How to Plant a Bare Root Apple Tree
I'll tell you a secret: The only way you're going to learn how to plant a bare root apple tree is by ... planting a bare root apple tree. Because …
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Top Planted of 2024: What Our Community is Planting This Year
I hope you're excited as we gear up for another fruitful year of food gardening! Here at Food Gardening Network, your feedback is invaluable as we strive to create content …
5 Things to Plant in April
Since you can still get some frost in April, always make sure whatever you’re planting is frost-tolerant, or simply wait until the end of the month. In terms of coming …
6 Vegetables to Plant in March
In March, most of us are just beginning to think about starting seeds after scouring seed catalogues for months and eagerly awaiting exactly this moment. Depending on where you live, …
How to Design the Best Garden Layout for Vegetables in Your Yard
Is it misleading to say that every garden is beautiful? And the best garden layout for vegetables to thrive is more about science than aesthetics? I've seen gorgeous gardens with …
5 Vegetables to Plant in October
A few years ago, I was in line at the farmer’s market talking to a farmer about how great he must be feeling because it’s the “end of the season.” …
5 Vegetables to Plant in September
I grew up thinking September was a time to wind down from summer gardening and switch over to harvesting. But I’ve actually learned that there are vegetables to plant in …
Planting Vegetables in the Fall: Easy Crops for Now and Later
Some people think that gardening is a summer’s game, but not only are there such things as succession crops—which you plant in the same place as your spring crops—but you …
Hydroponics for Beginners: 5 Systems for Growing Greens and Veggies
Nothing gets me more excited than being able to grow veggies and herbs in the winter while there's snow on the ground outside. And you can do the same if …
Life Savers
served as a British soldier for more than two decades. When I was discharged, I was physically fine but—as I realized later—mentally broken. Things I’d blocked out at the time …
