What could be more satisfying than the flavor of freshly dug potatoes lifted straight from your own garden? See how to grow potatoes using the traditional trench and hill method. My first attempt at growing potatoes was a lot of fun. You can’t beat the flavor of freshly dug potatoes from your own garden. Potatoes…
Spring Gardening
8 Great Tips for Growing Potatoes
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Have you tried growing potatoes in your garden? Growing potatoes is fun and not that difficult! You can grow unique varieties not found in supermarkets. I have several articles about growing potatoes on this website that are very popular. It is clear that many of you want to know more about growing, storing, and cooking…
30+ Vegetables That Grow in Shade
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Do you have an area of your garden that is shaded part of the day? If you think you can’t grow anything there, you are wrong. There are many vegetables that grow in shade. Some even thrive when sheltered from the intense rays from the summer sun. Trees and buildings in and around your yard…
10 Tips to Growing Peppers in Colder Climates
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Growing peppers is possible even if you are in cooler climates. The key is to select varieties that are adapted to colder temperatures with early maturity dates, so they grow and ripen before the first fall frosts kills the plant. Peppers are members of the Solanaceae, or nightshade family, and the genus capsicum. They are…
9 Creative DIY Tomato Trellis Ideas
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A tomato trellis is a freestanding structure usually made from wood or metal that is used to support the sprawling vines and heavy fruit of the tomato plant. Providing support for your tomato plants helps keep the plants healthy, so they can produce maximum yields. The type of trellis support you will need for your…
Chitting Potatoes Gives Them a Head Start
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Chitting potatoes is also called greensprouting, or pre-sprouting. Chitting it is a way of preparing potatoes for planting by encouraging them to sprout before planting in the ground. This gives the tubers a head start and encourages faster growth and heavier crops once the seed potatoes are planted. Plan on planting your potatoes in early…
13 Easy Vegetables to Direct Sow
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To direct sow your seeds just means to plant your seeds outdoors in the garden where it will grow instead of starting the seeds indoors in containers under lights. If you live in a warm climate, you can direct sow almost any crop. Those of us who garden in colder areas either begin sowing seeds…
10 Steps to Starting Seedlings Indoors
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Growing your own seedlings from seed offers you more flexibly and control over your garden. You can choose your favorite varieties, grow the number of plants you need, and work within the planting dates that suit your growing area. Growing your own seedlings offers a number of benefits: It is less expensive than purchasing nursery…
How to Harden Off Seedlings
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If you grow your own vegetable seedlings indoors under lights, or if you purchase transplants from a nursery greenhouse, you will need to adapt your seedlings before transplanting them into the garden. This adjustment process is called “Hardening Off.” Hardening off is the process of adapting plants to the outside, so they can get used…
Growing New Zealand Spinach
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New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides), also known as Cook’s cabbage or tetragon, is a leafy plant that grows native in New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, and Japan. Captain Cook discovered the plant and used it to help his crew prevent scurvy. Sir Joseph Banks introduced the seeds to England in 1772 and it became a popular…
9 Crops to Grow for Food Storage
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If you have an area in your basement that stays cool all winter long, you can make use of these cold spots to keep storage crops fresh well into winter. Try experimenting with growing some of these keeper crops for winter food storage. I’ve been gardening in one form or another all my life. I…