24 Sweet Potato Varieties You’ll Love to Grow in Your Backyard
Sweet potatoes are often treated as a specialty dish that are only cooked up on festive occasions, but this delicious root vegetableshould be enjoyed all…
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The 14 Best Tomato Varieties For Southern Gardens And Growing Tips
I always thought tomato growers in the south had it easy: they don’t have to contend with frost,cool summers, or short seasons. But southern gardeners…
How to Grow and Care for a potted Lemon Tree
Lemon trees are typically grown in tropical or subtropical regions, but if you live in a colder area and want to enjoy homegrown lemons, you…
Plant, Eat, Repeat: 16 Best Edible Ground Cover Plants to Transform Your Yard into a Foodscape
As you aim to reduce your grocery expenses, elevate your yard’s visual appeal, or swap out your conventional lawn for a low-maintenance and delectable alternative,…
Yellow Spots on Cucumber Leaves? Here’s How to Identify the 7 Most Common Causes and Fix Them
One of the joys of growing cucurbits like cucumbers is searching amongst the massive foliage for the delectable vegetables hiding underneath. But sometimes, your search…
Strawberry Companion Plants: 30 Vegetables, Herbs And Flowers To Pair With Strawberries
Strawberries are listed at the top of the “Dirty Dozen” as the produce that is most contaminated with pesticides. We don’t want these nasty chemicals…
Everything You Need To Know About Heirloom Potatoes—Including What Makes Them So Special
Potatoes, the unassuming root vegetable, have been a constant presence in kitchens and gardens for as long as anyone can remember. While the standard Russet,…
How to Identify, Treat and Prevent Early Blight on Tomato Plants
Early blight is a common fungal disease that can attack your tomatoes and spread throughout your garden to other plants in the tomato family. The…
Should You Grow Determinate or Indeterminate Potatoes?
Most of us are familiar with tomatoes being determinate or indeterminate, and even some beans will produce either long sprawling vines or short stubby bushes….
Thinning Carrots: Why When And How To Do Thin Them After Planting?
There are a lot of important points to consider when growing carrots: careful sowing, persnickety weeding, patience for slow germination, and then of course thinning….