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Stacey Evers
Jun 17, 20231 min read
Make your own self-watering grow bucket
In the blink of an eye, last week Hands On Harvests and the Fairfax County Master Gardeners gave out 32 tomato plants in self-watering...
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Jim Howland
Apr 6, 20231 min read
Cómo cultivar verduras en una bolsa de cultivo
escrito por Jim Howland traducido por Josué Palacios
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Jim Howland
Oct 17, 20222 min read
Extending your growing season into winter
by Jim Howland, lifetime gardener and technical education teacher at Falls Church High School. His engineering students will start...
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Stacey Evers
Jun 17, 20225 min read
It's Gardening Thyme: A Beginners Guide to Apartment Gardening
Hands On Harvests was asked to be part of this blog post from Redfin, sharing gardening tips with apartment and other small-space...
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Stacey Evers
May 4, 20224 min read
Nowhere to go but up: growing big harvests in small spaces
Successful small-space gardening tips from Casandra Lawson, who's mastered the art. Meet Casandra for a free talk and tour of her...
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Stacey Evers
Mar 21, 20221 min read
6 steps to starting your garden with seed blocks
No yogurt cups. No peat pots. Not even eggshell cartons. The only things Hands On Harvests' master seed starter George E uses to get his...
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Lori Krishnan
Feb 21, 20226 min read
Top 10 items for your seed-starting set-up
Seed-starting can be cheap and easy. Pick up tips on equipment from Hands On Harvests mentor and Master Gardener Lori Krishnan.
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Stacey Evers
Nov 11, 20211 min read
Saving tomato seeds with a nifty science experiment
Want to save tomato seeds but don't know how? Let this Grow a Row family of volunteers show you! The kids provide masterful narration and...
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Stacey Evers
Oct 8, 20213 min read
Fall garden advice from an expert
It's the veggie gardener's autumn dilemma: Keep the tomatoes for a little bit longer or remove them? Remove them, says US Botanic Garden...
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Lori Krishnan
Jun 14, 20212 min read
8 Easy Tips for Growing and Curing Garlic
12 lbs of garlic grown by Lori in the school garden she maintains. by Lori Krishnan 1) Garlic needs full sun. Don't bother placing your...
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Stacey Evers
Apr 17, 20212 min read
Here today, tarragon tomorrow
Peggy Riccio, president of the Potomac Unit of the Herb Society of America, gave Grow a Row FC a literal car full of herbs dug up from...
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Stacey Evers
Jun 6, 20201 min read
1st donation to Food for Others: Done!
THANK YOU to Grow a Row FC volunteers! We delivered our first donation of fresh, healthy (and gorgeous!) produce to Food for Others this...
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Stacey Evers
May 18, 20201 min read
Grow a Row FC: Gardening for the common good
Several years ago, a class of 5th graders and I created a Victory Garden at the school where I teach environmental education. We all were...
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