by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Aug 30, 2010 | beets
Beets are nice because you can eat both the tops, as greens, and the bottoms as root vegetables. About ten feet of row will feed the average person per gardening season. Since beets can be canned, pickled, or eaten fresh, you can have some all year. Where...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Aug 29, 2010 | radishes
Radishes photo by Self, en:User:Jengod, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Radishes do not get much respect. One of the earliest vegetables to produce, they are usually thought of as those little globes of red on trays...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Aug 28, 2010 | gardening101
Raised bed with a rabbit fence around it. Do you have rotten soil that won’t grow anything? Or are you just starting out and have nothing but sod? If you are dreading digging that out so you have a garden, you can build a raised bed instead. Advantages of...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Aug 26, 2010 | Black berries
Blackberries on the vine Blackberries are good to eat and easy to grow. They may be a bit too easy to grow, as they are weeds in some areas. What this means is that when planning your blackberry growing area you must be able to keep them from spreading too much. How...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Aug 24, 2010 | gardening101
Sweet Pepper Seedlings photo by Marco Verch Not everyone owns property with a yard suitable for vegetable gardening. You can still grow vegetables, however. Most vegetables grow just fine in containers, window boxes, or small raised beds. When using...