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National Gardening Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
National Gardening |
Preparing to Plant Peas Peas are everyone's garden favorite. There's nothing like the taste of fresh sweet peas in spring. Here's some history and tips on planting peas. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Second Harvest July is the perfect month to start thinking about the fall garden. Many of the vegetables you've enjoyed from the garden this spring and early summer can be grown and harvested this fall as well. |
National Gardening |
Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |
National Gardening Suzanne DeJohn |
Herbs for Health Fresh herbs have a variety of uses in the kitchen and can also combat disease. Includes tips on growing your own herbs. |
National Gardening Scott Millard |
A Chef's Garden At The Pointe Hilton Resort at Tapatio Cliffs in Phoenix, Arizona, the flowers you see along the walls may very well end up in your entree at dinner... Recipes from this premiere resort in Phoenix... |
Seasoned Cooking June 2010 A.G. Coco |
Planting Flavor Setting up a container herb garden is without doubt a rewarding experience, and it may be something that you have an interest in trying for yourself. |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Bountiful Basil This essential herb offers a world of scents and flavors |
Seasoned Cooking August 2007 Jim Kennard |
Eat Garden-fresh for 4-6 Months! With a little time, and careful canning, drying, and freezing, you can enjoy the fresh fruits (and vegetables) of your labors all winter long. |
National Gardening Ben Watson |
Veteran Vegetables While you're planting some of the newest vegetables, don't forget to leave some room for these classics. |
National Gardening Patt Kasa |
Putting the Garden to Bed The short warm days and crisp nights of autumn trigger leaf color changes, and remind me it's time to clean up the garden. |
Seasoned Cooking August 2010 Ronda L. Carnicelli |
Favorite Garden Find I have several little garden plots in my backyard. My herb garden tends to run amok, but I enjoy it anyway and it's rather amusing when my corgi comes in from the backyard smelling of mint. |
DailyCandy May 8, 2006 |
Peaches & Herb AeroGarden is a self-contained nursery that allows you to harvest your own vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit without the usual strain and effort. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Edamame A favorite Asian snack: While the typical home garden use of soybeans is as a cover crop, some varieties of the common soybean (Glycine max) have been bred to be eaten fresh. |
National Gardening |
Cabbage Family Greens These cabbage family greens make great additions to any salad garden. |
This Old House Kathryn Keller |
Little Green Thumbs When it comes to gardening, kids can't wait to dig in. Here are some ideas to help them get growing. |
National Gardening Kathy Bond-Borie |
Garden Guru: Ellen Ecker Ogden Ellen Ecker Ogden says her new cookbook, From the Cook's Garden, is for "cooks who like to garden, gardeners who like to cook, and everyone who wishes they had a garden." |
National Gardening Walter Chandoha |
Picking, Squashing, Fetching... They are three good ways to entice children into the garden. |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
Winter Salad Bowl No matter where you live a cold frame or tunnel greenhouse can put just-picked salads on the table through the coldest months. |
National Gardening |
Growing Onions As with most vegetables, you can start onions from seed in the garden. But many onions have relatively long growing seasons and onion seeds don't germinate quickly, so it's often better to start the crop another way. You can set out transplants, or you can plant "sets" (half-grown onions). |
Seasoned Cooking August 2007 Peg Baron |
Kids Cooking From the Garden Kids are more likely to try foods they've prepared themselves. The vegetables they've grown in the garden can make a delicious and special pizza that they'll want to eat. |
National Gardening |
Choosing Tomato Varieties Healthy, vigorous tomato vines can produce a lot of fruit. But of the thousands of varieties available, how do you narrow your choices? |
National Gardening |
Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |
National Gardening Ben Watson |
Hybrid or Open Pollinated Is one type of vegetable seed better than another? |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Super-Nutritious Vegetables Now you can plant vegetables bred for their high nutrient content |
National Gardening Conrad Richter |
Growing Herbs Indoors Even just a few indoor pots of herbs can supply you with wonderful flavors and herbal gifts through the rest of the year. |
National Gardening |
Plant Greens in Wide Rows Wide-row planting involves broadcasting seeds in a wide band, thus creating thicker rows with fewer paths in between. Not all vegetables, of course, are meant for wide rows. |
This Old House March 27, 2001 Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
National Gardening |
Growing Endive & Chicory In recent years gourmet European and Asian greens have gained popularity in this country. They add a spicy taste and an interesting texture to regular salads. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden. |
Seasoned Cooking September 2007 Ronda L. Carnicelli |
Garden's Full Salad Gardens are overflowing with Mother Nature's best this time of year; enjoy the bounty to its fullest in a salad layered with flavors and textures. |
National Gardening Kit Anderson |
Herbs in a Swamp Neither wind nor rain nor hurricanes nor scorching heat deterred this herb grower |
National Gardening |
Garden Design 101 You've looked at your home, apartment, or condominium a thousand times, but have you looked at it through a gardener's eyes? Have you considered what's possible? |
National Gardening |
Gardening Climates 101 National Gardening has created its own system of 14 "gardening zones." Rather than minimum temperature alone, these regions are defined by largely similar gardening conditions. Expert gardeners in each region report on conditions and happenings in their region twice monthly. |
Seasoned Cooking May 2009 Philip R. Gantt |
Phil's International Flair One sure fire way to save money in the current economy is to grow some of your own food. |
National Gardening |
Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
DailyCandy April 5, 2005 |
Growing Pains You don't need a green thumb when you have a company dedicated to making individually packaged projects for the garden. |
National Gardening Kathy Bond Borie |
Seed Catalog Savvy Reading between the lines to find the best varieties for your garden... |
National Gardening Jack Ruttle |
Fast-Growing Salad Greens These Asian specialties sprint from seed to salad bowl in two months or less... |
Popular Mechanics September 19, 2008 Ryan M. Wilson |
How to Plant for Fall and Prepare Your Garden for Winter Planting a fall garden can be a rewarding effort and a great start to preparing your entire yard for winter's dormancy as the last head of lettuce is plucked. |
National Gardening |
Harvesting Winter Squash and Pumpkins When and how to bring the crop in from the garden... |
National Gardening National Gardening editors |
Choosing Pea Varieties Peas are fun and easy to raise because they take very little work and mature rapidly. It's possible to grow them in any part of the country, even though English and edible-podded peas prefer cool, moist weather. |
This Old House Roger Cook |
Right Plant, Right Spot Follow these 4 rules for plant shopping and you'll never end up with a garden misfit |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Durable, Delectable Nasturtiums They're charming, easy, and good to eat, too |
Science News March 22, 2003 Janet Raloff |
Food for Thought : Perk Up Food Flavors with... Black Plastic? (with pesto recipe) Though most herb gardeners grow their basil clumps in bare earth, new research from scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggests that cooks will get richer flavored greens by laying a swath of black plastic mulch over the ground prior to planting. |
National Gardening Lynn Byczynski |
Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
National Gardening Eve Pranis |
Nurturing Community Adolescents battle hunger, reap rewards by developing a passion for raising and sharing food... |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
The National Gardening Greenhouse The season never ends in the home solarium. |
National Gardening |
Cultivating Greens Weeds are green and while some, like lamb's quarters and purslane, can be eaten as greens, you really don't want them growing in among your salad crops. They steal moisture, fertilizer and sunlight. |
National Gardening Kathryn Khosla |
Growing Leeks In mild-winter regions, sow leek seeds in July, then harvest the following spring. |