Chives have a mild onion flavor and are delicious eaten raw on salads or as a colorful garnish. Late summer into early fall is a great time for potting up chives into containers to grow indoors. Grow chives all year even when the garden is under snow. Chives are one of the most dependable herbs in the…
Gardening
Most of the activity that happens here at Grow a Good Life is gardening related as we attempt to grow as much of our own food in our Southern Maine, Zone 5 garden.
13 Quick Growing Vegetables for Your Fall Garden
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Instead of watching your summer crops struggle to ripen the last few fruits, pull them out and plant some of these quick growing vegetables for your fall garden. The vegetable garden shines in summer with abundant harvests. As fall approaches, most of the summer crops begin to wind down. Cooler nighttime temperatures and diminishing…
How to Propagate a Rosemary Plant from Stem Cuttings
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Learn how to take rosemary cuttings from an established mother plant and grow new rosemary plants in containers that can be moved outside in summer and indoors in winter. Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a perennial herb in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 and warmer where it can be planted in the garden and can grow…
Growing Tomatoes: 10 Tips to Improve Your Tomato Harvest
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Whether you are growing tomatoes for salads, or to preserve into canned tomato sauce and salsa, these tips will help you improve your tomato harvest. Tomatoes are one of the most popular crops to grow in a home vegetable garden. They are often eaten raw in salads, sandwiches, and salsas. Tomatoes also can be simmered…
How to Grow Potatoes in Containers
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If you don’t have the room in your garden to plant potatoes or even if you have no garden at all, you can grow potatoes in containers. Here are some tips for growing potatoes in pots, grow bags, and buckets. There is nothing like the flavor of freshly dug potatoes. Potatoes are easy to grow…
Planting Spring Garlic
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Missed your chance to plant garlic last fall? Has your winter storage garlic sprouted? Try planting spring garlic. You may not get large cloves, but you can still enjoy the mild flavor of green garlic. Garlic is normally planted in the fall for larger bulbs. Once planted, the garlic begins growing roots, and then goes…
Soil Blocks to Grow Seedlings
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A soil block is a cube of lightly compressed soil and nutrients that will grow one seedling. When the plant is ready to be transplanted, the entire block is planted into the soil. No root mangling will reduce transplant shock. When I first began gardening, I purchased transplants from a local nursery and had a…
Grow a Good Life’s Top 10 Posts of 2017
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Your favorite articles about growing an organic vegetable garden, preserving the harvest, and enjoying garden fresh recipes! Thank you for being a part of the Grow a Good Life community. It’s fun to look back over the year and see the posts you enjoyed the most. The end of the year is a good time…
7 Tips for Growing Great Garlic
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With a little planning at planting time, garlic is one of the most trouble-free crops you can grow in the garden. Here are some tips for growing garlic. Why Grow Garlic? More Variety: There are more than 200 cultivars of garlic available in from seed catalogs and farmers’ markets in the United States. Only two…
8 Easiest Vegetables to Grow in Your Garden
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Do you want to grow and preserve your own vegetables, but worry that you won’t have the time to tend to your garden? No problem! There are plenty of vegetables that won’t take a lot of effort to grow. Whether you are new at gardening, pressed for time, or just want to grow a vegetable…
7 Tips for a Low-Maintenance Vegetable Garden
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Do you want to grow your own food, but worry that you don’t have time to tend to a garden? These tips will help you plan a low-maintenance vegetable garden that will reward you with fresh food throughout the garden season. There are many benefits of growing your own food, including amazing flavor and nutrition,…