Harvesting your Chives
You can start harvesting chive leaves once they’re about 5 to 6 inches high. Just cut the leaves, and leave a few inches behind if you want them to regrow. …
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Nurturing your Chive Plants
Once your chives are settled in—whether it’s in a container, a raised bed, or open ground—consistency is key when it comes to watering. If you don’t get rain on a …
Growing Chives in Containers
Chives are easy to grow in containers, indoors or out. If you’re tight on space, you can grow them in a little container on your windowsill, or in a larger …
Planting Chives in the Ground
Chives need lots of sunshine in order to thrive—six to eight hours of sunshine a day. They’ll tolerate partial shade, but that may reduce how much they flower. …
Where to Grow Chives
Chives like a full day of sun—six to eight hours. They’ll do OK in partial shade, too, but you are likely to get fewer flowers that way. The soil should …
Growing Chives from Seeds or Starts
You can grow chives from seeds, starts, or divisions (splits). If you have a fellow gardener with an ever-expanding chive patch, you could offer to help divide the plants and …
Types of Chives
Common chives and Garlic chives are what you are most likely to find growing in the U.S. Siberian chives are rarer, but sometimes available from specialty seed companies or at …
Planting Gooseberry Bushes in the Ground
Gooseberries will grow happily in partial shade; in fact, they prefer a cool, moist spot to a blazing hot spot. The gooseberry is the perfect candidate to reside in a …
A Small Kitchen Garden Vegetable List
I’ve always felt that one of the joys of a garden is that moment when you walk outside and get some fresh herbs to cook with or when you see …
Starting with the Right Soil for Your Thyme Plants
Due to its Mediterranean origins, thyme thrives on dry, sandy—even rocky—soil. Many gardeners believe thyme actually benefits from poor soil and a lack of water. For this reason, thyme makes …
