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Harvest Guide to Summer Veggies
Use this harvest guide to recognize when your beans, tomatoes, squash, and other summer vegetables are at the peak of flavor.BeansYou may pick snap beans when they are very young and serve them as baby...
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Harvest Guide for Cool Weather Vegetables
Harvest your cool weather vegetables at the peak of perfection using these guidelines.BroccoliWhen you see a head beginning to form in the center of the plant, check its growth every day. Ideally, you...
View ArticleHow Much Do I Plant?
"How much do I plant?" That's a common question. The perfect-sized garden yields all the tomatoes and other vegetables that you need and some extra to share with friends. Please use this guide of how...
View ArticleHow Much Water Do Vegetables Need?
A good general guideline when it comes to watering your plants is an inch of H2O per week, either by rain or watering; in arid climates, it is double that. In hot weather, vegetables need even more...
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Which Vegetables Are Most Efficient?
This list from the National Garden Bureau (NGB) rates vegetables based on their total yield per square foot, average value per pound, and length of time in the garden. Crops are rated from 1 to 10,...
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Rooftop Gardening
When I gave up my 5-acre flower and herb farm in Pennsylvania and moved to Manhattan I was lucky to find a garden atop my condo building. I needed a garden. It needed a gardener. But what a different...
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Save Money Growing Vegetables and Herbs
Growing all—or even a portion—of your own vegetables and herbs at home pays you back in freshness and convenience. You'll save money by eating what you grow and making fewer trips to the grocery store....
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Seasoned Advice for First Time Gardeners
Lucinda Mays is that knowledgeable, helpful neighbor whom every new gardener would love to have. Since most folks aren't lucky enough to live next to a growing expert, try the next best thing: reading...
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Select a Good Site
Plant a garden where you can provide these things.Provide FULL SUN for best growth and flavor. Six hours is minimum, but ten is better. Plants depend on sunshine to develop sugars for sweetness and...
View ArticleThese Vegetables Take a Chill
Not all vegetables need the warmth of summer to thrive. Cool weather vegetables, such as broccoli, kale, and lettuce, prefer the lower temperatures found in spring and fall. These vegetables are...
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Which Veggies for Which Season?
Because a vegetable needs either warm or cool weather, crops sort themselves into two distinct categories: cool season (for spring and fall) and warm season (for summer). Planting in the proper season...
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Why Does pH Matter?
You may have heard of soil pH. You may have even heard some people say that they don't worry about testing the soil; that it is usually okay. That's often true. But if the soil pH is not okay, how will...
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Why Grow Vegetables and Herbs in Pots?
If you do not have room for a big garden, grow vegetables and herb in pots. Why pots? The reasons are many. Here are a few of the big ones.It's convenientNothing is easier when you need a tomato or a...
View ArticleWhy Grow Your Own Vegetables and Herbs?
People who have never gardened or those who haven't in a while are now growing vegetables and herbs for fun, health, and economy.Garden for freshness and flavorMost store-bought vegetables can't match...
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Rotating Vegetable Crops for Garden Success
To keep the vegetable garden healthy, avoid repeating the same planting plan in the same spot. This practice, called crop rotation, can feel a bit like juggling, but it's important to prevent...
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Spacing in the Garden
While vegetable garden spacing isn't an exact science, it's important to know about how far apart to place your plants.If you plant them too closely together, their roots will compete with each other...
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The Importance of Healthy Roots
Did you know that what you see above ground in your plants is really determined by what's hidden underground? What happens underground, where the plant roots live, drives plant growth. The bigger and...
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Why Victory Gardens Still Matter
I am a life-long gardener. Growing up in rural Oregon, I was taught by my parents to grow, can, and cook food – all good old skills that seem to be so rare these days. But they weren't rare during...
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Garden Mistakes -- and What I've Learned From Them
Some say the best lessons are taught by our failures — and when it comes to gardening, I would have to agree. Season to season, I not only learn from the mistakes I make in my garden, but also share...
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Vacation Survival Guide for Your Garden
Sure, that beach vacation you've been planning is going to feel like heaven to you – but it won't to your garden. That's because a week or two without the usual TLC can leave your plants feeling dry...
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