Growing Winter Squash in Containers
The best winter squash candidates for container gardening are bush squash or semi-bush squash. They don’t produce side vines, so they don’t spread out, or they don’t spread out much—maybe …
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Gardening Equipment Every Tomato Gardener Needs
Gardening equipment is a blessing and a curse. It's possible I spend way too much time drooling over the array of tools at my favorite garden shop. In my defense, …
A Printable Companion Planting Chart
As much as I love to read, sometimes a printable companion planting chart is a better option. Scientifically speaking, you only need to see something for 13 milliseconds for your …
Harvesting your Lemons
Lemon trees are prolific providers of fresh fruit—many cultivars produce lemons year-round. But it can be a long wait from the time you see a tiny green lemon appear on …
Meyer Lemon Tree Care 101: Outdoors and In Containers
Delicious Meyer lemons come from a tree produced by crossing a true lemon with an orange or tangerine cultivar. If you've never tried one before, you'd be correct in assuming …
How to Start a Vegetable Garden from Scratch on a Budget
It's one thing to figure out how to start a vegetable garden from scratch if you have a big ole pile of cash in your wallet and no credit card …
