The Savvy Sage

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February Garden Tips and Vegetable Planting Guide

January 31, 2025
Winter Cleanup - Continue preparations for the busy spring planting season. Clean and rinse pots with a diluted solution of bleach one part bleach to nine parts water. Check pots after any rain, shallow pools of water will provide egg laying opportunities for mosquitos. Clean and sharpen tools.
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A Vegetable that Changed the World!

January 30, 2025
Can you guess which plant: Was first grown in the Peruvian Highlands between eight thousand and five thousand years BC Was poisonous if not eaten with clay until modified varieties were propagated Is now the fifth most important food crop in the world Produces asexually, creating endless clones, lik...
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