Tag: Beginner Gardening
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You Donāt Need a Garden to Preserve Food
When people hear the words food preservation, they often picture a giant vegetable garden, baskets overflowing with tomatoes, and someone standing in a kitchen surrounded by 47 canning jars. That certainly can be food preservation. But so is freezing a bag of spinach before it turns into green slime in the back of your refrigerator.…
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Choosing the Right Type of Garden for Your Space
You have decided where the sun shines in your yard. You have an idea of what you want to grow. Now, where are you going to put everything? There is no single best type of garden. In-ground rows, in-ground beds, raised beds, and containers can all grow plenty of food. The right choice depends on…
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Growing Cucumbers
An Easy Beginnerās 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 donāt 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 Beginnerās 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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Watch the Sun Before Building Your Garden
Before you build raised beds, dig garden rows, haul in soil, and create a beautiful permanent garden area, there is one very important thing you should do. Watch your yard. Yes, seriously. That is the first gardening job I am giving you. Go outside and stare at your yard. Maybe have a cup of coffee…
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Growing Cayenne PlantsĀ
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 youāre using them simply for fresh and dried peppers, 1 or 2 plants can easily accommodate.…
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Low-Maintenance Herbs
Donāt have much time to fuss? Sometimes we want a garden. You love the idea of green food or organic vegetables from the yard, but donāt have the time to be out there every day, checking, watering, weeding. With work, kids, life, we donāt all have that sort of extra time. Or maybe you donāt…
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Low-Maintenance Veggies
Donāt have much time to fuss? Sometimes we want a garden. You love the idea of green food or organic vegetables from the yard, but donāt have the time to be out there every day, checking, watering, weeding. With work, kids, life, we donāt all have that sort of extra time. Or maybe you donāt…
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9 Essential Tools for Gardening
Everyone will have differing opinions on what is or isnāt needed, whether online or in person. If youāre reading this, it likely means you’re new to gardening. Welcome! Iāve put this list together with you in mind. Until you know how much you will love the process, how big your garden or beds will be,…
