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What No One Tells You Before Growing Summer Drummer Alliums
What No One Tells You Before Growing Summer Drummer Alliums
Summer Drummer alliums look like something out of a fairytale garden, but there is a reason not every gardener ends up growing them successfully or sticking with them long-term. While they are not considered high-maintenance in the traditional sense, they...
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Signs Your Raised Bed Soil Needs More Compost
Signs Your Raised Bed Soil Needs More Compost
One of the biggest misconceptions about raised bed gardening is that you only need to fill the bed once. With my first raised beds, I filled them with a good soil mix, planted tomatoes, peppers, and herbs, and enjoyed a...
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Plants that Attract Dragonflies to the Garden
Plants that Attract Dragonflies to the Garden
Summer is here, and the bloodsuckers are out in full force. If you’re the romantic sort, you might conjure notions of blooming crepe myrtles and cypress trees under the sweltering sun, set against the backdrop of languid, humid parties. But...
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Silver Plants in the Garden
Silver Plants in the Garden
Silver is not a favored color in the garden, evoking a melancholy tone that brings to mind a doomed starlet in the winter of her reign. But there is also a glamorous beauty in the color silver, alluding to bygone...
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How to Keep Pollinators in Your Garden All Summer
How to Keep Pollinators in Your Garden All Summer
My favorite moment in the garden isn't just harvesting the first tomato or picking the first cucumber. It's stepping outside on a warm summer morning and hearing the gentle hum of bees among flowers. Pollinators are some of the hardest-working...
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Bad Fruit: Removing Bradford Pears from the Garden
Bad Fruit: Removing Bradford Pears from the Garden
The Flowers of Evil has been described as beautifully morbid, juxtaposed against the rotting sewage of the masses. The flowers of Callery pears, though not visibly malefic, are an entire heaping of bad news.  The Bradford pear’s growth pattern can...
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Best Flowers to Plant Alongside Vegetables
Best Flowers to Plant Alongside Vegetables
For years, I treated flowers and vegetables as two completely separate parts of the garden. The flowers stayed in decorative beds near the patio, while the vegetables lived in their own space. Then one summer, almost by accident, I planted...
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7 Hacks to Lower Gardening Costs This New Year
7 Hacks to Lower Gardening Costs This New Year
Most gardeners and even farmers, will tell you that the biggest waste and expense in a garden comes from being inefficient. Having a system in place keeps you aware of exactly how much you need of your resources and holds...
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The Hidden Tick Magnet in Your Yard: Japanese Barberry
The Hidden Tick Magnet in Your Yard: Japanese Barberry
Do you feel that you are easily ticked off, your anger resting atop a gasoline-fueled, combustible pile of kindling? Sometimes, the source of one’s ire can be surprising – and for anyone afflicted with ticks, they’re probably surprised that this...
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Pros And Cons: Planting Evergreen Shrubs in the Landscape
Pros And Cons: Planting Evergreen Shrubs in the Landscape
Green is a way of life in the garden, but unfortunately, deciduous trees are only partly green, losing their leaves to the bane of winter. Some people choose evergreens for their courtly symmetry and ability to remain green throughout, without...
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At Vego Garden, our goal is to redefine Raised Garden Beds. The company was founded with the goal of launching a modular metal garden bed system with a 20+ year life expectancy, utilizing eco-friendly metal materials instead of cutting down trees. We emphasize innovative design and high quality with our products. The name vego carries the spirit of DIY modular raised beds suitable for growing vegetables.

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