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How to Select Fruit and Nut Trees
By Lee Reich 

Whether you purchase trees and shrubs from a local nursery or from a mail-order company, this expert advice will help ensure that your plants are healthy and happy in their new home.

Kitchen Counter Gardening: Try Sprouts
By Tabitha Alterman and Barbara Pleasant
If you want to grow nutritious and tasty fresh vegetables during the cold months, sprouts are the answer to your prayers. In just a few days, a handful of seeds will turn into several servings of crunchy sprouts. It doesn’t get more fresh and local than that!
Winter Carrot Harvest
By Beverly Yelsik 
For a continuous winter carrot harvest, store your carrots in the ground, under a layer of straw where they will be protected from freezing and develop a wonderful sweet flavor.
Improve Your Soil with Cover Crops
By Barbara Pleasant
Here’s what you need to know to take advantage of this traditional technique to solar-charge your soil and improve soil nutrients.

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