Tomatoes are one of the most popular edible plants to grow at home. Depending on your climate, you may grow them outdoors, or in a greenhouse or polytunnel. You might even grow them in containers on a patio, balcony or sunny windowsill - or even upside down. Related Reading: How To Grow Tomatoes Upside Down >>> Wherever you grow your tomatoes, companion plants can help you increase the yield from your crop. Companion planting can help you boost the number … [Read more...] about 35 Companion Plants To Grow With Your Tomatoes
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15 Vegetable Seeds to Sow Before Spring
In January and February, the spring and summer may seem a long way off. But when you grow your own food at home, it is important to plan ahead. You may be surprised by how much you can do to prepare for the coming year – even before any hint of spring has appeared. There are even seeds to sow this early in the year! Related Reading: 23 Seed Catalogs You Can Request For Free (& Our 4 Favorite!) You may already have planted out bare root fruit trees, canes or shrubs, or be … [Read more...] about 15 Vegetable Seeds to Sow Before Spring
10 Attention Grabbing Heirloom Vegetables to Grow This Year
Maybe you’re bored with plain green beans. Or perhaps those beefsteak tomatoes just aren’t cutting it for you anymore. Orange carrots? Boring, everyone grows those. Could be you’re a foodie with a green thumb looking to expand your culinary horizons beyond your local supermarket. This year fill your garden and your kitchen with some weird and wonderful vegetables. Purple beans? You bet! Red carrots, oh yeah! Red orach? What on earth is that? There’s an entire world of diverse … [Read more...] about 10 Attention Grabbing Heirloom Vegetables to Grow This Year
Buying Garden Seeds: Everything You Need To Know
Planting and tending a backyard garden leads to one of the most fulfilling activities you'll find outdoors (outside of going for long walks with nowhere particular to go): harvesting. Gardening is food for the soul, just as it is nourishment for you and your loved ones, neighbors and random visitors included. It gives you a sense of pride, accomplishment and joy, as it increases your awareness of living in harmony with nature. That is, if you choose the route of gardening organically. … [Read more...] about Buying Garden Seeds: Everything You Need To Know
12 Tools Every Tomato Grower Needs + 5 Tomato Growing Tips
It's every gardener's dream to grow a bumper crop of mouthwateringly delicious tomatoes. Red ones, yellow ones, striped ones, green ones, purple ones. Cherry tomatoes, red and green beefsteaks, Brandywine, Cherokee Chocolate and Yellow Oxheart, just to name a few more. With a myriad of heirloom tomato varieties out there, it is hard to stick to growing just one variety. After all, your garden can be so much more diverse than your local grocery store! So, once you get the hang of … [Read more...] about 12 Tools Every Tomato Grower Needs + 5 Tomato Growing Tips
26 Vegetables To Grow In The Shade
Are your garden harvests smaller than you dreamed of? Have you come to the realization that your garden may be in a less than an ideal location? Think again. You may be trying to grow the wrong vegetables, given your climate or access to sunlight. Or perhaps your garden just needs some additional manure or comfrey fertilizer to nourish the hungry plants - or both. The location and layout of a garden both mean a lot to the success of a bountiful growing season, as does: seed … [Read more...] about 26 Vegetables To Grow In The Shade