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How to Grow Sweet Potatoes for Slips, Vines, and Storage Roots
Sweet potatoes feel like one of those crops that should be harder than they are. The vines are dramatic, the harvest is hidden underground, and the curing step sounds a…
Indeterminate Tomatoes: What They Are and How to Grow Them
Tomato labels can be oddly intimidating. You go looking for a plant that will give you tomatoes, and suddenly you are asked to understand words like determinate, indeterminate, semi-determinate, heirloom,…
How to Grow Runner Beans for Food and Beauty
Some plants earn their place in the garden twice. Runner beans are one of those plants. They climb. They flower. They feed pollinators. They make a trellis look alive. And…
How to Grow Eggplants in a Home Garden
Eggplants look a little dramatic before they ever reach the kitchen. The leaves are broad. The flowers are pretty. The fruit can be glossy, purple, white, striped, round, long, tiny,…
How to Save Cucumber Seeds in 8 Easy Steps
Saving cucumber seeds is one of those garden jobs that feels a little strange the first time you do it. The cucumber you save for seed will not look like…
How to Grow Cucumbers Without Letting the Vine Take Over
Cucumbers are summer abundance with a timer. One day the fruit is crisp, green, and perfect for lunch. A little later, it can be oversized, seedy, and much less pleasant…
Seed Starting for Food Garden Beginners
Starting seeds indoors can feel like a tiny act of optimism. There you are, in late winter or early spring, pressing dry little seeds into damp mix and trusting that…
How to Grow Radishes for Fast Cool-Season Harvests
Radishes are small, quick, and full of opinions. They can be one of the fastest crops in the garden, going from seed to harvest in just a few weeks. That…
5 Farming Myths That Make Growing Food Feel Harder Than It Is
Growing food can sound impossibly complicated from the outside. There are tools, soil terms, pest names, fertilizer numbers, weather worries, and a whole lot of people online sounding very certain…
How to Grow Hot Peppers in a Home Garden
Hot peppers are proof that a small harvest can change a whole meal. One pepper can brighten a pot of soup. A few can become salsa, hot sauce, chili oil,…