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The goji berry is a very cheerful looking bright red fruit that packs a powerhouse punch of nutritional benefits great for your health! Jammed with Vitamins A, C, E, B1, B2, B6 plus antioxidants, this little fruit does a lot of work for how little food it is! With its recent rise to fame, more and more people are looking to add the goji berry plant to their home garden.  This tart yet nutritious fruit grows on a shrubby set of branches that the savvy gardener could prune into trees. It pr

PlantNet (stylized [email protected]) has been around for a little while, having been published to the iOS App Store and Android’s Google Play store last summer. But it’s been continually updated and has picked up some attention from bloggers in the past week, so we took a look. The idea is simple in concept and damnably difficult in execution: The app can, theoretically, identify a plant based on a photo you take of it with your phone. Apps like Shazam, wh

Cabbage is a cool-weather crop. Grow cabbage in spring so that it comes to harvest before the summer heat or start cabbage in mid to late summer so that it comes to harvest during the cool days of autumn, winter, or early spring. Start seeds indoors 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost in spring. Place cabbage transplants in the garden when they are 3 to 4 inches (7-10cm) tall as early as 3 to 4 weeks before the last frost in spring. Direct sow seed outdoors when the soil can b

With so many options of perennials, it is not easy to know which plant will do best in the shade. Unlike annuals, perennials blossom every year after the colder months exit; that is why gardeners love them. The flower that keeps on giving. For perennials to thrive, it is important to understand which perennials do best in the shade. Not all perennials are alike. Some perennials prefer the sun, while other perennials do better in shady areas. With warmer months coming, most gardeners are prepa