When You Work in Gardening, You Always Have a Friend
Today's story begins how most of my weekend mornings do, hanging by the seed rack at my local gardener's co-op. Well, at least April through June-ish. In An Unexpected Compliment, …
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Food Gardening Paints a Bright Future
In neighborhoods across the United States, a gardening movement that took root during the pandemic is blossoming into a full-scale green revolution. What began as a lockdown pastime has grown …
The Best Summer Vegetables to Grow for Low-Carb Diets
It's no secret that fresh vegetables are good for you. It's also no secret that many of us don't have enough fresh veggies in our diets. I could leave it …
Your Complete Guide to Breeding and Cultivating Heirloom Lettuce Varieties
Heirloom lettuce plants produce seeds that you can cultivate and breed. Learn more below so you can grow new heirloom lettuce varieties each year.
Heirloom Lettuce Seeds and Why You Want …
Sunflower Companion Plants for a Vegetable Garden
Is there any flower more lovely than the sunflower? Famous post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh painted a series of sunflower canvases. It appears on the state flag of Kansas. There’s …
Easy Ways to Start Growing Vegetables from Scraps
I admit it, I’m a scrapper. I love growing vegetables from scraps. It doesn’t always work, but when it does you get to give yourself a little pat on the …
The Best Plants for Straw Bale Gardening
To talk about the best plants for straw bale gardening, it's probably important to clarify what straw bale gardening is exactly. The short version is that you can grow vegetables …
Why Asparagus Takes So Long to Harvest
Picture harvesting fresh asparagus spears from your garden just as the sun pops its head up in the spring - it's a gardener's dream that requires a gardener's greatest virtue: …
What to Plant in April in USDA Zones 4-6
There's something quietly thrilling about those first April mornings in the garden. After what feels like an endless winter of thumbing through seed catalogs and sketching garden plans on scraps …
What to Plant in April in USDA Zones 9-10
I have to chuckle when I hear you zone 9-10 gardeners talking about your "spring" gardens in April. Let's be honest - you've been at this for months already, haven't …
