Everybody is thinking about their gardens. Here at the farm, we have all been very productive - we planted lots of new trees and shrubs, we finished prepping the flower garden, and we planted our first crop in the vegetable garden - peas! Peas thrive in cool weather, and young plants ...
Peppers come in a variety of shapes and sizes as well as a varying degree of sweet to very hot. Today’s gardeners enjoy a large selection of home garden peppers; green bell peppers by far being the most popular choice. Peppers can be sowed both indoor and outdoor, but for best results...
Peppers come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and flavors. From mild, sweet bell peppers to fiery, spicy chili peppers, there is a pepper to fit everyone’s taste. If you’re looking to add a little something extra to your garden, consider growing some peppers! Sweet peppers and hot...
Foes: Poor companion plants for peppers include pole beans as vines can get tangled among the pepper plants. Garden favorites from the brassica family, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, are not good companion plants for peppers because they take similar nutrients from the soil and tend...
Cut the capsicum from the center, put the potting mix in the hollow part, add a teaspoon of water, and plant in soil-filled in a pot. Your compostable seed starter is ready. Learn about growing bell-peppers in containershere 10. Corn Plant From Corns ...
I found that planting sweet corn and pole beans together did not work well in my northern garden. The corn was crushed by the beans before it could get well established. Similarly, planting the corn and squash together led to the squash strangling the corn. ...
Because of their height, raised beds dry out faster than a ground-level garden plot. Oxygen circulates more freely among crops planted in raised beds. Raised beds are excellent for heat-loving vegetables like tomatoes and peppers, because veggies stay warmer and drier when surrounded by air and...
Keep holy basil in your herb beds or at least 1-2 feet from nearby plants. It can still be a great companion for peppers as long as the pepper plants have space to bush out and reach the sun. Lavender and Joe Pye Weed Lavender and Joe Pye weed have conflicting water needs. ...
Vegetable garden planting is all about getting garden spacing and timing right between vegetables. Interplanting, succession planting, trap cropping, companion planting, and vegetable crop rotation ar
Benefits of Planting Tomatoes in Trenches Traditionally, when gardeners transplant seedlings into the garden, they dig a hole and insert the root ball and stem of the plant vertically. This method works well for many types of garden crops including peppers and members of the brassica family. To...