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Snow: A Good Insulation

In temperate areas of the world (where winters can be cold and long), it is a good thing for your plants when it snows. Snow is actually an excellent insulator. Surface ground temperatures underneath a thick blanket of snow will stay fairly constant around 32 degrees even if the outside air above the snow is [...]

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One Easy Way to Keep Birds & Rodents off Your Harvest

One of the easiest ways to keep small birds or rodents out of your garden, and especially off of you harvest, is to get a cat and not feed him during the spring, summer, and fall. It’s as simple as that. It may seem cruel to get a cat to not provide store-bought food, but [...]

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