If you love to grill outside during the warm summer months, growing eggplant is simply a must. This wonderful vegetable can take your outdoor grilling from good to excellent. Eggplants grow well and look wonderful in small containers. They can also be used as an ornamental border, do well in raised beds, and of course can be grown in your traditional garden. There are … [Read more...] about 14 Tricks on Growing Eggplant in Garden
Plant Care
14 Easy Steps for Growing Great Zucchini in Your Garden
Zucchini is a very versatile vegetable, which is why it is becoming more popular on tablets and in-home gardens each year. It can be made into pasta, fried, added to salads, and even used in desserts. Perhaps one of the best things about zucchini is the fact that it is relatively easy to grow as long as you are willing to take the time to do a bit of research about what is … [Read more...] about 14 Easy Steps for Growing Great Zucchini in Your Garden
14 Steps on Sowing and Harvesting Carrots at Home
Oh, the carrot… good ol’ caucus carrot subsp. sativus… its scientific name… one I’ve personally never come across before, but… still… it seemed interesting to learn. The carrot is a root vegetable, as most of us know… typically orange, but may be a variety of colors (mainly 5 options there). We domesticated carrots from the wild European- Asian crop for our … [Read more...] about 14 Steps on Sowing and Harvesting Carrots at Home
14 Keys for Growing Asparagus From Seeds
If you love asparagus and you have a garden, there is a good chance that you have at least thought about growing your own fresh asparagus in your yard. When you are researching growing asparagus in your garden, chances are good that you will find that most gardeners will start with established bare rootstock. While this is a good way to start a patch of asparagus in your … [Read more...] about 14 Keys for Growing Asparagus From Seeds
14 Organic Secrets on Growing Great Garlic
When it comes to being healthy, everyone will prefer eating organic foods. Organic foods don’t have chemicals and are better for your overall health. When it comes to growing great garlic, there are eight secrets you would want to know. Once you get great garlic, you’ll want to try the same secrets on other vegetables. Organic garlic is easy to grow and doesn’t have a lot … [Read more...] about 14 Organic Secrets on Growing Great Garlic
14 Steps to Grow Broccoli in Your Vegetable Garden
Broccoli is a vegetable that is a part of the Brassicaceae family. This family of vegetables includes kale, cabbage, Brussel sprouts, and several varieties of Asian greens such as bok choy. The part of the plant that we eat is actually the buds from the broccoli flower. If broccoli is not harvested the head opens up into flowers that are greenish-yellow in color. While most … [Read more...] about 14 Steps to Grow Broccoli in Your Vegetable Garden
15 Gardener Lessons for Growing Cabbage
Cabbage is a leafy green vegetable. It is a biennial plant that is quite hardy. It is grown as a cool weather plant because it can tolerate frost, but cannot tolerate heat. The plant will grow a terminal bud of overlapping, broad leaves that are called ahead. These leaves grow on top of a stem that is short and stubby. The heads may be flat, pointed, or round. The leaves of … [Read more...] about 15 Gardener Lessons for Growing Cabbage
14 Steps of Successfully Growing Cauliflower at Home
Cauliflower is a part of the cruciferous family. This is the same as broccoli. Both of these vegetables contain a wide variety of nutrients including antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, as well as other phytochemicals. Cauliflower provides a good source of riboflavin, thiamin, protein, vitamin K, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, folate, vitamin B6, potassium, manganese, and … [Read more...] about 14 Steps of Successfully Growing Cauliflower at Home
14 Easy Steps in Planting Cucumbers From Seeds
Cucumbers are easy to plant from seeds. It only takes a few easy steps to follow in order to be sure that you’re planting them correctly. Cucumbers grow fast, so you will be able to enjoy fresh cucumbers in a few weeks. That is if you follow the directions on how to plant them. The main thing you’ll need to remember is to plant them when the weather is warm or hot. This is … [Read more...] about 14 Easy Steps in Planting Cucumbers From Seeds
14 Tips for Growing Bamboo in Your Home Garden
Bamboo is a member of the family Poaceae. You’ll find bamboo on most continents except Europe and Antarctica. Most of the species that you see today came from China, South America, Central America, or Japan. Many bamboo species come from plains on mountainous regions of Asia where the temperature can go as low as -30 degrees Celsius during the winter. After dealing with the … [Read more...] about 14 Tips for Growing Bamboo in Your Home Garden
14 Tomato Plant Care Tips
Tomatoes are often the first thing that most people grow when they start a vegetable garden, which is ironic seeing as they’re actually fruits, not vegetables. These tangy, sweet, firm, juicy, oxymoronic fruits are absolute perfection. Us humans may find them delicious, but we’re not the only ones, virtually every pest imaginable also has a craving for tomatoes. As such, … [Read more...] about 14 Tomato Plant Care Tips