Category: Fruits & Veggies

Companion Planting for Pumpkins: Maximizing Space and Pollination

Discover the best companion plants for pumpkins, maximizing space and promoting pollination. Learn which plants attract beneficial insects and repel pests.
Best Determinate Vegetables To Try Growing This Season

Discover the best determinate vegetables to try growing this season. From bush green beans to broccoli, these compact plants offer a bountiful harvest all at once. Find out which vegetables are perfect for your garden!
How to Harvest Lettuce So It Keeps Growing! The Right Way

Lettuce is actually made up of a crown with leaves growing in waves radiating from that crown. If you are patient and you know where to cut, you can keep cutting the leaves as they grow further and further away from the crown without having to worry about killing the lettuce. The lettuce can keep…
How to Tell Determinate from Indeterminate Tomatoes: A Quick Guide

I am someone who looks forward to fresh, homegrown tomatoes every summer. There’s nothing quite like biting into a perfectly ripened, backyard beauty. (That’s what I call homegrown tomatoes.) They’re so juicy and delicious. In my opinion, they are so much more flavorful than those you get at the grocery store. Plus, you are able…
How Often Should I Water My Vegetable Garden?

You should water your plants depending on the type of plants you’re growing and the weather conditions in your area. If you are doing indoor gardening in the southern portions of the United States, you should set your automatic watering or hydration system to deliver water and nutrients to your plants’ root system on a…
9 Easy to Grow Vegetables for First Time Gardeners

First-time gardeners can look forward to a fairly long list of plants that have proven themselves to be quite newbie-friendly. You don’t necessarily have to have a green thumb to get into indoor gardening. As long as you can stick to a schedule and you are sufficiently eager to garden, there are lots of low…
How To Grow Your Own Strawberries Indoors (Yep, It Can Be Done!)

One of the things you miss in winter is the taste of fresh fruit and vegetables. Strawberries are many people’s favorites and it is easy to have them fresh all year round by growing them indoors. Another good reason for growing them inside is that they don’t tend to suffer from as many pests and…
When to Harvest Buttercrunch Lettuce: Get Your Answers Here!

When is the best time to harvest buttercrunch lettuce? Usually, buttercrunch (or “butterhead”) lettuce is best harvested during the latter end of the year. The cool season in most growing zones in the United States starts around September to October. Keep this in mind because buttercrunch lettuce normally needs as much as 75 days for…