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How to Make Cabbage Soup with No Recipe

Cabbage soup is earthy with a subtle sweetness. With a few aromatic ...

Planting Melons and Squash Early

Long-season vine crops such as melons and squash can be started early ...

Tomato Growing Tips

Growing great tomatoes comes with simply knowing what to do and when ...

How to Grow Hot Peppers

Hot peppers are distinguished from sweet peppers simply by their pungency or ...

How to Make Compost Tea

Compost tea is an excellent all-purpose fertilizer. Made from aged compost–organic materials ...

Blueberry: Types and Varieties

Blueberries on cereal. Blueberries with cream and sugar. Blueberries on vanilla ice ...

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Growing conditions. Plant zucchini in full sun in compost rich, well-drained soil. Zucchini likes to get its start in the spot where it will grow, but if you want to get a jump on the season, start seed indoors 3 to 4 weeks before the last expected frost in 4-inch biodegradable pots (that can be [...]

Bush Snap Beans for Quick Harvest

Bush snap beans are mild flavored and from seed are ready for harvest in as few as 40 days. Plant bush beans every 10 days or so for a continuous harvest throughout the season, or plant bush beans early in the season for a harvest before pole beans are ready or late in the season [...]

Growing Carrots for Flavor

Choose the carrots you want to grow by the carrot flavor you most enjoy. There are three common carrot flavor descriptors: sugary, pine-parsley, and woody. Carrot flavor is genetically determined—some carrots will simply be sweeter than others. Growing carrots when days are warm and nights cool and growing carrots in loose, organic soil can enhance [...]

Vegetables and Herbs for Growing in Shade

A garden site that receives as few as two hours of direct sunlight a day can grow vegetables. A garden that gets only dappled sunlight during the day can grow vegetables. Vegetable grown for their leaves and roots are the best choices for shady gardens. Salad greens such as lettuce, spinach, cabbage, and celery can [...]

How to Make Purée Vegetable Soup with No Recipe

Purée aromatic and sweet vegetables in a blender for a velvety soup or purée them by hand in the pot for a slightly chunky soup. Carrot soup, leek and potato soup, cauliflower soup, broccoli soup, winter squash soup: root vegetables and substantive bodied or flowered vegetables make thick, flavorful purée soups. Potatoes, carrots, turnips, rutabagas, [...]

Asparagus Growing and Care Calendar

Asparagus is among the earliest and tastiest crops each year. Perennial asparagus beds can produce spears for decades and decades with proper care through the years. Plant asparagus where there is plenty of sun in the spring and the soil is rich in organic matter and well drained. As a guide, you will need about [...]

Wide Row Vegetable Garden Beds

A wide garden row is ideal for growing leaf and small root crops. For easy planting and maintenance grow lettuce, spinach, radishes, and carrots in rows the width of a standard 15-inch bow rake. A wide row also can be used for medium-sized crops such as cabbages, bush beans, and eggplants grown two across. Wide [...]

Thinning Vegetable Seedlings

Thin vegetable seedlings to ensure the full, healthy growth of remaining plants. Crowded seedlings can become stunted and have an increased susceptibility to diseases and pests. Here’s how to thin vegetable seedlings: Thin seedlings in the cool of the day or an hour or so after they have been watered; the seedlings will be plump [...]

How to Make Seasonal Vegetable Soups

A hearty seasonal vegetable soup is made simply by combining the flavors of one, two, or three in-season vegetables with the flavors of one, two, or three all-season vegetables. You can have tasty home-made vegetable soup in 30 to 40 minutes any time of the year. All-season vegetables–carrots, celery, onions and potatoes–are a classic foundation [...]

Easy Vegetable Garden Planning

Plan your vegetable garden on sticky backed plant photos or plant sketches on Post-It Notes set on grid paper. This easy method will allow you to plan both initial vegetable crop sowings and plantings and succession crops before the weather warms and you get busy preparing and planting garden beds. Here’s what to do: 1. [...]

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