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		<title>Saving Seeds: Beans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bean flowers are self-pollinating, so the danger of cross pollination is comparatively small.  It&#8217;s is recommended to separate different kinds of beans by a garden length though to ensure absolute purity.
Save seeds from plants that ripen first and are disease free.  Harvest seed pods reserved for seed saving when they are dried completely.  Crush the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you ordered your seeds yet ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might think it&#8217;s weird to think about the gardening season now, but it isn&#8217;t.  Even though your garden patch might be buried in snow right now, depending on where you are, you still need to get off your hindquarters and start planning now.
2009 might very well be the year when, for the first time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer&#8217;s Cornucopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just wanted to share a picture from our garden
  
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		<title>What to do about slugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We like beans. So do slugs&#8230; Since we do not intent to lose our beans to them, we make access to the beans as uncomfortable for the slugs as possible. How ? Well, we sprinkle crushed eggshells all around our plants. All winter we collected eggshell so now we have enough to protect our beans&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting Zucchini, Squash, Pumpkin and Gourd</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 21:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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Generally speaking, you can plant zucchini, squash, pumpkin and gourd a plant per foot.  Note that zucchini does not vine, whereas squash, pumpkin and gourds, do.
IN ROWS:

18 inches between rows for zucchini, squash and gourd
12 inches apart
plant 3-5 seeds, thin out if necessary

Pumpkins are usually planted in hills dues to their size.  Leave [...]]]></description>
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