10 New Vegetable Varieties (and Fruits!) to Look for in 2022
If you're looking for some new vegetable varieties to try in your garden this year, have we got a list for you! And we'll throw in a mini-biology lesson at …
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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 …
Garden Gags and Midnight Munchies
Growing up in a family where even spinach got star billing thanks to Popeye, gardening was practically in my genes. My siblings and I, forming a motley crew of garden …
10 Vegetables that Require Little Sun to Flourish
When we bought our house, my favorite thing in the backyard was the hundred-year-old Ash tree smack dab in the center of the yard. She was statuesque, gorgeous, sturdy, and …
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 …
How to Deter Slugs and Grubs in a Vegetable Garden
In the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz, the protagonist, Dorothy, and her friends, the Tin Man and Scarecrow, walk through a dark forest, fearing that they may get eaten by …
5 Tools & Tips for Surface Sowing Seeds
If you think about it, the idea of surface sowing seeds isn't that radical. I can guarantee there aren't many gardeners carefully measuring out the perfect depth to plant dandelion …
Different Types of Lettuce by Flavor
Like most people, I was once in the camp of those who didn't believe that you could really taste a difference between lettuces, but maybe that's because my two main …
How to Build a Raised Lettuce Garden
There are many great reasons to grow your own lettuce, and I personally prefer to grow it hydroponically indoors from fall through spring. One of the most compelling reasons for …
Growing Garden Burgers in your Backyard
Growing up with a love for burgers doesn't mean you can't embrace the green side of life! Join me in the backyard burger revolution with these five plant-powered creations that …
