In fact, this cabbage-family super veggie is one of the easiest of garden greens to grow. And just a few plants can keep you and your family supplied with a weekly harvest almost year-round! Being a cool weather and frost-hardy crop, it lasts well into winter. And picking leaves weekly will ensure a steady supply of fresh greens in all but the heat of mid-summer. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....
We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. The process mostly involves putting the weeds in water and aerating the mixture from time to time, to allow for proper fermentation. Let’s take a look at what you need and why you should try it. What Is Dandelion Tea Fertilizer? People have been trying to improve the fertility of their soil for over 8,000 years!...
These foliage plants are known for their lovely leaves, but many species have big, colorful, highly fragrant flowers. Plus, breeders and enthusiasts are working hard to create hybrids that have even more massive, heavily-scented blossoms in new colors. A lot of people don’t know what to do with the blooms, though. Do you need to cut them to keep the foliage pretty? Should they be deadheaded to encourage more blooming?...
This invasive planthopper originated from China, where it was observed and appeared in records dating as far back as the twelfth century. This pest feeds on an extensive variety of economically important plants, ranging from grapes and fruit crops to hardwood trees. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. This insect lays eggs on a variety of surfaces – including the wheel wells of cars – allowing it to be easily transported to new areas....
Related to the ubiquitous garden tomato, these summer annuals can be included in your veggie garden to provide a crop of delicious, tropical-flavored fruit in just one growing season. Ground cherries are known by a seemingly endless list of common names, including Cape gooseberry, poha berry, pichuberry, ground tomato, strawberry tomato, golden berry, Inca berry… and the list goes on! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....
And there’s really no good reason for this! Gourds also come from the Cucurbitaceae family, so if you can grow one species, you should be able to grow them all. These vegetables (and yes, they are veggies) are beautiful in their own unique lumpy-bumpy way, and nothing says fall like a beautiful bumper crop in the garden. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
Trying to grow more of what you eat? Then look no further than the humble pinto bean. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Whether you’re a beginner when it comes to beans or learned at growing legumes, this guide has all the information you need to cultivate your own pinto beans with ease....
Okay, you’re not going to yield a huge harvest. But regrowing food from the bits that you would usually toss out means being able to harvest your own crop of fresh leafy veggies, at a much more affordable price. It won’t cost you anything but a bit of water, and some time. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
And do you know what I love most about this one? The container is an upcycled everyday item, and the gilded accents are materials gathered from your off-season garden. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Design Concept In this contemporary-style arrangement, low-profile white chrysanthemums nestle in a sparkling silver square wrapped in filigree-style gold ribbon....
But then you got home and realized the recipe actually called for baby bok choy. Your heart sinks. Did you just purchase the wrong thing? Will your recipe be ruined? What the heck is the difference between the regular and baby versions of the plant, anyway? We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. In this article, we’ll explore the mystery of the baby versus the grown-up version of Brassica rapa subsp....
I often have these homegrown vegetables for casseroles or three-bean salads I take to football tailgates, and sometimes for the potlucks that a particular group of my friends likes to hold on the weekends near Halloween. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. If you garden in similar weather, or live in a somewhat cooler growing zone but are willing to take extra measures to protect your plants, you can also grow green beans in the fall....
Those of you who remember gardens in the ‘80s know that roses had fallen out of favor. People saw them (justifiably, sometimes) as fussy, difficult, and ridiculously tender. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Most of them bloomed once for a short time and then needed deadheading to return the next year. Until they came back, you had a fairly boring plant that didn’t add much to the yard....
Parsnips are in the Apiaceae family, just like carrots and parsley – and they’re often overlooked in favor of their bright-orange cousin. But they shouldn’t be. As with carrots, we eat the taproot of the parsnip plant, Pastinaca sativa. Parsnips have an earthy, sweet flavor that pretty much tastes like the encapsulation of autumn, if you ask me. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
Those in zones that receive frost sow and reap in the spring, while those in the warmest zones within this range plant in the fall for a winter harvest. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. This article takes container gardening a step further and brings pea cultivation indoors. Here’s what we’ll cover: Let’s jump in!...
Caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (or Xcc), the bacteria enters a cabbage via a leaf pore or wound, such as a broken leaf. It spreads systemically, rendering all plant tissue vulnerable. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. In this article, we zero in on cabbage black rot disease, ways to inhibit it, and how to deal with an outbreak....
They add charm and grace to beds, borders, and containers, plus numerous landscape settings from cutting gardens to creek banks. This large genus in the Iridaceae family has numerous subgenera, species, sections, and cultivars that give us a fantastic array of plants to choose from. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. With careful selection, you can enjoy their sumptuous rainbow colors and sweet, floral fragrance over a long season, from early spring through to midsummer....
We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Pod Formation When your chosen varieties approach maturity, pods begin to form. And they often grow quickly, within a few days after flowering. Check on them daily, and when they reach about three inches in length, they should be at the peak of flavor and tenderness, ready to harvest....
Compared to something like a carrot, which you can enjoy just 60 to 75 days after planting, pie plant takes months. Often one year. Sometimes two or three. But oh, when you finally bite into that heavenly slice of rhubarb pie, crisp, or crumble, the wait will have been beyond worthwhile. This means that if you haven’t ever grown rhubarb before, you should start now. Check out our complete guide to growing rhubarb to get started....
But if you pick your crop too early, your harvest will feel a bit insubstantial. If you wait too long, on the other hand, you will end up with a mouth full of unpalatable stringiness. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. In this article, we’re going to look at a few ways to determine when beans are ready to harvest, as well as a couple of easy techniques for removing the pods from the plants....
It doesn’t take much imagination to figure out what this basic concept entails. It involves carefully measuring gardening plots. Careful planning can have a huge impact on how much food you grow, and how much waste you can avoid. But for traditional gardeners and acolytes of other styles (like myself), we may need a bit more of a formal intro! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....
