Tag: Vegetables
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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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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…
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Low-Maintenance Veggies
Don’t have much time to fuss? Sometimes we want a garden. You love the idea of green food or organic vegetables from the yard, but don’t have the time to be out there every day, checking, watering, weeding. With work, kids, life, we don’t all have that sort of extra time. Or maybe you don’t…
