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This Aug. 20, 2024, image provided by Marvin Makofsky shows a Plant a Row for the Hungry, Port Washington garden in Port Washington, N.Y. The local organization brings residents together to plant, tend, harvest and donate crops to help alleviate hunger in their community. The national Plant a Row campaign encourages individuals and groups everywhere to plant and donate extra produce for neighbors in need of fresh food. (Marvin Makofsky via AP)

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Consider planting an extra row for the hungry in your garden this spring
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Tue,03/18/25-8:16AM , 113 Reads
If you’re gearing up to plant fruits, vegetables or herbs this spring, why not grow some extra to donate to your local soup kitchen or pantry?
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This May 2, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a pansy-filled planter hanging on a fence on Long Island, N.Y. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

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Spring's official start is nearly here and there's work to do in the garden. A checklist
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Tue,03/11/25-8:08AM , 107 Reads
OK, gardeners — it's time to dig in! With about a week to go before the official start of spring, we’ve got work to do.

A checklist:

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This combination of photos taken on March 2, 2025, show the steps in making a DIY seed pot from a sheet of newspaper. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

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Upcycle small food containers or even newspaper for starting seeds indoors
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Tue,03/04/25-7:38AM , 84 Reads
If you’re planning to start seeds indoors this season, you likely know you’ll need a growing medium (packaged, sterile seed-starting mix is ideal), a sunny windowsill or grow lights and,
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This April 23, 2019, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows Maddie, a pitbull mix, standing in a vacant spot between plants in a Long Island, N.Y, garden. Dense garden-bed designs that don't allow for such unplanted patches discourage entry by plant-trampling dogs who enjoy running laps. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

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They dig, they pee, they trample. How to garden when you love both dogs and plants
By JESSICA DAMIANO - Associated Press
Tue,02/25/25-6:40AM , 74 Reads
If you’ve ever had a dog, you know they don’t exactly tiptoe through the tulips. I’m fortunate that none of mine ever had a penchant for digging holes, but my late pit bull, Maddie, used to run through my perennial beds like a weed whacker, leaving horizontal coneflowers and black-eyes Susans in her destructive path.
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