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Unique vegetables to grow in this year’s garden including vegetables from around the world, edible flowers and weeds, plants that produce food for years, and unexpected crops When you grow your own food, the culinary world can be your oyster. You can grow common, easy-to-grow vegetables, of course, but you can also choose to add…
Discover thrifty ways to get plants for free. Learn how to bulk out your garden and growing space with plants that are free or cost practically nothing.
Grow your own medicinal herb larder with these ideas for plants to grow in a salve garden. Includes plants to infuse into healing balms to soothe eczema, bug bites, and minor burns and injuries If you are interested in plants for skin care and skin healing, you should consider growing a salve garden. Plants in…
How to make garden stepping stones using colorful sea glass. This project requires only a few inexpensive materials including glass pieces. Sea glass can have romantic origins — it could come from old Victorian bottles or broken glass from a shipwreck. Most of the time it comes from modern-day bottles. Most of the rubbish that…
Make a simple DIY bokashi bin using recycled buckets and an inoculated starter. The bokashi composting method allows you to compost cooked food including meat, dairy, fish, and bones. Though many of us have a compost bin, we are taught that there are things that we simply cannot compost. Cooked food, meat, fish, bones, dairy,…
May garden jobs including seeds to sow, crops to harvest, garden tasks, and DIY projects. Use these tips to have your garden flourishing with homegrown produce and flowers May is a landmark month in the gardening calendar as the soil and weather warms. The garden is just beginning to fill in, climb supports, and produce…
Use pruned raspberry canes to create attractive woven garden edging. This easy project is great for the vegetable garden or for decorative borders. Every gardener who grows raspberries goes through the same winter ritual: taking out the old wood. Whether you have autumn or summer fruiting varieties you’ll be left with a bundle of canes that…
April garden jobs including what seeds to sow, crops to harvest, inspirational garden projects, and seasonal tasks for the vegetable garden. It does not seem possible that we are forging ahead into April already. Many of the tasks mentioned in last month’s March Garden Jobs are relevant throughout April too. As the soil warms, our…
Easy to grow vegetables suitable for a fuss-free garden or the beginner gardener. Includes ten different vegetables, recommended varieties, and basic growing instructions. Every gardener asks themselves the same question each spring – what am I going to grow this year? For seasoned gardeners, tried and tested veg and varieties will feature on the menu….