Fruits & Vegetables
The Easiest Way to Grow Celery + Have a Steady Supply
How many of you use celery all the time? We do! While I tend to not eat celery on its own, I use it year-round for soups, stir fries, stews, stuffing, chicken salads, and more. Celery is one of those vegetables that I never really think about, but then realize that it...
My First Attempt at Growing & Curing Homegrown Sweet Potatoes
Around September I start getting really nervous about having enough space for the Winter garden. There's always this back and forth in my mind about what plants need to be pulled, which plants I can't bear to let go, and how is the weather going to cooperate. This...
Growing Peppers~ My Tips for Zone 10 & Pepper Trial
Let's talk peppers! Instead of a step-by-step to growing peppers, I just wanted to chat about the main things I've experienced growing peppers here in zone 10 and my personal, pepper growing philosphy.This year was my best pepper year ever. I won't pretend I didn't...
How to Grow Corn in a Backyard Garden
Corn is one of those crops that really disappointed me as a beginning gardener. I remember trying to grow corn in my small garden for the first time. At the time, I knew nothing about pollination or pests, and my corn grew sad little cobs with no kernels. The...
Tomato Growing FAQs: Grow Your Own Delicious Tomatoes
One of the first articles on my blog was The Basics of Growing From Seed. In that article I wrote, "the experience of growing a sweet, luscious Summer tomato from seed is one I want everyone to have." A homegrown tomato is truly a beautiful thing and I hope this FAQ...
10 Vegetables and Flowers to Grow in Heat
Summer Gardening Inspiration Recently, a friend told me she wanted to start a garden with her kids this Summer. She was looking for vegetables and flowers to grow in heat and she only wanted to grow things from seed that would easily sprout without special attention....
Growing Artichokes: Common Questions From Readers
Growing artichokes is such a joy. ♥ Here in Southern California artichokes are easy to grow. They love our mediterranean climate and are fantastic candidates for those of you looking to create an edible, low-maintenance landscape. If you go to the grocery store,...
How to Grow Leeks- An Easy Cool Season Crop
Want to talk about a plant-it-and-forget-it crop? Leeks are not only delicious, but they are extremely low maintenance, easy to grow from seed, and take up very little space! The best news might be that, even in a garden typically plagued by pests, leeks tend to...
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