Edible Gardens
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Best Determinate Tomatoes: Compact Varieties With Big Yields For Cooking & Canning
Determinate tomatoes are prized for their compact growth and bountiful harvests. Learn their characteristics and choose the best varieties for your garden.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Determinate vs Indeterminate Tomatoes: What’s The Difference And Which Should You Grow?
Whether to grow determinate or indeterminate tomatoes depends on your growing space, climate, and what you want to use them for. Find out which is best for you.
By Amy Grant
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7 Vegetables To Plant In April: Start Indoors Or Outside For A Bumper Summer Harvest
Achieve your growing ambitions with these best vegetables to plant in April – including cold-hardy crops to sow direct and tender varieties to start indoors
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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How To Grow Strawberries From A Strawberry: All You Need To Cultivate Yummy Fruits
You may know how to grow strawberries from small plants or runners – but what about growing from the fruit? Here we show you how to grow strawberries from a strawberry
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Best Tomatoes For Containers: 10 Tastiest Varieties For Plentiful Produce In Compact Areas
These are the best tomatoes for containers that prove you don't need to have a large space or elaborate garden to grow delicious produce.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Bugged About Strawberry Pests? 6 Common Pests, Plus How To Protect Your Precious Strawbs
Strawberry plants looking a little under the weather and not sure why? Check to make sure they haven’t come a-cropper to one of these classic strawberry pests
By Tonya Barnett
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Growing Tomatoes in Containers: Enjoy Bountiful Harvests In Small Spaces
Nothing says summer like homegrown tomatoes! Learn how to grow tomatoes in pots, and you'll soon be harvesting an abundant crop on the patio or balcony.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Growing Strawberries In Raised Beds – Here’s Why And How To Do It
Growing strawberries in containers and hanging baskets has its perks, but have you tried growing strawberries in raised beds? Here's how to raise your berry-growing game
By Teo Spengler
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Best Herbs To Plant With Tomatoes: 6 Perfect Companions For Better Flavor & Bigger Harvests
Certain herbs make excellent neighbors to tomatoes in the vegetable garden, repelling pests, keeping down weeds, and enhancing flavor. Try these top varieties.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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How To Grow Hydroponic Strawberries For Fast, Fresh Berry Fruits In A Clean And Fuss-Free Way
Cultivating strawberries outside of traditional pots and ground-based plots may sound like the stuff of science fiction but here’s why growing hydroponic strawberries can work for you
By Susan Albert
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Starting Tomato Seeds Indoors: Step-By-Step Guide For An Extended Growing Season
Get a head start on your summer crop of tomatoes by starting seeds indoors before the last frost. Our foolproof guide covers everything you need to get growing.
By Amy Grant
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What Are The Easiest Herbs To Grow From Seed? 8 Beginner-Friendly Edibles Anyone Can Grow
A dedicated mixed herb bed or container arrangement is a mainstay of the edible garden, but which are the easiest herbs to grow from seed? We reveal the best for beginners
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Companion Planting In A Square Foot Garden For More Yield
Small spaces inspire us to get creative. Companion planting a square-foot garden can maximize space and the compatible plants help each other grow.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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6 Early Tomatoes That Ripen Fast And Still Taste Amazing
Get delicious homegrown tomatoes in record time with these early-ripening varieties that deliver superior flavor and faster harvests.
By Melanie Griffiths
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8 Best Vegetables To Plant In March: Sow Outdoors & Inside For A Longer Harvest
Get a headstart on your vegetable garden with these top varieties to grow now, ensuring fresh harvests from early in the season to the end of summer.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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A Strawberry Hanging Basket Is An Elegant Way To Grow Fresh Fruit At Your Fingertips
Love strawberries but space is at a premium? The solution is growing strawberries in hanging baskets. Learn more about growing hanging strawberries.
By Susan Albert
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When To Plant A Vegetable Garden: The Best Time To Start For A Bountiful Harvest
Learn the perfect time to plant, considering your climate and what you want to grow for better harvests.
By Ellen Wells