Discover the 7 easiest vegetables for beginners to grow. If you want a quick, abundant harvest you need these easy vegetables! Bonus 5 veggies to NOT grow if you're a beginner.
Do you have trouble with growing great cucumbers organically? Learn about which crops make great cucumber companion plants and which ones should be kept far away in the garden.
Learn which flowers should be planted in your vegetable garden. Companion planting flowers and vegetables, yeilds better, healthier plants.
Want to learn the best vegetables for beginner gardening? This list will get you growing food in your garden with ease and without overwhelm.
The appeal of the shishito pepper is simple: it has great taste, and it’s small size and thin skin make it easy to work with in the kitchen. Plus it has a surprise element in that 1 in 10 of these peppers is hot! And that makes serving it at parties extra fun! We’re countryfied...
To make sure that you get the freshest, juiciest, and biggest ones, here are 7 tips to keep in your mind when growing tomatoes.
You don't have to give up gardening when cooler temperatures arrive. Instead, just check out these best vegetables to grow in winter!
Learn which 14 vegetables to plant in October, plus the best varieties, planting tips, and recipes for your harvest.
Make your entire meal special with home grown cucumbers. Read the blog posts available on The Gardening Dad related to the Miracle Grow on Cucumbers.
This Arizona Vegetable Planting Guide provides planting dates and crucial information for growing 50 different vegetables in the low desert of Arizona.
Do you love growing okra in your vegetable garden? Learn the best okra companion plants to get a better harvest with fewer pests and healthier plants!
Seasonal vegetables have great taste and they are also fresh, if you eat the vegetables according to the season then your body will definitely get…
An easy-to-use, straightforward guide to vegetable garden pests that hands you all the info you'll need to identify common pests and manage them organically
Learning how to grow bell peppers in your home garden is so worth it! See how to plant, grow and harvest bell peppers to enjoy a taste you just can't buy.
Learn how to best orient your garden to maximize the use of your space
We love to grow Green Beans! They are a staple in the garden and the pantry. They are easy to grow, harvest, and preserve. Can't beat that!
Growing sweet potatoes is simple and rewarding. Learn how to grow sweet potatoes from slips, plus when to harvest and how to cure sweet potatoes!
Grow summer squash vertically by trellising or in tomato cages. It saves space, encourages air circulation, and allows the squash to be more visible reducing the chance of overgrowth.
See why you need to prune tomato plants early - and how to do it! Pruning tomato plants can lead to healthier plants and a bigger harvest!
If you want to grow a fall garden, you'll need to pick the right veggies. Here are 20 cool-weather vegetables that grow well in the fall weather.
Cabbage can be grown almost anywhere and is valued for its storage life and hardiness. Learn how to grow cabbage with these 10 tips.
Learn how to grow luffa (loofah), a delicious vegetable to eat (when picked very young) or let luffa grow and develop into a useful sponge.
Although fussy to grow in cooler areas, eggplant thrives in warm weather. Learn how to grow eggplant, and add this beautiful fruit (yes, eggplant is a fruit) to your garden and table.
These growing cucumber tips will help you grow cucumbers that are healthier and tastier! Cucumbers are one of the most versatile vegetables. They are a great addition to any salad, provide another layer of taste
Learn everything you need to know to grow winter squash and pumpkins - including planting, pollination, pests, harvest, storage and more.
Whether you're growing okra in your home garden or buying fresh from the farmer's market, freeze fresh okra quickly and easily. It's so easy!
Introducing flowers to a garden has many benefits in addition to adding beauty. The flowers can be used in animal crops to deter pests and attract beneficial insects such as pollinators. Interplant
Learn how growing vegetables indoors year round is easy and fun. Even apartments with limited space have enough room for a few pots of vegetables for some much needed organic gardening. #indoor #vegetables #growvegetables
Growing zucchini in pots has a learning curve, but if you set your plant up according to this step-by-step guide, you are sure to do well!
Beets are a staple in any homesteaders garden. They’re super nutritious plants that can be used for everything from sauteed greens to harvesting sugar from the roots. I happen to love the flavor of a homegrown beet, and once I figured out these tricks to growing beets, I was thrilled. Did you know beets are...
Learn how to make sweet potato slips with the faster soil methods or the traditional water method in this blog post.
If you like growing zucchini, you'll love learning about the space saving method of how to trellis zucchini. In reality, you can pretty much trellis almost any vegetable that has a vine including tomatoes, melons, and many more! This climbing vegetable is easy to grow, but best of all, can save you a ton of space when you help it grow on a trellis! Another great thing about growing zucchini on a trellis is that it won't overtake your other plants or vegetables! Because zucchini is a vine vegetable, when planted on the ground (not on a trellis), it can
Zucchini is one of the easiest plants for new gardeners to grow. With these seven helpful tips for growing zucchini plants, you will have a great harvest!
Want to grow your own potatoes? Follow these planting techniques to grow a successful crop! How deep to plant potatoes and other tips!
Broccoli is a biennial crop that can typically be grown for harvest twice a year (spring and fall). It's not particularly difficult to grow, but it does require a few simple things to have a
There are over 30 different crops you can plant in August. I am going to focus on the 9 crops you can plant in August that are the base fall & winter crops.
A full guide on how to grow Brussels sprouts for beginners in a backyard garden.
Learn all my tips and tricks for having a successful vegetable garden in zone 9b. I've lived in this zone my entire life and share my top tips!
Garlic is a crop that you can plant in the fall to be harvested in midsummer. Homegrown garlic tastes great, take up very little room in your garden, and doesn’t require a great deal of
Today we'll teach you how to grow passion fruit, one of the most bountiful backyard crops, that's actually pretty easy to grow! If you've ever eaten a passion fruit, you know how incredibly juicy and sweet and sour it can be, but did you know that passion fruit is also extremely healthy? Packed with vitamins and antioxidants, many consider it to be a super food! So let's get started and grow our own passion fruit! Passiflora edulis is a species of a passion flower vine that is native to northern Argentina and Southern Brazil. The passion fruit tree mainly grows
These are the herbs that grow well together and those that don't. Companion planting has long been recognized as a valuable technique in gardening, and when
