Kale is a staple in many gardens, truly beats the heat in the summer and continues to thrive (and taste even better) in the colder months. If you’ve grown kale for a while, you may wonder if you can prune it, especially when it starts growing tall. Some gardeners prune the top of their pepper … Read more
Figs are a staple in many gardens and for good reason. They can thrive in a variety of growing conditions, and they’re more forgiving than other fruit trees. If you have a fig tree you want to propagate, whether it’s to expand your garden, share with others, or just to use those branches after winter … Read more
Fig trees are one of the easiest trees to get started growing for home fruit production. They grow well in containers and are very forgivable when it comes to care and pruning. However, it can be confusing about when is the best time to prune fig trees. If it’s the summer and your fig tree … Read more
Few things are more satisfying than peeking under pepper foliage in the middle of summer to find loads of peppers hanging off the branches. Occasionally, you may notice a pepper growing upside down. Or, you might have bought a pepper plant from the nursery and ended up with all your peppers growing upright. This is … Read more
Garlic is one of the easiest vegetables to grow, and although garlic can thrive in a variety of environments, those big garlic bulbs can be elusive. It’s normal to have garlic bulbs of different sizes, with some small and some large, but if consistently small garlic is usually a sign of some issue holding them … Read more
Gardeners looking for more compact, productive tomato plants shouldn’t overlook dwarf tomatoes. Dwarf tomato plants offer a wide variety of unique flavors, shapes, and sizes of tomatoes, sometimes performing better than conventional determinate tomatoes of the same size. Read more to know all about dwarf tomatoes, how to grow them, and where to find seeds. … Read more