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Rotating Vegetable Crops for Garden Success
Home vegetable gardens will benefit as much from rotating vegetable crops as big farms do. Learn what crop rotation means and how to make it work in your garden.
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garden fundamentals
Rotating Vegetable Crops for Garden Success
Home vegetable gardens will benefit as much from rotating vegetable crops as big farms do. Learn what crop rotation means and how to make it work in your garden.
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garden fundamentals
Which Vegetables Are Most Efficient?
This list from the National Garden Bureau rates vegetables based on their total yield per square foot, average value per pound, and growing time.
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How Much Do I Plant?
"How much do I plant?" That's a common question. The perfect-sized garden yields all the tomatoes and other vegetables that you need and some extra to share with friends. Please use this guide of how much you can expect to harvest from a 10 foot row to help you determine exactly how much of your favorites to plant.
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diy garden projects
3 Ways to Use Cattle Panels in the Garden
Many favorite vegetable plants — such as tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peas, melons, and squash — need a little help standing tall. Cattle panels, available online and at farm supply stores, are a simple, affordable way to keep plants off the ground and away from foraging critters and soil-borne diseases.
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Crucial Growth Stages When Vegetables Absolutely Need Water
Vegetables go through stages when they are at their most sensitive to water for good growth and development. Find out what they are.
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how to grow
Growing Snap Beans
Dependable and easy, snap beans are among the most productive veggies you can grow. They mature quickly, too. Growing snap beans is a must for every garden.
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recipes
Harvest Soups You Can Freeze
recipes
Arroz con Gandules (Rice with Pigeon Peas)
garden ideas inspiration
Full Sun Vegetable Plant Garden Ideas
There’s nothing like harvesting fresh veggies straight from your backyard or balcony and creating a delicious dinner from ingredients you grew yourself. But many veggies need what the experts call “full sun” to grow their best. Do you know which of your favorites need it?
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recipes
Mixed Sweet Pepper and Green Bean Salad
how to grow
Growing Edamame
Growing edamame, a traditional Japanese food, is easy. Plants tolerate dry conditions, and few pests like them. You eat the beans that grow inside the pods.
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Simple Ways to Cook with Herbs
recipes
Recaito with Culantro
garden fundamentals
The Basics of Fertilizing
All edible plants remove some nutrients from the soil, and some have such huge appetites that they quickly exhaust the soil (and then produce a poor crop) without the help of fertilizer. Fertilizer is especially helpful early on, when plants are making fast new growth. The key is to match the fertilizing strategy to the plant.
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Cabbageworms, Cabbage Loopers, and Cross-Striped Cabbageworms
Cabbageworms are velvety green caterpillars that are 1 to 2 inches long.. White butterflies fluttering around your cole crops are the first sign of these munchers -- they are laying eggs that hatch into tiny cabbageworms that do more damage as they grow. Cabbage loopers are thin, green, inchworm-like caterpillars, also about 1 to 2 inches long. They often appear at the same time as the cabbageworm. The cross-striped cabbageworm is easy to identify by the blue-gray and black stripes across its back. All three pests chew holes in the leaves.
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Which Veggies for Which Season?
Learn which vegetables to plant in summer, spring, and fall. Seasonal vegetable planting is the first step to a beautiful and bountiful garden.
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What to Plant in a Victory Garden
You’ve probably heard a lot about victory gardens lately, and it’s no wonder. Now is a great time to get your hands dirty and dig into the challenge and fun of growing your own food. We’ll help you choose the best edibles to plant in your victory garden.
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diy garden projects
DIY Veggie Garden Trellis
A trellis can be a great structure for keeping climbing vegetables like peas, pole beans, and cucumbers off the ground. It also can be a head-turning addition to your garden landscape.
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Container Inspiration Gallery
From the types of plants you select to the almost endless range of containers you can use to house them, container gardening is an excellent way to add beauty to your landscape while growing veggies and herbs you'll love to eat. Check out these inspiring designs ...
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garden fundamentals
Corn Earworms
These caterpillars bore into fruit, especially corn. Damage to beans is usually minimal.
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garden fundamentals
Square Foot Gardening
Square foot gardening is exactly what the name says: dividing a growing area into 1-foot x 1-foot sections. In a true square foot garden, an actual grid is placed on the growing area to divide up the space. What you grow in each section depends on the mature size of the crop.
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7 Tips for Getting Kids in the Garden
Most kids would love gardening, if given the chance. Here are 7 ingenious tips for getting kids in the garden.
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Meet the Urban Gardeners
Urban gardeners use salvaged materials and creativity to build a mini-farm in their backyard. Learn from their experience to grow your own urban garden.
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Keeping Rabbits Out of the Garden
Forget the fact that rabbits are soft, fuzzy, and cute. These critters can be one of a gardener’s most despised pests, wiping out entire crops overnight. Rabbits prefer young, tender shoots and are particularly fond of lettuce, beans, and broccoli.
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