If you are growing an edible landscape, you may wonder how to take advantage of the shady spots near buildings or around trees. Shady areas in your yard may be the perfect spot to plant herbs. Here are 12 culinary herbs that grow in partial shade. A vegetable garden provides plenty of fresh harvests for…
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.
Troubleshooting Seed Starting Problems
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Growing your own vegetable garden transplants from seed is pretty straightforward, but sometimes you can run into problems. Here’s how to identify and resolve some of the most common seed starting problems you may run into when starting seeds indoors. There is a special sense of fulfillment when you see the plants you have nurtured…
How to Grow Chives
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Chives are an easy to grow, hardy perennial herb that will reward you with attractive edible green foliage and colorful blossoms each year. Chives are a versatile and delicious way to flavor many dishes. Here are tips for growing chives. Chives are an herbaceous perennial species in the lily family (Liliaceae) and are related to…
How to Grow Beets from Seed to Harvest
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Beets do double-duty in the kitchen, producing tasty roots for canning, roasting, or boiling and fresh greens for salads, soups, and sautéing. Beets can be planted as spring and fall crops. Here are tips for growing beets plus types of beets to consider adding to your vegetable garden. Honestly, it took a while until I…
How to Grow an Indoor Garden
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Whether you are craving fresh harvests during the winter or live in an area without gardening space, you can grow edibles in your own indoor garden. Winter always seems to sneak up on me. It’s not until the first snowfall that I consider the growing season over. Up until then, I am still clipping hearty…
Vegetable Garden Planning: Choosing Vegetables to Grow
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When planning your vegetable garden, it is so easy to get excited about the wide variety of crops in the seed catalogs. Here are some tips to help you with choosing vegetables to grow. Deciding which vegetables to grow in your garden can be a lot of fun. Especially when you are looking over seed…
Grow Herbs Indoors: 5 Herbs that Thrive Inside
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Even if you don’t have outdoor gardening space, there are plenty of herbs that you can grow indoors successfully on a sunny windowsill. If you do grow herbs in your garden, fall is a great time to think about starting an indoor windowsill herb garden to grow herbs indoors so you can enjoy their fresh…
Grow Herbs Indoors: Potting Up Chives
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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…
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…