Tag archives for warm season crops
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 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,…
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 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,…