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  • How-To

    When to Pick Peppers

    Farmer Joe Smith from Niantic, Connecticut, talks about how long it takes for peppers to go from green to red. Some people think that when they buy seeds for red…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Bush Bean ‘Blue Lake 274’

    Blue Lake 274 is the classic bean that comes to mind when you think of a green bean. They are a favorite among gardeners from their huge yields, great taste…

  • How-To

    Help for Growing Cucumbers

    Cucumber seedlings are especially attractive to garden pests. Here’s how simple mini-greenhouses can outsmart hungry birds and squirrels.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Prolific Pole Beans

    Pole bean varieties are tender, flavorful, prolific, and easy to grow. They're the perfect vegetable crop for the home garden.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Grow Heirloom Sweet and Hot Peppers in Your Vegetable Garden

    Just like all of the other vegetables out there, when you choose to grow heirloom sweet or bell peppers, a whole new world is opened up to you.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Why Are You Planting a Vegetable Garden?

    What are your vegetable gardening goals?

  • Article

    Perfect Plant Pairings

    Just like pairing wine with food, vegetables can be matched with their most compatible herbs. A good pairing brings out the flavors of each to help you get the most…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Grow Heirloom Peas This Spring

    Peas are one crop that no spring garden should be without. They're one of the oldest cultivated vegetables as there's been evidence of peas found throughout Egypt, Europe, Asia and…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Sow Happy Together

    There’s an art and science to playing matchmaker in the garden. Here are ways to create plant partners to save garden space, control insect pests and encourage healthy gardens.

  • Article

    Take Your Plants for a Ride

    The Rotary Garden is an innovative new product that’s perfect for growing edibles in small spaces. Wheels make the garden portable so it can be moved to where ever the…