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
Category: Vegetables
Beginner’s Guide to Sowing Vegetables Indoors
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
A Moveable Feast: Growing Your Veggies in a Wheelbarrow
You can readily fit a small vegetable bed into a wheelbarrow. Photo: garden.com It sounds like a crazy idea atContinue Reading
Can I Grow English Cucumbers from Store-Bought Fruit?
English cucumbers contain no viable seeds. Photo: producegeek.com Question: Do store-bought (English) cucumbers produce seeds that are viable for planting? CanContinue Reading
Self-Seeding Vegetables: The Easy Way Out
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 Can Still Be a Problem in Urban Soils
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
Are Bean Seeds Edible?
Bean seeds come in a wide range of colors and sizes. Photo: cooperroadcsa.blogspot.com Question: I was a bit slow harvesting myContinue Reading
Saving Peppers From Fall Cold
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
Garden Myth: Are Green Tomatoes Poisonous?
Ill.: http://www.pngegg.com & http://www.pngkey.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog It’s that time of year again. Nights are getting cold, too cold for yourContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Don’t Plant Tomatoes and Potatoes Together
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
