Articles related to "Vegetable Plants"



Supports for Climbing Vegetables
Add visual appeal and maximize potential growing space by creating unusual, functional structures for climbing fruits and vegetables in your garden!
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Unique Vegetable Plants in Toronto
A guide to shopping for interesting annuals, perennials, herbs and vegetables in the Greater Toronto Area.
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Growing Vegetables Part 2
Growing Vegetables, Part 2 is second in a 3-part series on growing vegetables in spring. Learn how to plant corn, cucumber, eggplant, melons, okra. Gardening tips too!
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The Curious Gardener's Almanac
Learn about the whimsical gardening tips in this Niall Edworthy book such as: "The more one gardens, the more one learns" ~ Vita Sackville-West
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Weeds in the Vegetable Garden
Handling weeds in the vegetable garden can be a real challenge, but with the right knowledge and the willingness to deal with them, weeds can be overcome!
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Fava beans
If your soil isn't frozen, you may still be able to plant these nutritious treasures. Fava beans are easy to grow and can be eaten in numerous ways.
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Much Ado About Mulch
Mulching your garden beds is essential, especially at this time of year, when temperatures begin to really climb and rain becomes a little more scarce.
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Success with Spring Spinach
Trouble with your spinach plants bolting in the spring? Find out how to delay bolting and keep your spinach producing into the summer.
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Sudeley Victorian Kitchen Garden
Saving the planet one vegetable at a time
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Turning Tomato Growing Upside Down
Growing tomatoes upside down not only saves garden space, but insect problems are reduced and yields are increased.
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We have a tomato winner!
There's nothing like the taste of home-grown tomatoes. However, our unpredictably cool season had me thinking I'd never get any of these ruby treasures before frost. A few favourites like Oregon Spring and Gold Nugget came through and I can now add another favourite - Tumbler tomato to my list of must-haves for next year's garden.
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Rabbit-Proofing a Vegetable Garden
Trying a combination of remedies for rabbits in the vegetable garden will prevent a season's worth of fruit and vegetables from being devoured by these annoying critters!
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Watering Desert Vegetables
In the dry, arid climates of North America's southwest, irrigation is a must if gardeners want to have a productive vegetable garden. But take care; too much water can be
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All America Selections Plant Winners for 2008
The All-America Selections plant winners of 2008 has been published. Here is an easy to grow vegetable eggplant, a cool season viola or white osteospermum to try.
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Companion Plants: Tomato Asparagus
When you plant tomatoes with asparagus, they complement each other and help each other thrive. That is what companion planting is all about.
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How to Boost Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Kids
Parents should be more creative and provide incentives to encourage their children to eat more fruits and vegetables.
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Plant A Fall and Winter Garden
How to plant a fall and winter vegetable garden to have fresh vegetables even in snow. A list of cool season vegetables. Plan today for your fall and winter harvest.
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Saving Heirloom Seeds
If you intend to plant an heirloom vegetable garden, you will certainly want to save your heirloom seeds. To keep heirloom seeds pure, you should have a garden plan...
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Special Mother's Day Gifts
Unusual and creative presents for your mom to cherish.
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Square Foot Gardening
Square foot gardening is an intensive gardening technique that utilizes a grid of one-foot squares. Square foot gardening is especially suitable for small spaces.
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Summer Perk Up
Perk up your late summer garden by planting second crops of both flowers and vegetables. You can also weed, mulch, prune, deadhead and more to keep your garden looking tidy.
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The Edible Garden
Fruit trees and vegetable plants are great garden choices but should be blended into the landscape. In other words you may not really want a totally edible garden.
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The Much Maligned Mustard Green
Late summer, early fall is a great time to plant mustard greens. Take another look at this vegetable that will add zing to your salads and spice up your garden as well.
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The Things Mothers Grow For Love!
A fun, tongue in cheek look at the many "rare and exotic" plants and non-plants gardening mothers grow to please their children!
