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Arguably the world’s most loved fruit, Strawberry is definitely the best looking! Growing strawberry plants promises delicious fruit, an attractive landscape and a whole lot of fun. While the plants...

strawberries… they’re gorgeous, delicious, and very nutritious. A rare combination! While the process of growing strawberries is pretty simple in itself, there are some aspects that gardeners, especially beginners, find...

Watermelon is a refreshing summertime treat—and a favorite for eating at picnics and slicing up into fruit salads. Low in calories, it’s a good source of dietary fiber and vitamin...

If you love Sweet Corn, and there’s every possibility that you do, you just have to grow some in your garden! Growing sweet corn is thoroughly enjoyable. It’s pretty simple...

Carrots are good. They’re good for health, they have a good taste and they’re good to have in your garden! I know a lot of folks who consider growing carrots...

Bush cherries are fun-to-grow plants that offer an exciting alternative to cherry trees. They’re good looking, easy to grow, and offer delicious, juicy cherries that are just too good to...

Pea seed can be sown before the threat of frost has passed. We’re still experiencing some frosty mornings—and the soil is still too cool to plant many vegetables. But there...

They’re good looking, nutritious and can be added to every meal… I’m talking about Cucumbers, one of the must-have plants for every home garden! These green, cylindrical plants pack good...

Cantaloupe is a large, orange-fleshed fruit that looks just as great as it tastes! Also known as rockmelon and muskmelon, cantaloupe belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and is a wonderful...

Gourds have always been one of the most popular of all ornamental vegetables. Gourds have a delightfully carefree culture and are a lot of fun to grow. These colorful veggies...

Okra is one of the most popular of all seed grown vegetables. This warm weather veggie packs plenty of nutrients has a rich flavor and is fairly easy to grow....

Each year I like to take on a new gardening challenge. This year my goal is to be better organized—and I’ve started by organizing my seeds. There is nothing worse...

Summer… It’s the most exuberant time of the year. And it’s here! The warm, sunny days are perfect for catching up with friends and spending quality time with your family....

In our eager endeavors to grow more and merrier, we often forget that a garden’s a place not just for healthy food and lovely flowers, but also for having some...

Garden netting can help deter birds from snacking in your garden. Adorable as they are, birds can also be quite annoying, significantly so if you happen to be growing berries....

Since midwinter, I’ve eagerly awaited the arrival of my summer squash. I love the delicate flavor, lightly sautéed in olive oil, tossed with garlic and sea salt and perhaps some...

Everybody who’s been a kid, or is one still, has a special place in his heart for fruits, especially Small Fruits and Berries! And as much as I love my...

Grafted tomatoes might just appear bigger than the regular ones, but there’s more to them than their large size- grafted tomatoes are tomatoes with super powers! They have a faster...

Felix posted this recipe to our blog a few years ago – a black currant sorbet with a secret ingredient and a chocolate-like taste (but no chocolate). A customer with...

One of the number one things I don’t like to do is prepare my garden, buying nutrients and soil, tiling it, raking down to obtain loose nutrient rich soil to...

5 ways to enjoy Homegrown Beets It’s the end of harvest time, and as you pull the last of your softball-sized Gurney’s Choice Harrier Beets from the ground, or maybe...

For many of us, planting a vegetable garden is habit, a process passed down from grandparents or even aunts and uncles long ago. My first memories of a large, tidy...

It’s no secret that we love beets in our house. And it’s not just the root- we love the whole beet plant, from root to leaf, and because we use...

We all know spinach is good for us. It might not make us pop muscles like Popeye, but spinach is packed with fiber and vitamins—A, C, E, K, B6—and calcium,...