple Beginner’s GuideFebruary 12, 2025How to Build a Three-Bin Compost System Using PalletsFebruary 12, 2025How to Test Your Soil pHNovember 18, 2023Cover Crops in the Home GardenOctober 13, 2023How to Make a Worm Bin

How to Add Native Plants to your Hanover Landscape

Join the movement to incorporate more native plants into home landscapes. As we humans continue to alter the landscape by building sterile sub-divisions, business parks and shopping centers, we destroy the habit that is need for our birds, mammals and invertebrates.  Native plants are critical for wildlife survival and even our own.  Sadly, we have ...