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In-Ground Gardens: Working with the Soil You’ve Got
There’s a certain romance to planting straight into the earth—no lumber to buy, no bags to haul, just you, a spade, and the promise of harvest. In-ground food gardens can …
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10 High-Yield Crops for a Cost-Efficient Garden
I'm just going to lay it on the line here: gardening can be expensive. It doesn't need to be, and certainly, the return on investment is usually pretty high. That …
How to Grow a Valentine Garden with 16 Romantic Vegetables
You’ve heard of fairy gardens, octopus gardens (in the shade!), and hanging gardens. Now, it’s time to introduce the Valentine garden to the mix. Because honestly, what’s more romantic than …
What’s the Charles Dowding Multi-Sowing Seeds Method?
Tell me, fellow gardener... if you buy a square of onion sprouts at the gardening supply shack, do you plant each little tiny bulb one by one, or do you …
10 Beautiful Flowering Vegetables (and Herbs)
They say you can’t put pineapple on pizza. They say you shouldn’t have more than two cups of coffee or tea each day. They say you can’t have it all. …
Radish Gardening with Kids
I picked today's piece, "Radishes," for everyone who has ever had a little garden helper or has tried gardening with kids. For me, it's my daughter, who has been my …
15 Best Veggies to Plant in Spring for an Early Harvest
Some delicious vegetable crops can take months to mature. And while I’m more than happy to get my hands dirty and play the long game, I also need to have …
Unexpected But Edible: 10 Weird Things You Can Actually Eat From Your Garden
As a kid, I played this game with my friend where we’d blindfold each other and take random food or condiments from the fridge and get the other person to …
Family Gardening The “Smart” Way
We love our family gardening time around here. It's time for us to spend enjoying nature together, not to mention the crunch of a fresh radish or the velvety softness …
Prospector’s Patch
Gardening is about patience. You learn to live by the seasons, marking time by sunrises and sunsets until the next hard rain. But sometimes, you strike gold. You find that …
