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Storing and Preserving your Tomatoes

So, you’ve picked plenty of tomatoes and you have more than you can eat in a week. Time to put together a preservation plan! …

Dealing With Hot Pepper Diseases

Like all food crops, hot peppers are susceptible to various fungal diseases. Your greatest weapons against these are best planting practices, which help prevent disease in the first place. This …

Storing and Preserving Your Hot Peppers

So, you’ve picked plenty of peppers and you have more than you can eat in a week. Time to put together a preservation plan! Handling tip: Hot peppers, even milder hot …

How to Fill a Raised Garden Bed with Soil Before Planting

There are plenty of interesting ways to create a raised garden bed. In fact, there aren't really many rules at all. It's whatever works for you. But then there's the …

How to Make Easy Kitchen Scrap Fertilizer

If you've looked through the Food Gardening Network website, you know we love composting. We've written articles about keeping animals out of your compost bins, how to compost indoors, what …

Storing and Preserving Your Cranberries

Depending on how many cranberry plants you’re growing, you might have more cranberries than you can reasonably consume in a short time. Good thing they’re easy to store and preserve! Sort …

What Do Weeds Tell You About Your Soil?

We gardeners spend a lot of time and energy getting rid of weeds. So it may be a little surprising when I say that weeds aren't always bad. In fact, …