If you have a short growing season, or it’s too late to plant winter squash, you may be wondering if there’s a way to get winter squash harvests sooner. A lot of seed packets will say “100 days” or “115 days”, which is a very long time to wait for a harvest. While you can’t … Read more
Cabbage is a popular garden crop and one that is versatile in the kitchen, although it’s not without its challenges, like stunted growth, small heads, and of course pest pressure. For those who want to grow massive cabbage heads, having the right soil is important, but you can make almost any soil work for you … Read more
Arugula, also known as rocket or roquette, is a cool weather leafy green vegetable that has been grown for its mustard-like peppery kick since the Romans. It’s also really easy to grow, but is best planted in early spring or late summer. Arugula will quickly bolt in hot weather, which causes it to produce a … Read more
If you love buying nuts with their shells, you likely have wondered if you could find a use for all those empty shells. Next time you have a large pile of nut or seed shells, don’t throw them out. Use them in your garden instead. Nut and seed shells can be easily composted, although being … Read more
If you want to grow romaine lettuce at home, start planting Parris Island Cos Romaine lettuce. This is one of those times when an heirloom vegetable not only has superior flavor to commercially grown hybrids, but also produces excellent yields. This heirloom lettuce dates back to the 1950s and has been the preferred choice of … Read more
When growing a salsa garden, you have a lot of choices when it comes to what kinds of peppers to use. What you will find as you grow more peppers is that there are thousands of different pepper varieties of varying levels of heat, colors, flavors, shapes, and sizes. Since everyone has different levels of … Read more