Choosing Between Types of Pruning Shears
What I love about gardening is that there's always something new to learn—some new experience a friend shared with you to improve the taste of your tomatoes or a trick …
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Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing and Enjoying Rhubarb
Tending your rhubarb plants or cooking with rhubarb means having the right tools to do the job in both the garden and the kitchen. …
Harvesting your Rhubarb
In general, you can start harvesting your rhubarb the second year after planting; that’s assuming you started with a division/crown/root. You’ll have to wait until the third year after planting …
Harvesting your Kale
How you harvest your kale depends on a combination of the type of kale you’re growing, and when you want it—a little at a time, or all at once? …
Harvesting your Oranges
You’ve watered. You’ve weeded. You’ve cut off suckers. You’ve watched, week after week, month after month, for a sign that your oranges are ripe for the picking. How will you …
Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing and Enjoying Beets
Tending your beet plants or cooking with beets means having the right tools to do the job in both the garden and the kitchen. …
10 Tips for Growing Chives (and 5 Reasons You Want To)
I could be wrong, but I feel like chives don't get the praise they deserve. Growing chives is about as easy as it gets in the garden, and it's a …
Essential Tools and Equipment for Growing and Enjoying Chives
Tending your chive plant or cooking with chives means having the right tools to do the job in both the garden and the kitchen. Below is a list of items …
How to Choose the Best Garden Shears for the Job
Of all the garden tools I’ve acquired over the years (and there are quite a few), I tend to use the same four or five tools over and over again. …
10 Tips for Harvesting Herbs to Eat
I love harvesting herbs. I love the aromas that slowly drift through the air as I pinch off a sprig of sweet basil or earthy sage. And nothing fills the …
