If I close my eyes, I can almost taste a sun-ripened tomato freshly picked from my parents’ garden. Whether you enjoy them juicy and fresh, or prefer them in the form of ketchup or homemade sauce, I think we can all agree that they’re superb. What you may not know is that they also pack a nutritional punch! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
There are maincrops, which are sometimes harvested as earlies. Or what about mid-season types that have thick, chewy skin? And how about new potatoes? What’s up with them? It’s enough to make you throw up your hands and head to the nearest fast-food drive-thru for the comfort of some french fries, right? We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
Along with those gourmet pots of the popular condiment that are made from the seeds, with flavors like “champagne” and “honey Dijon,” gardeners can sample all sorts of mustard greens when they grow their own supply. And while the spreads complement sandwiches and roasts, the spicy broadleaf or Asian leafy greens offer substantial nutrition and delicious flavor in stir fries, stews, and salads. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....
I love to make very strong recommendations about what people should do in almost every situation. And I like it even better when people follow my advice. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. When we’re talking about peas, there are just so many good ones. And there are personal reasons why you might like one variety instead of another....
Whether you consider it a color or the lack of color, white can be elegant, fresh, or even dramatic. Plant white roses and you’ll have blooms appropriate for centerpieces, weddings and bridal bouquets, cake toppers, or even just as a single bloom picked and placed in a bud vase as an exquisite self-care gesture. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
They flower at such an unlikely time, you may be too busy appreciating their cheer in a bleak landscape to notice that different varieties have their own distinct appeal. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. While pansies do resemble other members of the Violaceae family, like violas and violets, the three have different growing profiles....
They bring some much-needed color to a decidedly dull time of year. Unless your camellias aren’t blooming when they should be, that is. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. There are many reasons why a plant might refuse to flower, including problems with soil nutrition or pH, watering issues, or too much shade....
Read on for a thorough review of this gardening book that does way more than look nice on the coffee table! First Impressions While we’ve been taught not to judge a book by its cover, the lush blossoms on this one paint an accurate picture of what’s in store. Nolan spent five years photographing the flowers and foliage in her own gardens to accompany the wealth of knowledge she imparts....
That’s not to say there isn’t any benefit to companion planting, just that it hasn’t been thoroughly studied and quantified, and the practice is often imbued with mythical qualities. 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 want to learn more about the scientifically-backed benefits of companion planting, check out our guide. In the case of marigolds and tomatoes, the science backs up what many have suspected to be true....
We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. What Is Kohlrabi? Kohlrabi is a cultivar of wild cabbage, within the same species as broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts, and collard greens – Brassica oleracea. Its unique name has German roots, with a rough literal translation to “cabbage turnip” in English. While this descriptive name does provide a fairly honest picture of what this veggie looks like, it is a bit misleading nonetheless....
Don’t be afraid of growing these plants. It’s not difficult to get that gorgeous display, though many people are intimidated by roses and rambling ones in particular. That’s a shame because they’re fairly easy to grow, as far as roses go, so long as you can manage the training process. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
When we grow them as houseplants, orchids generally bloom for a few weeks or months and then they drop the flowers and they won’t bloom again. Or at least, they won’t bloom again unless you know what the plant needs to convince it to send out new flowers. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....
We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. What Is Forcing Blooms? To force the blooming process is to imitate what nature does outside, by doing it inside. This means recreating the cold of winter, the warmth of spring, and the rain that falls, to coax flowers to open before they would normally. Coaxing indoor blooming is a favorite pastime of gardeners who find it difficult to wait for the ground to thaw and outdoor gardening to resume....
Their voracious appetite is matched in intensity with an innate difficulty to exterminate, or even to repel. They’re a problem for gardeners of every level, and their constant westward expansion means the Japanese beetle won’t be a predominantly East Coast problem for long. When it comes to pest problems, a little knowledge goes a long way. After all, let us not forget the immortal wisdom of G.I. Joe who said, “Knowing is half the battle....
We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. It provides year-round nourishing sustenance, while also supporting pollinators, reducing your carbon footprint, and building a connection to your food source, to name a few. Continue reading to learn how to get started with growing a survival garden. What Is a Survival Garden? What is a survival garden?...
Here’s an example: One year, I grew a container of these purple, yellow, and white flowers (Viola tricolor) next to my garden. By the end of the summer, some of the flowers in the original container had gone to seed. With the help of the wind, they’d blown over into the raised beds. They grew so quickly that I swear I saw flowers within a few days of sprouting. It was probably a little longer than that, but not by much....
Want to make that herbaceous deliciousness a part of your personal culinary repertoire? Then you should consider growing your own curry leaf tree at home. You can use the leaves in your cooking, and as an added bonus, this plant is also stunning as an ornamental. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. The curry leaf tree is a tropical plant that’s native to India and Sri Lanka....
When it comes to these beloved, mystical tubes that grow like swaths of deadly party favors, their preference is for conditions that other types of vegetation can rarely tolerate, growing only in wetlands and bogs. These highly specialized environments have a high water table and primarily a peat moss substrate. So, if you’ve seen pitcher plants in someone’s yard, they either had the proper conditions available already, or they did some prep work to provide them....
At its most basic, bonsai is a beautiful example of the intersection of art and horticulture. It’s both about raising plants and creating an artistic tableau that captures the brilliance of nature in miniature. It’s easy to look at one of those hundred-year-old, award-winning trees and feel overwhelmed by the whole prospect. But don’t be. Just remember that you’re working with a plant, as you would in other types of gardening, and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than that....
When pests attack, you need to take swift action not only to avoid damage to that picture-perfect foliage, but to prevent an infestation from taking your plants out entirely. Now, before we jump in: you’re going to look at this list and think it’s awfully long. That must mean Swiss chard is constantly plagued by all manner of pests, right? Wrong! Even though there are many different types of insects as well as gastropods that will happily nibble on your chard, this colorful vegetable is rarely seriously troubled....
