Sugar Basket tomato from Burpee is a small-fruited tomato plant that grows to less than 18 inches tall, perfect for small container gardens. Sugar Basket is the type of tomato that dovetails perfectly with last month’s topic of tomatoes appropriate for growing in containers. You might recall that in my post about Container Tomatoes, I ...
Listen | Edible GardeningSometimes you just need a weeding tool that works. That's what these uprooting tools do—remove the problem weed from the root. Weeding tools abound in garden centers and home improvement stores. A common hoe, once the only tool in the garden shed (or at least my garden shed) has lost its space in the tool ...
Listen | Gardening BasicsSweet potatoes are an easy and satisfying crop to grow, requiring warm soil temperatures, moisture and space to grow. I enjoy sweet potatoes immensely. I didn’t eat them often growing up because I lived on a farm that grew the other kind of potato, the generic white-fleshed, brown-skinned version. Truth be told, I prefer the ...
ListenTake into consideration characteristics such as height and fruit size when choosing a variety for your container tomatoes. Thanks to a resident groundhog and a rabbit family, container tomatoes have been lining my deck for several summers. It’s the best way to keep my tomatoes under my watchful eye and away from nibbling creatures. Not ...
Listen | Edible GardeningEllen Wells shares what crops to grow after a spring harvest. When your spring crops like lettuce, herbs, radishes and garlic have finished producing, you’re left with valuable garden space that is primed for a quick-growing crops for the summer. Sure, some of your other crops could crawl their way over and occupy that space. ...
Listen | Edible GardeningSeedlings will let you know what’s bothering them. Check out the possible reasons that they don’t look happy. My poor seedlings need sunlight! Last week, we enjoyed temperatures in the 70s and plenty of sunshine. Today, it is snowing. The flats of seedlings have been on the kitchen table for four days and they’re showing ...
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