Growing Cilantro from Seeds, Seedlings, or Cuttings
You can easily grow cilantro from seeds, seedlings, or cuttings, indoors or out. Cilantro has a relatively brief lifecycle. It sprouts quickly in the cooler months, is ready to harvest …
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7 Tips for Successfully Growing Vegetables in Window Boxes
You've heard the story. You can probably tell the story. You're growing vegetables in window boxes, and they're coming along just fine. You run out to do some errands one …
Vegetable Garden Box Advice for a Making a Container Garden
In the northeast where I live, there are about 4-5 months of actual gardening, and 7-8 months of planning. I like to plan a garden that is partially in-ground and …
Growing Dill from Seeds, Seedlings, or Cuttings
Dill is an easy herb to grow. In fact, though dill is technically a biennial it is often grown as an annual, left to its own devices dill will reseed …
Growing Green Beans in Containers
Bush beans and pole beans both grow well in containers. Because beans are a warm weather plant, if your region has particularly cold springs where soil temperatures don’t warm up …
Where to Grow Wheat
Wheat grows well in containers—but you’d need a lot of containers to yield a decent crop. Nevertheless, if you’d like to enjoy the beauty of this plant, you can grow …
Growing Lemons from Seeds, Seedlings, or Cuttings
Can you grow lemons from seed? Yes. Should you? Well, it depends. Are you willing to nurture your seedling for about 15 years until it produces fruit? Then, plant away! …
Growing Asparagus in Open Land, in Raised Beds, or in Containers
Asparagus is easy to plant and grow, but because this vegetable is a perennial, it has some special requirements for planting. Whether you grow asparagus in raised beds or open …
Growing Cherry Trees from Seeds (Pits), Bare Root Plants, or Potted Saplings
You can buy cherry trees as either potted plants or bare root plants. As their name suggests, potted plants are grown in pots in greenhouses. …
Growing Cauliflower in Containers
Because cauliflower has shallow roots, it’s ideal to grow in a container. The main thing to remember will be watering, as soil dries out much faster in a pot than …
