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    Gardening

    Learn how to build, grow, and maintain your garden, flowers, and vegetables, from harvesting tomatoes and cucumbers to canning pickles and tomato sauce. I truly believe in growing, cooking, and eating fresh food.

    • Support for tomatoes
      Tomato Support Ideas for a Bumper Harvest
    • Best way to remove weeds from large area
      Best Ways To Remove Weeds From a Large Area
    • Potting mix vs. Potting soil
      Potting Mix vs. Potting Soil

    Gardening How to

    • How to dry and store fresh garden herbs
      How To Dry Herbs
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      Instant Pot Canning Basics
    • Growing tomatoes from seed to garden
      Growing Tomatoes From Seed To Garden
    • Best cucumber companion plants
      Best Cucumber Companion Plants Reviewed

    Vegetable Gardening

    • Cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds
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      Our Fall Vegetable Garden
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      Evolution of a Garden
    • Celebrity tomatoes in cages
      How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes

    Flower Gardening

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      Late Summer Blooms around the Cottage
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      Flowers around the Cottage
    • Bee on flower in vegetable garden
      The Benefit of Flowers in a Vegetable Garden
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      Summer Flowers

    Herb Gardening

    • 20 plants that repel flies
      20+ Plants That Repel Flies
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      How to Make a Hanging Herb Garden
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      Cute and Cheap Herb Plant Markers
    • Bbq grill herb planter
      Herb Growing Tips

    Garden Containers

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      Planting Succulents in a Strawberry Pot
    • Fairy garden camping theme
      Fairy Garden in a Little Red Wagon
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      Summer Topsy Turvy Planter
    • Galvanized tub fountain and planter square
      Galvanized Tub Fountain and Planter

    Garden Structures

    • How to use vegetable garden covers
      How To Use Vegetable Garden Covers
    • Small wooden garden trellis square
      Wooden Pyramid Shaped Trellises for the Garden
    • Our new belgard outdoor fire pit
      Our New Belgard Outdoor Fire Pit
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      DIY Garden Waterfall Update

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    Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads

    We're Jane and Leo!

    Thanks for stopping by! We're renovating and preserving our family's 100 year old home place where we garden, complete a few DIY projects, and do some cooking. Please leave us a comment so that we'll know that you were here.

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    • Setting up a gardening journal
      How to Set Up a Garden Journal
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • Sweet cucumber relish featured
      Sweet Cucumber Relish
    • Cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds

    Gardening How-tos

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      Planting a Spring Garden
    • Our top picks of tomato varieties
      Choosing the Best Tomato Plants
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      How Gardeners Can Help Prevent the Spread of Invasive Pests
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      How to Grow Blueberries

    Growing Vegetables

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      Growing Lettuce in Containers
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      White Pumpkin Update
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      White Pumpkins for Fall, Anyone?
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      Vegetable Garden Tour

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