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Ripe tomatoes, tender lettuce, and fragrant herbs can all be yours, right from your patio, backyard, or windowsill. There’s nothing like fresh vegetables grown by your own hard work, so dig in here to learn how and get the good stuff.

What Month Should You Start An Herb Garden For Best Growth?
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What Month Should You Start An Herb Garden For Best Growth?

When you can buy herb seeds year-round, and nurseries carry herb seedlings as early as March and as late as July, it’s tricky to know precisely when to get your herb garden started. You don’t want to wait too long and miss the growing season, but you also don’t want to start too early and…

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9 Flowering Herbs To Include In Your Cut Flower Garden
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9 Flowering Herbs To Include In Your Cut Flower Garden

I didn’t know herbs could be a part of cut flower bouquets until I started learning about flower farming. I thought herbs were just for the kitchen, but now I put mint in almost all my bouquets. Mint isn’t the only herbal star, though. Common herbs like basil and cilantro can also liven up any…

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Squeeze The Most Herbs Into Your Small Garden (Spacing Chart)
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Squeeze The Most Herbs Into Your Small Garden (Spacing Chart)

Herbs make great starter plants for beginner gardeners or people who think they don’t have enough room to grow a garden. There is no need to have a large garden or tons of gardening experience to enjoy growing your own herbs. In fact, with a little careful planning, you can grow a wide variety of…

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Grow Herbs at Home for Year-Round Savings
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Grow Herbs at Home for Year-Round Savings

You’re standing in your kitchen, looking at the herbs you’ve just bought from the grocery store. The cilantro is wilting, the basil has brown spots, and the rosemary is way past its prime. You’re thinking, “There has got to be a better way.” And there is! Growing your own herbs at home is a great…

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Can You Grow Herbs In Shallow Soil? (Yes, You Can!)
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Can You Grow Herbs In Shallow Soil? (Yes, You Can!)

Growing fresh herbs in pots is a great place to start if you’re looking for an easy way to get into herb gardening. Since most herbs are small plants, they won’t take up a lot of space on your patio or balcony. Even better, many herbs can thrive in relatively shallow soil, so you don’t…

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Self-Pollinating Plants Don’t Need Bees, But They Still Help
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Self-Pollinating Plants Don’t Need Bees, But They Still Help

In addition to terms such as hybrid, heirloom, or organic, it’s likely that you’ve seen the term self-pollinating crop in your search for plants to buy. But what exactly does this term mean? And how does this compare to always hearing that bees are great for your garden and necessary for pollination? Self-pollinating plants can…

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Should Vegetable Gardens Be In Full Sun? (Yes, For Best Results)
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Should Vegetable Gardens Be In Full Sun? (Yes, For Best Results)

One of the most important decisions you’ll make when planning your vegetable garden is where to put it. Like most home gardeners, you’re looking to produce a significant yield from your vegetable garden. To do that, though, you’ll need to plant in a spot that gets plenty of full sun. Vegetable gardens should generally be…

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Grow Your Own Food (No Experience Required)
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Grow Your Own Food (No Experience Required)

As more people become educated about their health care, commercial food production, and overall food costs, many are starting to look for alternatives. Maybe this is you, and you’re looking for a way to bring healthier food into your house, or trying to reduce your carbon footprint. Whatever your reason, starting your own food garden…

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11 Most Cost-Effective Foods to Grow (Beginner Friendly!)
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11 Most Cost-Effective Foods to Grow (Beginner Friendly!)

It’s no secret that fresh produce can be expensive, especially if you’re buying organic. But what many people don’t know is that it can actually be cheaper to grow some vegetables than to buy them at the store. In fact, the National Gardening Association estimates that a 600-square-foot garden could produce $600 worth of groceries…

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5 Tips To Grow Your Own Food Year-Round
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5 Tips To Grow Your Own Food Year-Round

Growing food year-round is a bold but realistic goal that is doable with planning and effort. While the growing season is typically associated with spring and summer, it is possible to extend the gardening season and enjoy fresh vegetables and herbs all year long with a bit of ingenuity. Picking crops suitable for each season,…

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Top 10 Vegetables To Plant In Fall Gardens
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Top 10 Vegetables To Plant In Fall Gardens

With the summer harvest booming, it’s hard to start planning for the fall garden. But summer is the prime time to get fall crops in the ground so they have time to mature and produce a harvest past what your summer crops will yield. Fortunately, the list of vegetables to plant in the fall is…

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What To Plant With Basil? Try These 6 Easy Companions
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What To Plant With Basil? Try These 6 Easy Companions

Basil is one of the most common herbs planted in the garden, no matter how new or seasoned the gardener is. Little wonder it’s such a popular plant, when it can be companion planted with so many other types of herbs, vegetables, and flowers. Basil is easy to combine with other garden herbs such as…

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