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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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Make a Cucumber Tent Trellis

Keep cucumber vines off the ground by making your own cucumber tent trellis. Tendrils will grab the wires and secure the vine to the trellis as it grows.

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5 Variations on a String Trellis for Tomatoes

A string trellis is a simple, effective way to support a growing tomato plant. Here are 5 options to consider including in your garden.

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How to Build a Simple Corner Trellis

This simple corner trellis does double duty as both a sturdy support for your plants and a beautiful edible landscaping element in your yard. Use it to grow cucumbers, melons, peas, beans, or virtually any other vining plant.

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DIY: How to Build a Bamboo Trellis Tower

Here’s a simple, beautiful way to support tall-growing tomato (aka "indeterminate tomato") plants: a Bamboo Trellis Tower, brainchild of horticulturist and garden designer Charlie Thigpen. Bamboo can be surprisingly easy to find, as it grows vigorously and often a little too enthusiastically for the person on whose property it resides.

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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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How to Support Tomatoes

Whether you use tomato cages, stakes, trellises, or something else to support tomato plants, you keep the plants healthier and ensure easier harvesting.

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4 x 4-foot Homemade Salsa Garden

Grow the plants for homemade salsa in your own Salsa Garden in a 4x4 raised bed or in-ground garden. The plan includes tomatoes, peppers, onions, and herbs.

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Let Cucumbers Climb

Instead of letting vines trail along the ground, let your cucumbers climb. Trellised cucumbers are easier to pick and less susceptible to disease.

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Fast and Fresh 4 x 4-foot Pizza Garden

Use this pizza garden plan to grow fresh ingredients for homemade pizza. What better way to get kids to eat their veggies than putting them on pizza?

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Growing Cucumbers

Learn expert tips for growing cucumbers in your vegetable garden. Cucumber is a relatively easy plant to grow and really easy to eat!

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4 x 4-foot Tabbouleh Garden

Plant this garden in spring after your last frost date, and choose tomato and cucumber varieties that grow best in your area.

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Growing Cantaloupe and Honeydew Melons

Growing cantaloupe and honeydew melons is so rewarding, as they taste much better than their store-bought cousins. Learn the best techniques here.

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Easy and Tasty 4 x 4-foot Kids' Garden

This kids' vegetable garden plan from Bonnie Plants features a variety of kid-sized vegetables and herbs that are flavorful and attract butterflies.

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Creative Vertical Gardening Ideas

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What Size Pot?

Not sure what size pot you need for your vegetable or herb? Don't guess when it comes to this. Use our handy guide to make the right choice for your plant.

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Growing Tomatillos

Learn expert tips for growing tomatillos, a crucial ingredient in salsa verde, in your own home vegetable or salsa garden.

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Growing Green Peas

Snap-style green peas are a delicious, versatile spring or fall crop. Find out expert tips for growing green peas in your home vegetable garden.

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Growing Jicama

Try growing jicama, a root vegetable that adds sweetness and crunch to salads and stir-fries. Learn how with Bonnie Plants.

recipes

Cucumber Tomato Salad

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How to Grow Mexican Gherkins

Mexican gherkins look like tiny watermelons but taste like lime-infused cucumbers. Get expert tips for growing Mexican gherkins in your home vegetable garden.

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Marinated Cucumber Salad with Fresh Dill

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Save Money Growing Vegetables and Herbs

Save money growing vegetables and herbs at home. You'll make fewer trips to the grocery store, and your food will be fresher. Get started here.

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Creative Ways to Grow Food on Your Deck

Discover the many ways you can grow food on your deck in containers, including window boxes, hanging baskets,vertical growing, upcycled containers, and more.