Hyacinths. Bring a Sweet Scent to Your Spring Garden

by Polly Garden Recipes

Hyacinths: Bring a sweet scent to your spring garden. You only need a handful to appreciate their beauty. They are easy to grow, readily available in garden centers and fill the air with an unmistakable sweet fragrance. This member of the lily family is small and compact, so it’s most effective when planted in clusters. [...]

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Sweet Onions. Grow, Add To Your Plate To Lose Weight!

by Polly Garden Recipes

Sweet Onions. Grow, add to your plate to lose weight. Due to their natural richness of chromium. sweet onions help stimulate weight loss.  Providing the body with chromium, onions help us feel more energized and fuller for longer periods of time. This,  in turn, allows us to comfortably restrict our caloric intake.  

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Why All The Hype About Growing Onions?

by Polly Garden Recipes

Why all the hype about growing onions? Because deciding what kind to grow can be a challenge. You can decide by color (white, red, yellow) or by shape (globe, flattened, torpedo), but we mostly sort them out by their usage. *    Storage onions usually have thicker skins, are a darker color, and have a [...]

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Jump – Start For Collards In Your Garden

by Polly Creating Healthy And Balanced Soil

Jump – start for collards in your garden! How? We prepare the soil in our collards beds in fall, and sow the seeds right then. A light mulch of straw and /or chopped leaves protects the seeds over the winter. So, as soon as the soil thaws in early spring, they are ready to get [...]

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Hyssop. Add To Your Garden To Attract Hummingbirds & Butterflies!

by Polly Garden Recipes

Hyssop. Add to your garden to attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Besides, this tall and pretty plant also brings bees to pollinate your garden. The minty flavor of the hyssop leaves can be made into tea that is good for sore throats. You can put hyssop leaves in a soup or in a salad to add [...]

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