Showing posts with label vegetable gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetable gardening. Show all posts

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Vegetables you should not grow together

 If you are wondering what combinations of vegetables you should not grow together, click here for an article that will tell y...
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Thursday, July 18, 2019

Easy to grow vegetables for beginning gardeners

Everyone is a beginning gardener at one time or another.  Vegetables are so satisfying to grow.  The feeling of using vegetables you grew in your cooking is awesome. Some vegetables are easier to grow than others.  For me, it is the tomato.  Click here for lots of great...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

More Gardening Tips and Tricks

One of the things that I love about the internet is gardening benefits through other gardeners sharing their tips and tricks through their blogs. Today I ran across an excellent article with some great photos for vegetable gardening inspiration, along with tips and tricks that you may find useful. Click...
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Thursday, June 16, 2016

Tomato Plants: 10 Gardener Mistakes

Taking a line from an article in Plant Care Today, birds and insects find tomatoes as tasty as we do! Love this informative article on growing tomatoes . . . click here. ...
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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Prune tomato plants for a healthy productive crop

Proper pruning can be an effective practice for producing strong and productive tomato plants. Click here for an article from Old World Garden Farms on how they prune their tomato plants. ...
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Friday, December 11, 2015

Start lettuce from seed

Every year I say I'd like to grow my own lettuce from seed, but never get around to it.  I was reminded again by an article on the Birds and Blooms website. Growing from seed really takes little effort.  You just need the right place to get them going Click here for the article from...
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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Fall Veggie Gardening for Florida

Although this was prepared for Florida gardeners, it would also work for those states with similar fall climates, like certain parts of Texas. Click on the graphic for a larger version. I've been able to grow tomato and pepper plants all year long in Florida.  Fall is one of the best months...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Peppers ~ Southern Summer Favorites to Plant This Week

The following tips are courtesy of Home Depot's Garden Club.  Click on the source link at the end of the post to join. Peppers are easy to grow in the garden and containers and thrive in long, hot summers with a weekly watering of 1-2”. Huge, sweet red bells, mildly hot Anaheims, petite...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Plant a Spring Container Garden . . . Lettuces

It is never too early in the season to start thinking about spring plantings, especially if you live in a subtropical climate as I do.   I found the following article very interesting since I love container gardening and have been meaning to give growing lettuces a try.  You may want...
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Thursday, March 7, 2013

We are gearing up for the tomato growing season and waiting for our seeds to arrive in the mail.  Although we should have started growing the seedlings mid-January, it is better late than never! As the Captain and I have done research on growing tomato plants, I have been updating...
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