Vegetables

  • Red Malabar Spinach seeds on their vine with a hand as background

    Red Malabar Spinach and Alyssum

    To eat my Red Malabar spinach, I pull the leaves off the vine at staggered intervals and enjoy it in a salad or as…

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  • A hand spreading fertilizer in the soil around a young plant

    10-10-10 Fertilizer: Use And Benefits

    If you’re unsure of your specific garden fertilizer needs, generally you’ll not go wrong applying 10-10-10 fertilizer an “all purpose complete fertilizer”, balanced for…

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    Upgrading Your Garden at Almost No Cost

    Firstly, upgrading your garden won’t happen if you aren’t willing to experiment with landscaping and do yard work. However, we want to offer you…

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  • Extracting and collecting seeds from half a dozen tomatoes

    How to Collect Tomato Seeds

    First of all, you want to collect seeds from heritage or open-pollinated tomatoes. If you collect seeds from hybrid tomatoes, there is no telling…

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  • Homemade salsa in jars

    Cucumber Companion Plant and Canned Salsa

    There is a lovely flower that I have started to grow as a cucumber companion plant that attracts a huge number of bees. I…

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  • A big orange pepper on a plant

    A Great Year for Growing Peppers

    I am going to try to save the seeds from which to grow peppers, but I am not sure if they will be viable.…

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    Intelligent Styling Ideas For Your Garden

    A lot of people put all of their focus into redecorating and renovating the inside of their homes, forgetting how important it is to…

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  • A scene full of cool weather crops, floers and greenery

    Second Crops

    Planting second crops of peas and beans and other vegetables at this time is well worth the effort. My fourth crop of lettuce is…

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  • Swiss chard plant

    Swiss Chard Recipe

    The Swiss chard that is also growing in my cool weather planter is very ready to harvest. I have grown to love this vegetable.…

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  • bunch of white, red and purple radishes

    Garden Refresh with Radishes

    I planted radish seeds in individual seed cells, and they are all up and flourishing. According to the experiment that I am following, I…

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    Soil Calculator and Raised Garden Bed Basics

    It is imperative that soil contains vitamins, nutrients, and organic matter that can feed the plants, as well as give the roots plenty of…

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    Cutting Lettuce with Scissors

    I find the best way to harvest lettuce is to cut it as needed. The lettuce will continue to grow and can be cut…

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  • Small early tomatoes appearing on a vine

    Experimenting with Vegetable Gardening

    The marigolds, calendula and alyssum that were planted as tomato companion plants are doing well. As the blooms of the alyssum started to fade,…

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  • A wooden walkway with yellow mud boots against a garden.

    Planning A Garden Wisely: How To Avoid Garden Planning Mistakes

    Growing a garden is a great way to make your yard look beautiful while adding to nature. There are many different garden styles and…

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  • Wild Parsnip invasive species

    Wild Parsnip Rash and Around the Vegetable Garden

    Sadly, I keep finding wild parsnip in and around the area and it is requiring a lot of my attention. I don’t like to…

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  • Showing various crops in a cool planter

    Veggie Bites – Cool Crop Planter and Gypsy Moths

    If you would like to try a cool crop planter, you can plant one now. Find a large pot and place it in partial…

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  • Gardening in shipping containers

    Shipping Containers and Sustainable Food Production

    It is a well-known fact by now that our current way of living on the planet is not sustainable. Global population continues to grow.…

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    Veggie Bites – Rose Petal Jelly

    The rose I went for is the one I know as Frontenac. I brought a four-cup measuring cup with me and filled it with…

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  • bunch of tomatoes and hybrid tomatoes

    Veggie Bites – Hybridized Tomato and Rhubarb

    They discovered that when Joan’s father saved the seed it started reverting and became its own type of tomato. If for example you use…

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  • A fresh bunch of new radishes just pulled from a vegetable garden

    Veggie Bites – Partial Shade Planter

    My partial shade planter is starting to grow. It is not too late for you to plant a few seeds in partial shade as…

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    Veggie Bites – Head Start with Your Vegetable Garden

    If you want to get a head start on some of your more tender vegetables in your garden them, now is the time to…

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  • An incredible vegetable display tomatoes, potatoes, leeks, peppers, onions, lettuce and so on

    Veggie Bites – Planting Vegetables

    It is not too early to be planting some vegetables such as peas, chard, kale, beets, and lettuce. These cool weather crops will be…

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  • A leafy area with pests on it's twigs

    19 Garden Pests and How To Treat Them

    Unfortunately, one of the most severe issues you will face off is the fight with pests. I will list you here some basic strategies…

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    Veggie Bites – Monarch Waystation

    You will need milkweed for a Monarch Waystation; however, I know of people who are allergic to milkweed and find it difficult to be…

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