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Well, Spring is here to stay, and the garden is being tilled.
Tomorrow I will plant tomatoes and several different kinds
of peppers, and I will be looking at herbs to grow indoors
and outdoors as well. I will begin a listing of herbs fruits
and vegetables as well, most of those will be in the Herbs
and Plants section.

There will also be a new edible wild plant added weekly;
you will be able to find those under the Camping and
Survival section as well as the Herbs and Plants pages.

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The Butternut Squash (or any squash, for
that matter), is an easy to grow and
wonderful plant. The vegetables are
delicious, can be used in an almost
endless varieties of ways (One of my
favorites is sliced thin, covered with a dry
meal mixture (cornmeal with salt and
pepper works great), and then fried to a
nice golden brown with just a touch of
vegetable oil in a Teflon pan.

With this or any creeper plants, a useful
thing to do is get some of the black
anti-weed fabric, cut in about the size of
the patch of ground you expect the plant
to cover - about 1.5' - 2.0' on either side of
the plant will work, and the length of the
row. Cover the mesh cloth with a
hardwood mulch, and it gives the plant
an extra nice bed to rest on, as well as
reducing the amount you have to water
and weed.

This specimen is fresh from my local
supplier - I have tried seeds in the past,
and while they are great for some
people, the neighborhood stores, no
matter the name, have a good selection
of plants and herbs.

When starting, easy is best - as your
interests in different plants grow, you will
find yourself going out of your way to
learn new, more complicated methods.

I will be posting more info on the
butternut squash soon in the Herbs and
Gardens Pages - until then, keep your
eyes peeled!

One of the easiest ways to vitalize, aerate, and just do general good
for your garden soil is also one of the easiest and cheapest things you
can do - simply go by the local bait and tackle shop (even if you don't
fish), and get two or three cartons of worms - nightcrawlers and red
worms are the best.

After your garden soil is tilled, and before or after you plant your
plants, simply dump the worms in your garden - they will burrow
down into the soil, and become soldiers in your quest to get the best
possible soil, year after year!

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Butternut Squash

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