Growing your own vegetables is easy and rewarding. I have a number of vegetable gardening for beginners articles.
You’ll often find the term determinate or indeterminate mentioned on tomato seed packets. These are two main categories that tomatoes come in, with the major difference in their growth habit. Determinate tomatoes are compact with a bushier growth rather than vining. They produce all their fruits at once before the growing season ends. Indeterminate tomatoes, …
If you want to give the old-fashioned art of growing vegetables a technological twist, the latest aerogarden is the way to go. Most gardeners are familiar with the term ‘hydroponics’, even if they haven’t tried it. Aerograden is simply an advanced application of the hydroponics growing technique. It’s fun, super-convenient, and above all – an …
January is already here! Now is the time to start planning your vegetable garden. Plan a trip to the local garden centre and take a look at some seed catalogues. Think about what you’d like to see in your garden in the upcoming growing season. Though it’s not a major gardening month since it’s still …
There’s an endless list of gardening tools, each one with its own specialty. While it’s impossible to collect them all, every gardener needs a few basic ones to keep their garden in shape. Once the harvest season is over, most gardeners are already busy preparing the garden for the next spring planting. Speaking of preparations, …
If you want to try growing some fruits in your backyard, start with strawberries! They’re remarkably easy to grow and will take barely any space. Strawberries are one of the few fruits that will even grow and be just as fruitful in a container. You can literally grow them anywhere – hanging baskets, pots, or …
Harvesting homegrown veggies is one of the most satisfying things in the world, and even more so when you start from scratch – from seed, to be more precise. Getting those healthy, juicy tomatoes from your kitchen garden isn’t hard if you’re familiar with some basic steps. If this is your first time, we’d recommend …
Water is just as crucial for your plants as it is for you. But watering can become quite a task, especially if you have a big garden to tend to. Imagine dragging a heavy watering can to the furthest corners of your garden in summers every day, sometimes twice a day when it gets too …
Most gardeners recommend planting garlic in mid-October, which works well for most climates. However, when to start growing garlic in different zones? What’s the best planting time to ensure a healthy bumper harvest each time? Planting time is crucial when growing garlic. It takes a long growing period, over eight months, to reach maturity and …
Just like any other project, you need the right gardening tools if you want to succeed in vegetable gardening. These essential vegetable gardening tools will make or break your gardening project; with them, you will most likely succeed, and without them, you’re doomed to failure. Since you probably don’t want to waste your time, effort, …
Gardening isn’t a seasonal hobby. The onset of the cold season doesn’t mean you can’t have those garden-fresh supply of vegetables for the next couple of months. It merely means switching to indoor gardening so your vegetables can have a comfortable environment to thrive. It may not yield as much as your outdoor garden, but …
