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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …