Romaine Lettuce With a Bare Stem
In the home garden, Romaine lettuce is best used by harvesting leaves from the base, a few at a time.Continue Reading
Category: Vegetables
Day Wilters May Not Need Watering
Squash plants often wilt on hot summer days, but probably don’t actually need watering. Photo: www.groworganic.com Question: My squash plantsContinue Reading
Christmas Balls to Keep Birds Off Tomatoes
Hang red Christmas balls from your tomato plants to confuse hungry birds. Ill.: pluspng.com, www.freeiconspng.com & www.tomatodirt.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog DoContinue Reading
FYO: No, You Don’t Need to Remove Suckers from Tomato Plants
Contrary to popular belief, tomatoes do not produce suckers. Many gardeners will no doubt be shocked to hear that, becauseContinue Reading
Grillscaping: Grow Food You Love in the Space You Enjoy
We’ve all heard the expression, “You are what you eat.” Nowadays we also want to know more about the sourcingContinue Reading
Plant Tomatoes on Their Side
When you start your own tomato plants indoors, they tend to be a bit wimpy: tall and thin with fewContinue Reading
10 Surprising Facts About Sweet Corn
Sweet corn (Zea mays saccharata) is widely grown all over the world except in areas with very short summers. It’sContinue Reading
Beans: Tall or Short?
There are two main types of garden bean (which you may also know as green bean, wax bean, string bean,Continue Reading
Lambsquarters: Edible, But Don’t Let It Near Your Veggies!
Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album), also called goosefoot, is a common weed found all over the world. It has the advantage of beingContinue Reading
Eat Your Thinnings!
As your spring vegetable garden begins to fill in, you soon reach the stage where you’ll need to thin theContinue Reading