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n., Any hill dweller who knows that the best path to the future is through the arts of the past mixed with the smallest possible dose of newfangled ingenuity.

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How to Find Local Food

Whether you’ve never even grown a houseplant or your family sucks down all the fresh cukes from your garden so fast that you need an extra basket with which to make pickles, you can probably find what you need from a local source.

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How to Identify a Juvenile Rat Snake

Rat snakes are certainly friends in the garden and they reside in every state of the Appalachias. If you find a smaller snake with a pale gray body, a pattern of dark gray blotches, and a checkered underbelly, it is likely the juvenile…

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How to Grow Eggplants Faster than the Flea Beetles Can Kill Them

A common problem for southern eggplant-lovers are flea beetles.

Though they resemble their namesake in appearance and behavior, flea beetles would rather turn our eggplant foliage into Swiss cheese than drink blood. Some of us would prefer the bloodletting since a large infestation of beetles can kill a crop before it even sets flowers!

Fortunately for organic [...]

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How to Grow Mini-Melons On a Trellis

If you don’t have room for sprawling melon plants to ramble across all the pathways in your garden, give trellising a try.

Photo Caption: A cluster of mini melons forming on the trellis. They won't exceed 2lbs when ripe.

Lightweight melons are perfect for trellising because they do not strain the stems of the plant as [...]

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