Picking melons can be tricky sometimes. Here is a guide to picking the perfect melon every time. How to harvest …
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Putting in a late planting of beans in July
As summer progresses there are fewer warm-season crops that you will be able to plant and still have a dependable …
Harvesting Garlic from your backyard garden
The timing for harvesting garlic can be a little tricky. This post will help you understand when you should be …
Growing Early Season Salad Greens
As part of our ongoing effort to never buy lettuce from the store again. We are really making an effort to have salad …
Growing Snow Peas in your backyard garden
Growing snow peas is an easy process that starts early in the spring and can even be done in the fall. This growing …
How To Avoid Corn Cross Pollination
I often get questions about planting corn and corn cross-pollination. I'd always been taught that you had to be careful …
Growing Pumpkins in your home garden
Growing Pumpkins in your home garden is a fun and easy crop to grow. But watch out, it takes a lot of …
Saving Lettuce Seeds From Your Own Garden
Saving lettuce seeds is a great place to start learning how to save your own seeds. Saving seeds can be …
Tips for Storing Potatoes all Winter Long
Storing potatoes properly is an important part of our gardening. We grow a lot of potatoes (some years over 250 pounds) …
Planting Garlic in the Fall in your backyard garden
Early to mid-fall is the perfect time for planting garlic. Fall planted garlic always does better than garlic planted in …
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Curing potatoes before winter storage
Curing potatoes before winter storage is an important process that will help assure longer storing times for your potato …
Growing Peas in the Fall
Depending on where you live, growing peas in the fall can be a little tricky. This fall pea growing guide will …
