Vegetables - Page 2 of 62
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How-To
Tips for Growing Hot Peppers
Peppers are native to the tropics, which explains why they thrive in warm weather. As tempting as it is to get a jump-start on the gardening season, do not plant…
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How-To
The Best Hot Pepper Varieties to Grow
Who doesn’t want a little more spice in their life? When it comes to growing edibles, hot peppers are among the easiest and most savory options to put on the…
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How-To
4 Iconic Southern Vegetables to Grow in Your Northern Garden
Just because you garden in the Northeast doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy fresh southern veggies. Let's face it—in the North it can be nearly impossible to find fresh collard…
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How-To
Companion Planting for Successful Southern California Vegetable Gardens
For centuries, gardeners have been observing how various plants can be impacted by their vegetative neighbors. In the vegetable garden, our great-great-grandparents passed on their discoveries that tomatoes and basil…
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How-To
New Veggie Garden Tools for 2023
With these transplant tongs, you’ll never damage your seedlings again How many times have you tried to ease your seedlings out of their tray only to shear off some of…
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Design
‘Candle Fire’ Okra Is Beautiful and Bountiful
Okra is no stranger to vegetable gardens, especially in the South, but this selection is right at home in ornamental as well as kitchen garden plantings. ‘Candle Fire’ has beautiful…
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Design
Episode 130: Favorite Spring Greens
Growing spring greens is an easy, satisfying project that takes very little time and very little garden space—you can even grow greens in containers! Homegrown spring greens will be fresher…
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Design
Making an Organic Community Garden in Arkansas
Today we’re visiting with Mary Maud Huber. Fourteen years ago when we moved to Fairfield Bay in north-central Arkansas, I wanted a plot in the Community Garden. The town is…
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Hydroponic Microgreens—How to Grow the Perfect Indoor Winter Garden
Microgreens are one of the easiest ways to get more vegetables into your diet. According to the CDC, only 10 percent of adults consume the recommended serving of vegetables a…
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How-To
How to Grow Bottle Gourds
Let's face it, growing gourds is confusing. Bottle gourds are cucurbits, members of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. Both beginner and experienced gardeners generally can recognize the basic similarities they share…