Planting Raised Garden Beds: Spacing & Growing Vegetables and Herbs
As much as I love harvesting a bowl of sweet peas or enjoying an heirloom tomato right off the vine, part of the fun of gardening is planting raised garden …
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5 Raised Bed Vegetable Garden Layout Tips & Tricks
The best bit of advice I have learned about garden planning is to group your vegetables and herbs together that have similar watering and light requirements. Generally, when we envision …
6 Vegetable Garden Planner Apps Compared
Why does it always seem like you spend all winter waiting, wishing, and hoping for spring, then when it arrives, your brain goes into panic mode, and suddenly you have …
Planting Pumpkins in the Ground or in Raised Beds
Planting
Pumpkins grow better when you plant the seeds directly in the ground. Ideally, you should prepare your pumpkin patch a growing season in advance to give the soil the time …
9 Cilantro Companion Plants That Keep a Whole Garden Thriving
Once upon a time, there was a woman who loved to garden. She planted cilantro near fennel, but the cilantro never grew. She didn't know that fennel secretes a growth-inhibiting …
20 Gardening Myths Busted
Sometimes, gardening advice gets passed around like gossip. It could be gardening tips from your grandfather on your mother’s side or a neighbor’s anecdotal vegetable garden evidence. It’s easy to …
What’s the Charles Dowding Multi-Sowing Seeds Method?
Tell me, fellow gardener... if you buy a square of onion sprouts at the gardening supply shack, do you plant each little tiny bulb one by one, or do you …
How to Keep Gardening in December
Hello December! The weather is getting colder, the holiday decorations are going up, and visions of early spring crops are dancing in your head. …
13 Deadly Vegetable Garden Pests
I’m just going to say it: There is a lot that can go wrong with a garden. Somehow, we humans have cultivated vegetables for about 10,000 years. But a few …
10 Pest Repelling Plants That Keep Bugs Away Naturally
My first garden was a success...almost. I remember watching the tomato leaves develop little buds that soon turned into tiny little green tomato babies. My zucchini was just starting to …
