In this month’s Food Gardening Magazine, you get everything you need to know about planting peas, growing peas, and harvesting peas—peas so delicious, you may wish you’d planted more! Once …
In this month’s Food Gardening Magazine, you get everything you need to know about growing ginger root at home—so you always have that fresh, zesty taste on hand! You can …
Ginger plants are most susceptible to soil-borne diseases. You can help prevent this by planting your ginger in fresh, nutrient-rich, disease-free soil. …
Ginger plants are heavy feeders but lackluster scavengers; they want their nutrients and they want them right there, right now! If your soil is already nutrient-rich and you’ve mixed in …
Plant your ginger in fresh soil; ginger prefers well-drained sandy or loamy soil. That can be a combination of potting soil and compost—just make sure that the soil is loose …
Blackberry plants require little work over the years, but you can’t ignore them completely if you want the best yields. Here’s how to nurture your plants along to get the …
Once you’ve prepared the ground, preferably a year ahead, it’s time to actually plant your blackberry bushes! It’s easiest to work the ground in spring, and most blackberry varieties are …
Cucumbers need lots of phosphorus and potassium to properly grow plentiful, healthy fruit, and fertilizers can provide the extra nutrients that cucumbers need to grow quickly and fully. …
Having healthy cucumber plants starts with having great soil in which to grow them. Cucumbers produce more fruit when they have a low amount of nitrogen, and compost with 2% …