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Zucchini Blossom End Rot
Blossom End Rot is the result of a lack of calcium in the zucchini plant. This article discusses what to do about blossom end rot and yellowing in zucchini.
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Growing Vegetables in Containers
You don't even have to have a small patio to grow vegetables. A front stairway stoop will even work for a container garden.
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Herbs as "Companions"
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How to Grow a Salsa Garden
Growing the main ingredients of a basic salsa recipe in a container garden or vegetable patch is very rewarding for vegetable gardeners and chefs alike.
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Montreal: Big Ideas, Small Gardens
Reclaimed industrial land is recycled to prove that small urban gardens can be exciting and innovative outdoor living spaces, even in Canada's cold northern climate.
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A New Twist On Vegetable Gardening
If you are limited on space, time, or because of less-than-ideal growing conditions, consider new ways to incorporate a few vegetables into your landscape!
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Aroids: 'A World Food’
Aroids are believed to be one of the oldest cultivated crops known to man. They were grown in Asia as a food crop over 10,000 years ago. Read on for great recipes, history and more...
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Cooking Edible Flowers
Edible flowers are regaining popularity. There are many exciting possibilities for adding flowers to dishes.
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Garden Questions & Answers for June
Garden Questions & Answers for June
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Gardens for Special Needs Kids
Most children learn by doing. Children with disabilities are not only included in that group, often they learn primarily by experience.
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Help End World Hunger
Global Gardening and Square Foot Gardening Foundation work to end world hunger. "Help End World Hunger" reports on this international charity & gives world hunger facts.
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How to Prepare the Vegetable Garden for Spring
The vegetable garden may not be producing this late in the year but the work is not over. Preparing for spring gardening begins in late fall.
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Raised Bed Gardening II
In Raised Bed Gardening Part II, I explain how to easily create a raised garden bed, a raised garden bed frame, and a cold frame. Raised bed gardening can be easy!
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Sure Signs of Fall
Signs of Fall: Fall gardening Chores
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Vertical Gardens for Small Spaces
Use vertical space in a garden to create an enabling garden. Here are some vertical gardening ideas to grow plants in small spaces.
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Walking Sticks
Walking sticks are nature's oddity, if you can find one. They don't harm plants enough to warrant killing or treating your plants for them. Controlling them is as easy as moving them elsewhere. They are not beneficial at all, but enjoy them when you see them.
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Planting Basics
Planting is a no-brainer...right? Wrong! One of the easiest ways to waste money is to buy a plant, dig a hole in what passes for soil in your yard and plop it in.Some plants will survive this, but a great many will depart to that great compost heap in the sky.
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All-America Selections Winners
Each year gardeners look forward to seeing which plants will earn the All-America Selections award for being easy to grow and beautiful garden specimens.
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Animals in the Vegetable Garden
Most gardeners agree that the vegetable garden is incomplete without animals. Whether considered pets or pests, animals have a role in your vegetable or kitchen garden.
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Apple Picking in Massachusetts
A seasonal favorite, apple picking is a cherished pastime amongst New England families who spend harvest time at local orchards and farms.
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Fertilizers for Container Gardens
Plants in container gardens need fertilizers to thrive while growing. Fertilizers that contain nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium are good for growing healthy plants.
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Frugal Living Vegetable Gardening
Growing a vegetable garden is a frugal living tip to save money and stretch the home budget. Here are ways to save money when planting a vegetable garden and cooking.
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Grow Vegetables in Containers
Create a victory garden in containers and have homegrown food. Learn about growing a fruit and vegetable garden in small spaces.
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Harvesting Your Garden
Harvesting your Garden.
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Hold a Plant Auction Fundraiser
A plant auction is an excellent way to raise money for a local garden club, association of gardeners, or community garden.
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How to Pot Up Tomato Seedlings
One of the most enjoyable processes for vegetable gardeners is growing vegetables from seed. Proper maintenance of seedlings includes potting them up into larger pots.
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