Growing the amaranth plant & other quasi-grains like buckwheat & sorghum is a fun way to expand your harvest to include unusual crops in your veggie garden.
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Growing Stevia in Your Herb Garden for Natural Sweetness
Growing stevia is a way to produce some of your own natural sweetener. Plus, it’s a pretty addition to your herb garden, calorie free, and easy to grow.
Growing Lettuce in an Indoor Winter Garden
Try your hand at growing lettuce indoors! Eat fresh salad greens year round by adopting the idea of growing an inside garden. Perfect for city folks!
Turn Poor Soil into a Thriving Garden with Sheet Mulching
Lasagna gardening is an easy way to get started with no-till growing. Sheet mulching with materials you have on hand makes for a budget-friendly garden.
Composting Coffee Grounds for Soil Improvement in the Garden
Are you composting coffee grounds in the vegetable garden? Used coffee grounds are a great way to improve your garden soil. Good soil = good harvest!
Pesky Treehoppers: Controlling Leafhopper Infestations
Keeping your garden free of sap sucking leafhoppers will help your garden stay healthy. Here’s how to prevent damage to your vegetable plants naturally.
How to Make Homemade Rooting Hormone with Willow
Homemade rooting hormone made from willow is free and easy to make. Use this natural willow water for rooting cuttings or for easing transplant stress.
Grow Bags for Easy Raised Beds in your Urban Garden
Growing food in an urban garden has its challenges. Finding a fast, easy way to get growing in raised beds isn’t one of them. Grow bags solve that problem!
How to Save Heirloom Seeds for Next Year’s Garden
Seed saving is something gardeners have been doing forever. It’s a great way to maintain a continuous supply of heirloom or open-pollinated seeds. Instead of depending on the nursery or your favorite seed catalog every year, you can save seeds from crops you grow and plant them again the following year.