Herbs are the plants in the garden that just keep giving. A healthy thyme plant will season countless dishes, and if you want to share your love of fresh thyme with others, you can propagate them with cuttings and give them away and use any extra cuttings to increase the size and sustainability of your … Read more
You walk through your garden one lovely morning and everything is going well until you notice some green tomatoes sitting on the dirt underneath your tomato plants. It’s a tomato grower’s worst nightmare, especially when you’ve been looking forward all season to taste your own homegrown tomatoes. Fortunately, there are some things you can do … Read more
This spring I decided to plant a lot of beets. Unfortunately, I kind of forgot about them and ended up with a bunch of woody beets. This is a relatively common problem with beets, and there are several possible reasons for it, so I made a checklist and found out for myself why I had … Read more
Looking up how to grow or plant anything, you’ve seen references to your last frost date (or last spring frost date) and first frost date (or first fall frost date). What does it mean, and why is it important? To put it simply, your last frost date is the average date you will experience the … Read more
Growing kale in pots is not only possible, but in some ways is better than growing in the ground. In short, you have greater control over how your kale grows and can more easily protect it than if it was grown in a raised bed or planting row. Growing kale in pots is easy but … Read more
“Do what you can with what you’ve got” is an adage I follow in many aspects of my life, but it’s especially true with gardening. Nobody has the perfect garden, and most of us are not even close to what we’d consider the perfect garden for us. And when you want to grow tomatoes but … Read more