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  • Self-Suffiency Through Home Home Gardening: Part 2

    Kathy Waters, Master Gardener|May 3, 2023

    Choosing seeds and plants can be daunting. The most important consideration when choosing seeds is to plant what your family will eat! If they won't eat broccoli or lima beans, why plant them? There is no right or wrong. If you don't like the variety you planted this year, try a different one next year. You will find two types of seeds to buy. Heirloom and open-pollinated seeds are old varieties. This only matters if you are saving seed from your garden to share or plant next year. They are the...

  • Self-Suffiency Through Home Gardening: Part One

    Kathy Waters, Master Gardener|Apr 12, 2023

    During World War I and World War II, farmers were called on to grow crops essential to feeding our troops such as potatoes, corn, wheat and cattle feed. Each person was allotted a specific amount of food, gas, heating oil, shoes, etc., to be sure our troops had what they needed. As a result of this rationing, vegetables were harder to come by. To be sure their families had enough food to eat, people grew their own vegetables and called it their Victory Garden. It seems that things are again...