I like to grow potatoes in 15 gallon pots. That way, I don't have to mess up my planting beds when I harvest them. I can also easily "earth them up" as they grow. Earthing up is essential. As the potato plant sprouts out of the ground and gets bigger, you need to add soil to...
Not only do they complement your home-grown veggies in the kitchen, they also make for excellent companion plants in the garden itself. Click here to open an expanded version of this chart in a new tab: Growing Guide to Herbs Read Next A How-to Guide: Companion Planting with Herbs ...
Planting in containers is the first option you should look at if you happen to have some space restrictions in your landscape. Most of us who face space limitations will find that planting in pots or troughs, buckets, wheelbarrows, or any other manageable container is a great way to offer ...
Selecting your veggies before you design your garden will help ensure that you have the correct amount of room and the best growing conditions. For smaller gardens, choose bush varieties that take up less room. For shorter growing seasons, try fast maturing varieties that can produce maximum yiel...
From a tree’s point of view, fall is an excellent planting time—even better than spring. Many nurseries dig bare-root plants in the fall, sell some, and store the remainder through winter. Such plants are fresher in the fall, and the selection is better. Here’s everything you need ...
There are many different types of vegetables to grow at home, but not all are friends of the radish. Here is what to plant with radishes in a veggie garden to benefit the plants and soil and keep away unwanted pests. Note that you can grow radishesin potsnear these veggies, too, with...
For example, smaller vegetables such as lettuce, radishes, spinach, peas and herbs can thrive in small shallow pots. Bigger plants such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and root veggies such as carrots, beets and potatoes do well in deeper large pots. ...
This leguminous plant is a nitrogen-fixer, and as its roots decay after it stops growing, it releases nitrogen into the soil that other plants can benefit from – including your vegetables. But simultaneously growing clover alongside your veggies isn’t ideal. ...
Just looking for some clarification. Currently I plant seeds directly in the garden when it says ‘plant’. If I start my seeds inside I use ‘seed beds’. When those are ready I use the ‘transplant’ days. Is this correct? Or can I also ‘plant’ out my starter plants on the appr...
If you didn’t know yet, I’m concentrating most of my vegetable planting infabric pots(GeoPots, Dirt Pots, Smart Pots, etc.) in ourfront yard. I experimented late last year with a few GeoPots and the veggies grew really well… some, a lot better than the ones in the back yard Sq...