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How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag
The decision to learn how to grow potatoes in a bag is not one to be taken lightly. Are you short on garden space but still want a crop of …
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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 …
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 …
The Gift of Family and Garden
I'm fortunate to have a wonderful family and garden that I love. I especially appreciate how much my daughter loves spending time in the garden. She's (almost) always willing to …
10 Marigold Companion Plants in a Vegetable Garden
As a kid, my least favorite flower was the marigold. Companion plants, pollinators, and wondering how the heck to keep rabbits out of my garden was still years away. Marigolds, …
How to Get Rid of Wireworms in Potatoes
If you find small, dry, round holes in your tubers, look more closely, and you may discover wireworms in potatoes. Wireworms can cause significant damage in a garden, but they …
Can You Eat Green Tomatoes Raw or Are They Toxic?
Can you eat green tomatoes? Raw? Cooked? Diced into a salsa? Oh, this question is as old as time. What else would we bicker about at our gardening clubs, if …
The Best Flowers for a Vegetable Garden to Attract Pollinators and Deter Pests
When Emily Dickinson wrote this poem in the mid-1800s, she may or may not have been thinking about flowers for a vegetable garden. There’s really no way to say. She …
How to Plant a Food Garden According to Your Palate
Winter is the season of garden planning, and once the holidays are over, I like to sit down and dream about what my garden will look like in the spring …
7 Common Vegetables that Should Not be Planted Together
I remember being in third grade and my teacher separated two of the annoying boisterous kids (okay, one of them was me), and said: “You two just can’t be around …
