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How to Grow Watermelons, Cantaloupes and Cucumbers in crowded spaces using a simple trellis

Growing vining fruits and vegetables in small spaces using a trellis that is easy to build, maintain, and improves your harvest is easier than you may believe.

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Grapefruit Ethnobotany: Generous Versatility of Citus x paradisi as Food Sources and So Much More

Grapefruit trees add beauty and commercial value to the landscape. All parts of a grapefruit tree have a use, of which the best known and most beloved is as a food source.

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Apples and Their Trees

Apple trees may be cultivated in back yards, greenhouses, and orchards.

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UGLI Fruit (Citrus reticulata x Citrus paradisi): Beauty Is Not Just Skin Deep

UGLI fruits are native to the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Seemingly unattractive exteriors give no hint of their delicious, luscious, nutritious interior.

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Socotra Dragon's Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari): Vulnerability of Intricately Branched Giving Tree

Dragon Blood Trees growing wild only on Yemeni island of Socotra offer ornamental or practical uses of their parts. This vulnerable species responds to precise growing conditions.

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Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotrana): Isolated Isle's Weird Fantastic Vulnerable Tree

Socotra's Indian Ocean remoteness auspiciously preserves unusual plants, such as its threatened cucumber trees, and promotes eco-tourism but inauspiciously lures pirates.

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Grapefruit Trees: An Anatomical Tour of Citrus x paradisi

Every part of a grapefruit tree exudes grace. Citrus x paradisi has a generous, giving anatomy, with a use for every part.

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Socotra Pomegranate Tree (Punica protopunica): The Vulnerable Predicament of the "Other Pomegranate"

Lesser known precursors of modern pomegranates, environmentally vulnerable Socotran Pomegranate Trees, grow wild only on Socotra and may be propagated by cuttings, grafts or seeds.

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Socotra Frankincense Tree (Boswellia socotrana): Island of the Phoenix and Its Vulnerable Incense

Socotran Frankincense Trees growing wild only on Socotra are vulnerable to climate and land use patterns but respond to cultivation under proper growing conditions.

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Socotran Fig Tree (Dorstenia gigas): Extraordinary Forms of a Near Threatened Bottle Tree

Socotran Fig Trees, common fig's distant, wild relatives, grow wild only on Socotra in the Indian Ocean. This near-threatened bottle tree responds to precise growing conditions.

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When Do You Plant Fruit Trees and Where Should You Plant Them?

Covers all aspects of where and when you should plant fruit trees. Includes links to planting zone maps and video footage.

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Tenerife Dragon Tree: A Woody Plant of Ancient Lineage Becomes the Canary Islands' Icon

Tenerife, an idyllic Atlantic Ocean island, is home to a world-famous woody plant known as the Tenerife Dragon Tree.

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Growing Bay Laurel~ How to care for your Bay tree

Everything you need to know about growing and caring for your bay laurel plant.

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Two unusual herbs for your herb garden

Grow lovage herb and sorrel herb to give your recipes very special flavors. These herbs make tisanes and herbal remedies too. Make a space for these herbs in your life.

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What are Beneficial Insects and Why are they a Gardeners Best Friend

Good bugs control aphids, thrips, mealy bugs, scale insects, mites, and whiteflies in our flower and vegetable gardens organically…

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Growing Garlic

As fresh local food becomes more popular, many people are growing their own vegetables and herbs. Growing garlic is easy in many climates, and can be used in a variety of recipes.

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Container Gardening For Vegetables

Container Gardening for Vegetables is the way to go if you are getting older, or you have to compete with the critters for any produce. Here are some pictures and a how to.

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Weaving the Web of Flowers

Snap the photos and spin the web. A talented group of friends are creating a flower garden of photos and spinning a web of links...

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