Vegetables - Fine Gardening
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Design
Mark’s Ornamental Vegetable Garden in Vermont
Hi GPODers! Gardeners tend their landscapes for a wide variety of reasons, but one reason is the most prolific and historic: To produce food. While this might conjure images of…
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Design
Claire’s Garden Renovation in Minneapolis
Happy Monday GPODers—hope you all had a fabulous weekend and, for those of us facing heat waves, are staying cool!! When starting a restoration, renovation, or upgrade project it can…
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How-To
How to Grow Peppers That Won’t Let You Down
Peter Piper may have picked a peck of “perfect” peppers, but for the rest of us, a good harvest of this popular veggie can be more elusive. Peppers, like their…
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How-To
How to Grow Beans All Summer Long
In my father’s victory garden, we planted a single crop of beans in late spring. The endless rows came in all at once, and we spent a long, hot week…
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How-To
Basics of Growing Fava Beans
I had never met a fava bean until I moved to Northern California in the early 1980s and started my market garden. I noticed that the local Italian folks seemed…
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Article
Fast-Growing Warm-Season Vegetables
While we might be waiting for tomatoes or peppers to ripen later in the summer, some tasty treasures will be prolific and supply the kitchen in short order. As cooler…
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Design
Connie’s New Garden
Today’s photos are from Connie Raines in Georgia. I am a hobby gardener and a professional interior designer. I learned about plants and flowers while tending my own small city…
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How-To
Tomatoes for Mountain West Gardeners
Despite working predominantly in ornamental—especially naturalistic—horticulture, I hold an “interdisciplinary minor in organic agriculture” from Colorado State University. Early in my career I worked primarily in food crops, and before…
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Design
The Best Edibles for 2024
No matter how large or small a garden is, there’s nothing like a few new plants to make the gardener’s heart sing. We’ve looked over the introductions for 2024 and…
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Design
Peonies vs. Tomatoes—Discuss | Letter from the Editor
Folks often say that tomatoes are the gateway plants to becoming a gardener. The idea is that people get truly hooked on this hobby of ours once they grow something…