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…
Spring Gardening
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…
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…
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…
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…