Category: 🌿 Growing
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Harvesting Corn
Knowing When It’s Ready After weeks of watering, watching, and waiting, harvest day is finally here! The trick is knowing when your corn is ready because sweet corn only stays at its peak for a short time. Most varieties of sweet corn are ready to harvest about 18–24 days after the silks first appear. As…
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Growing Corn
Yes, You Can Grow It in a Small Garden! If you’ve always assumed corn was only for giant farms with tractors and overalls… I’ve got good news. Growing corn is surprisingly easy, even from seed! You don’t need acres of land to enjoy fresh, sweet ears straight from your backyard. In fact, many beginner gardeners…
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Growing Cucumbers
An Easy Beginner’s Guide Cucumbers are a great choice for beginner gardeners. Give them warm weather, plenty of sunlight, and consistent water, and they can grow surprisingly fast! Sometimes a little too fast. One day, you have a cute little cucumber plant. A week later, it has grabbed the tomato cage, climbed the fence, and…
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4 Easy Herbs
Every Beginner Should Grow Growing herbs is one of the easiest ways to start gardening. You don’t need a large garden, fancy raised beds, or enough land to get lost on. A few pots will do just fine! Herbs are especially rewarding because many are easy to grow and useful. You can walk outside, snip…
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Growing Peppers
A Beginner’s Guide to Sweet and Spicy Success Peppers are one of my favorite vegetables to grow. They are colorful, useful in the kitchen, and available in everything from sweet bell peppers to varieties hot enough to make you question every decision that led you to that first bite. The good news? Growing peppers is…
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Growing Cayenne Plants
A Spicy Little Adventure If you’re looking to add a little heat to your garden, growing cayenne plants is a fantastic place to start. These fiery peppers are easy to grow and so productive once they get going. If you’re using them simply for fresh and dried peppers, 1 or 2 plants can easily accommodate.…
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How to Prune Tomatoes Without Feeling Like a Villain
Tomato plants are a lot like excited puppies. Give them a bit of sun, some water, and a little fertilizer, and before you know it…BAM! They’re growing in every direction possible. Now you have a tomato bush, not so much a plant. While all the growth is pretty impressive, a bit of pruning will help…
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Growing Green Beans
Whether you grow pole beans or bush beans, green beans are basically the overachievers of the garden world. They’re easy to grow, beginner-friendly, and somehow manage to look productive even when the rest of the garden is throwing a mid-season tantrum. Plus, they’re packed with nutrients and can sneak their way into just about any…
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9 Heat-Tolerant Herbs & Spices
There are lots of options for heat-tolerant herbs and spices, but let’s stick to the useful ones that you and your family will actually consume. Whether it’s in the kitchen or the medicine cabinet, these herbs are some of the most useful that can really hang in there in the warmer zones. Many of…
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9 Heat-Tolerant Veggies
Keep in mind that “tolerance” doesn’t mean they won’t suffer a bit or that they will be low maintenance. Some will require more water to survive the heat. Some will be slower-growing during the hottest parts of Summer or droop during the heat of the day. But these guys are still your best bet in…
