If you missed out on harvesting your broccoli at the tight bud stage, all is not lost. Even with the bright yellow flowers open, you can still harvest your broccoli. Broccoli plants are made to flower and produce seeds. The perfect time to harvest broccoli heads is when the heads … [Read more...]

By Erin Marissa Russell and Matt Gibson Gardeners have a long history of creating hybrid vegetable varieties that allow them to produce vegetables that share the strengths of both their parents through crossbreeding. Some of those hybrids come from two completely different … [Read more...]

Thin beet seedlings when they are three inches tall by removing the entire portion of the seedling that is above the ground. Even if you don’t like eating beet greens, you still need to prune your beet plants in order to keep the leafy older plants from pushing their way into … [Read more...]

by Bethany Hayes Microgreens are a new, popular gardening trend that quickly grows smaller baby plants, harvested in their second stage of growth. It’s easy to grow them; it’s possible to learn how to grow microgreens without soil.  That’s right; growing microgreens … [Read more...]