Gardening Guides

Gardening Guides

Container Gardening

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After photo of a container vegetable and herb garden in Denver Colorado. Getting set up to have remote drip irrigation system.

How to Water Container Gardens When You’re Away

Italian garden mid-July

How to Start a Vegetable Garden: A Beginner’s Planning Guide

Balcony vegetable garden with dog drinking out of watering can

Mini Vegetables for Balcony Gardens and Small Pots: Best Varieties and Pot Sizes

Example in hand of how wet potting soil should be when starting seeds.

Homemade vs Commercial Potting Soil: (Plus Preventing Damping-Off)

Growing Tomatoes

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Balcony garden of containers filled with compatible varieties of tomatoes, herbs and veggies.

Companion Planting with Tomatoes: What Works and What Not to Plant

Italian flat beans with cherry tomato saute in Dorothy Stainbrook's farm kitchen

Tomato Recipe Collection: Fresh, Cooked and Canned

Four popular yellow varieties of heirloom tomatoes

Low Acid Tomatoes? What the Research Actually Says

Mid-season heirloom tomatoes

Growing Tomatoes for Best Flavor: A Comprehensive Guide

Year-Round Gardening

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A variety of herbs and edibles growing in different size pots.

Growing Vegetables in Containers: 6 Keys to Success

Bark chip mulch held in hands with gardening gloves.

How to Mulch Your Vegetable Garden for Winter Protection

An array of gardening equipment.

Gift Ideas for the Gardener: Gardening Tools, Boots, and Mini-Greenhouses

Lemon tree in terra cotta pot.

Overwintering Potted Plants in Cold Climates

Growing Blueberries

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2-year old blueberry plants in pots growing on deck.

Wintering Over Blueberry Plants in Pots

Blueberries on bush at different stages of ripeness.

Can You Eat Unripe Blueberries? (Plus 6 Ways to Use Green Berries)

Blue crop variety of blueberry bush in a field in Minnesota.

Blueberry Myths Debunked: Growing and Health Claims

Northland blueberry plant covered with ripe blueberries

Sweetest Blueberry Varieties (and How to Grow Them for Best Flavor)

Seed Starting

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Example in hand of how wet potting soil should be when starting seeds.

Homemade vs Commercial Potting Soil: (Plus Preventing Damping-Off)

Hand holding tomato plant that is not in a pot and shows the root ball.

Tomato Plants that are Root Bound: How to Fix Them

Tomato seedling in terracotta planter.

Tomato Seedling Problems: How to Fix Wilting, Yellow Leaves, Stunted Growth and Other Common Problems

Leggy tomato seedlings on a window sill.

Leggy Tomato Seedlings? Causes and Fixes

Preserving Garden Food

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Heirloom tomato relish for brats, chops and steaks

Bruschetta Relish Recipe with Fresh or Canned Tomatoes

Principe Borghese tomatoes drying in the sun

Ideas for Using Sundried Tomatoes + Sundried Tomato Butter Recipe

Blueberry Bourbon BBQ sauce in a jar with spoon.

Blueberry Bourbon BBQ Sauce Recipe for Burgers, Pork Chops or Salmon

Jar of classic pesto made with fresh basil.

Easy Freezer Basil Pesto: Tips for the Freshest Winter Flavor