Year of the Garden Bean
Every year, the National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization promoting the pleasures of home gardening, selects one annual, one perennial, oneContinue Reading
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Every year, the National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization promoting the pleasures of home gardening, selects one annual, one perennial, oneContinue Reading
Photo: homegrown-garden.com/blogs That’s it: you’ve made up your mind. This year, you will be starting your own vegetable seedlings forContinue Reading
You can readily fit a small vegetable bed into a wheelbarrow. Photo: garden.com It sounds like a crazy idea atContinue Reading
English cucumbers contain no viable seeds. Photo: producegeek.com Question: Do store-bought (English) cucumbers produce seeds that are viable for planting? CanContinue Reading
You can let a surprising number of vegetables and herbs self-seed. Photo: silverserviceconsultancy.co.uk Traditionally, home gardeners buy vegetable seeds andContinue Reading
Lead is still poisoning urban soils. Photo: subpng.com, uokpl.rs & onlygfx.com I had a horrible scare back in the mid-1980s.Continue Reading
Bean seeds come in a wide range of colors and sizes. Photo: cooperroadcsa.blogspot.com Question: I was a bit slow harvesting myContinue Reading
Ill.: imgbin.com, pngall.com & www.netclipart.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog Whether they’re hot peppers or sweet peppers (i.e. bell peppers), green, red, yellow or whatever color,Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again. Nights are getting cold, too cold for your tomatoes to mature on the vine,Continue Reading
Ill.: Kissclipart & uihere, montage: laidbackgardener.blog Question: My grandmother always warned me not to plant potatoes and tomatoes together or they would cross,Continue Reading









