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How to Grow Rhubarb – the Plant that Keeps on Giving
Growing rhubarb in the home garden offers an annual harvest from a pretty, somewhat tropical-looking perennial. Rhubarb is often sold as a bare root crop, available in late winter. Look for it at your local nursery or big box store and get it in the garden for an ongoing crop.
Permaculture Design Principles: Smart Garden Layout for a Bigger Harvest
Looking for some new ideas for growing more food in your space? Consider a vegetable garden layout that includes sequential planting. These permaculture design principles are especially effective with perennial vegetables.
How -- and Why -- to Grow Your Own Seedlings for the Garden
If you’re planting a garden, you’ll need to decide if you’re planting seeds or seedlings. Here’s what you need to know about seed germination and growing vegetables from seeds. ​ ​Germinating seeds is not difficult — so long as you provide sufficient moisture, light, and the proper temperature.
How to Grow Banana Peppers
If you love the flavor of hot peppers, but not the intense heat, add some banana pepper plants to your gardening plan! They’re easy to grow and will produce all summer long in your backyard vegetable garden. These small and good looking plants are easy to grow in containers, too.
Growing Raspberries for a Delicious Harvest
Growing raspberries is a delicious way to dedicate some of your garden space. Contain raspberry brambles beautifully on a trellis, and harvest the berries from summer into fall depending on the variety you choose. Planting raspberries makes a tasty addition to your garden and is a perfect way to enjoy the taste of summer picked freshly from a backyard bramble!
Soaking Seeds for a Successful Garden - Attainable Sustainable®
The process of soaking seeds before planting is very much akin to sprouting seeds in your kitchen. It is as simple as pouring the seeds into a small bowl or jar and covering it with plenty of water. The seeds will expand as they absorb water. The skins will soften slightly and the soaking water will take on the color of the seeds. Once the soaking period is up and you are ready to plant, simply drain the water from the seeds and take the seeds out to the garden.
Growing Arugula for Gourmet Greens
Arugula is a type of easy-to-grow leafy salad green that adds a slight peppery kick to salads and mesclun mixes. It can be considered a gourmet item that’s a bit expensive to buy. Happily, growing your own arugula in your backyard vegetable garden is quite easy!
Growing Sage for Flavor and Beauty
Growing sage in your herb garden adds a unique and pretty plant that looks as good as it tastes. Known for its fuzzy leaves and accompaniment to savory recipes, sage can also switch things up in a salad and be used as a medicinal herb. With a delicious flavor and smell all of its own, as well as its ability to attract pollinators, growing sage is an asset to your garden and health!
The One Pepper Plant You Must Grow!
Shishito pepper plants are compact and nice looking, as well as prolific, making them an excellent addition to your vegetable garden. Shishito peppers are a mild pepper that have begun to make an appearance on restaurant menus as a roasted appetizer. You can replicate that flavor at home all summer long when you grow shishito pepper plants in your vegetable garden!
How -- and Why -- to Grow Your Own Seedlings for the Garden
If you’re planting a vegetable garden, decide if you’re planting seeds or seedlings. Here’s what to know about seed germination & growing vegetables from seeds.
Growing Lemongrass in Your Herb Garden for Flavor
Growing lemongrass is easy. As in really easy — and a lemongrass plant is a pretty addition to gardens, too. Lemongrass is an herb commonly grown in tropical regions. Its strong lemon flavor is a common ingredient in Asian foods, and is used to give soups, stir fries, and tea a little extra zing. Grow it in your herb garden or add it to an edible landscape.
Buckwheat Plants: 9 Reasons Growing Buckwheat Makes Sense
Planting buckwheat has been surprisingly good at creating lots of unexpected benefits in my vegetable garden. THINK: fertility, pollinators, and more. PLUS, growing buckwheat plants is super easy.
Swiss Chard: A Great Green for Your Garden!
Growing Swiss chard in containers is a great way for urbanites to grow some greens. Of course, Swiss chard is a great addition to an in-ground vegetable garden, too. A single Swiss chard plant will produce for months! Swiss chard — also known as silverbeet — is less finicky in the garden than spinach and milder in flavor than kale.
Growing Strawberries in Your Home Garden
Growing strawberries in the home garden can be a tremendously fruitful endeavor. Strawberry plants are perennial, which means they’ll thrive in your garden for several years, making sweet berries every season to spoon over shortcake or make into strawberry ice cream.
Herbs and Flowers as Companion Plants for the Vegetable Garden
Companion planting is a natural method that’s easy to adopt in a home garden. Adding specific combinations of vegetation can help your garden’s health.