Eight Tips for Growing Healthy Peas You have to pick peas and eat them right away to get that fresh-picked, homegrown flavor. That’s why peas are worth space in any home garden. They are, however, susceptible to a number of plant diseases. Before you get out the insecticide … [Read more...]
Tomatoes Grow Great in Containers
Love fresh-picked tomatoes but don’t have any land to grow them? Don’t despair. If you have a sunny spot to put a container you can grow tomatoes, and it’s just as easy as growing them in the ground. It’s a pretty simple formula for growing tomatoes in containers: Right … [Read more...]
Hot or Sweet, You CAN Grow Peppers in Containers
Peppers can be a little tricky to grow. So, even if you have a garden, you might want to grow your peppers in containers. That’s because you can control temperature, water, and fertilizer more easily in containers—which means you might just get better pods from peppers planted in … [Read more...]
How To Grow Potatoes In A Container
If you’ve ever had a homegrown potato, you know that they are a lot tastier than those you purchase at the grocery store. The flesh is crisp and the flavor of homegrown varieties is superb. Potatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow. They do well in most garden soils … [Read more...]
How to Grow Spinach
Spinach is an edible flowering plant from the goosefoot family and was native to Asia. Spinach is a popular vegetable loaded with nutritional value and considered by nutritional experts to be a "super food". Superfoods are foods that are known to help reduce cholesterol, the risk … [Read more...]