Read part 2 in this series here. Watching the snow blow and hearing the wind gust during the winter months, it’s hard to imagine growing vegetables outside. Sure, a greenhouse might make it possible, but that greenhouse would have to ...
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How To Grow Potatoes Indoors, Using Straw
Did you know that you can grow potatoes in a container with just a little bit of soil and a whole bunch of straw? You bet you can. Using straw has a couple of huge benefits: the container remains light ...
Read More »Inexpensive Ways To Help Potted Plants Survive Winter
Raise your hand if you’ve ever scored a massive deal at your local nursery at the end of the gardening season. Keep your hand up if those massive deals were on half-dead plants in plastic containers. I did that once. ...
Read More »Radishes: The Underrated Indoor Vegetable You Can Grow In 1 Month
Radishes are highly underrated vegetables. Occasionally, they might make an appearance on someone’s veggie platter, or be sliced into a salad, but they don’t seem to get the kind of heavy rotation in kitchens as carrots and broccoli do. That’s ...
Read More »5 Reasons To Apply Mulch Before The Snow Flies
Mulch? In the winter? You betcha. Mulches — particularly organic ones — are gardening stars. But when mulches are touted, we usually hear about benefits that are specific to the growing season. Mulches, Wikipedia tells us, “retain moisture in the ...
Read More »The Indoor Winter Garden: 5 Vegetables You Didn’t Know You Could Grow In Hanging Baskets
The square footage of my vegetable garden is about the same as the square footage of my house. While I do love fresh organic veggies, finding space to grow them indoors during the winter can be a bit of a ...
Read More »6 Ways To Prevent Rust While Storing Your Garden Tools For Winter
Garden tools perform some hard, dirty jobs for us. But by the end of the summer they often need maintenance or at least a good cleaning. Before you hang up your tools for the winter, take some time to get ...
Read More »So Many Zucchini, So Little Time! Tips To Use Up Your Zucchini Harvest
We’ve all heard jokes about gardeners creeping up to their neighbors’ doorsteps in the dead of the night to “give away” extra zucchini squash. There are few garden plants that produce as prolifically as zucchini. Although there are many creative ...
Read More »Squash-Storing Secrets: How To Make It Last Up To 8 Months
The first time I grew spaghetti squash, I had no idea when to harvest it. Of course, I’ve purchased spaghetti squash many times. Those store-bought fruits were butter-yellow and usually about the size of a quart jar. The squash in ...
Read More »The Best Ways To Make Peaches Last Longer
At the height of summer, it’s easy to be seduced by the baskets, bushels and flats full of juicy, fragrant peaches. But what do you do with that many peaches when you get them home? If you’re planning to eat ...
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