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I remember reading that you need to keep a good amount of distance between sweet peppers and hot peppers. Because of cross polination, the peppers become blah compared to what they should be - not sweet enough and not hot enough. Due to lack of yarden space, I plant food crops in both the front...

I've done (and will continue to do) SFG. I found that a four foot wide bed is too deep for me to garden comfortably, so I will make all my future raised beds no wider than 3'. I also used string instead of 'permanent' grids. However, last year I made 'grids' using window screen slats and...

Not sue if I'm clever, or just cheaper than cheap, but I use toilet paper rolls instead of peat pots. Snip one end in four equal places, overlap flaps, seal with a dab of hot glue and you have instant starter pots! Doesn't dry out QUITE as fast as peat pots, takes up less space so I get more...

I use plastic venetian blind slats. Cut them to the length you want. If writing on them with 'permanent' marker, take a blank stick and place it on top of the one you wrote on to cover the ink. Put both in the ground/pot and the extra label will prevent the sun/elements from erasing the...

Note of caution: be sure to check with your local zoning laws. Some communities will require a permit, others will not allow selling 'commercial goods' from private property. Still others won't say 'boo' until/unless someone complains - so you may also gently run this by your neighbors in case...

I've found it's not the price of the seeds, but the freshness that matters. Check the package for the "Packed for" year. You will want seeds that were packed for the current growing season (2011).

I have a small raised bed from concrete block and I LOVE it! The interior dims are about 2' by 11'. I live in zone 4/5, so the extra "heat sink" the blocks create allow me to plant a few weeks earlier in that bed than the wooden raised beds I have. When I build more beds, I plan on making them...