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Raised Bed Disadvantages

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Many MWG readers use raised beds in their vegetable gardens.  I do too – raised beds have so many advantages for the home vegetable gardener that is is hard to imagine gardening any other way.
As good as raised beds are, however, they do have some disadvantages.  I feel that the advantages of raised beds completely [...]

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Plant Hardiness Zones Explained!

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Have you ever looked through a seed catalog and somewhere in the description is says something like, “Appropriate for Zones 4-8?” And you start to wonder if it is some sort of secret gardener code or something? Well, it is a code of sorts, and after reading this you will be in on the secret!

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