Growing and eating your own food can give you great satisfaction. So, if your garden space is limited, let your imagination increase its size. Here are some small space gardening ideas to get your imagination going. 1. “Three Sisters” Planting This traditional Native American plant grouping allows you to grow corn, pole beans, and squash …
Vegetable Gardening
I love using fresh herbs in my cooking! Going out to my kitchen herb garden just a few feet away from my back porch and getting just what I need for my salad, or that finishing touch for dinner is just perfect. I couldn’t ask for more. Planting herbs as near to the kitchen door …
If you’re new to gardening, you might want to start with some quick and easy-to-grow crops. Let’s look at a few easy garden crops that are guaranteed to give you a good yield. This is great for beginners, for teaching children to work in the garden, or for anyone who just wants to get some …
As the short, cold days of winter drag on, slowly lengthening, our fingers itch to dig in warm, crumbly soil again. We flip eagerly through seed catalogs and longingly inventory the packets left over from last year, tucked into plastic tubs or shoeboxes or old biscuit tins. But we don’t have to stop there; many …
Spring is a fantastic time to grow vegetables. The idea of planting and tending to crops might sound intimidating, but taking care of vegetables isn’t necessarily difficult. There should be no problems if you are well-informed and patient. Check out these easy vegetables to grow. 1. Kale Kale has grown in popularity over the years …
As hard as we try to preserve the rich summer harvest, the winter months can be hard for a gardener who loves eating fresh. An indoor winter vegetable garden will allow you to extend the growing season and offer you some freshly grown vegetables throughout the winter months. If you have a greenhouse, salads are …
Carrots, parsnips, radishes, horseradishes, beets, and many more delicious root vegetables can easily be grown in your backyard. Most root crops don’t need a lot of attention. Let’s look at the details of how to grow root crops successfully. What Are Root Crops? Roots: The Complete Guide to the Underground Superfood (Superfoods for Life) Root …
As you learn how to grow chives, you will realize they are simple and beneficial to have around. Whether you already have an existing herb garden and you want to add to it, or if you’re just starting fresh by planting chives, you’re going to love this easy-to-grow herb. Chives are a hardy perennial, so they’re a …
If you never grew vegetables before, starting a veggie garden might be a daunting task. But don’t worry: today we’ll look at how to start a vegetable garden for beginners, and by the end you finish reading this, you’ll know what you should grow in your first vegetable garden. This may seem like an obvious …
How to grow Brussels sprouts, the sweet, nutty, mini cabbage like plant that Christmas just cannot do without. But don’t just save your sprouts for your Christmas dinner as there is so much to this garden vegetable, and the over boiled, sour tasting, green, soggy balls that so many of us were used to does …