Fruit & Vegetable Gardening

Growing sweet potatoes in 5 gallon buckets has become an increasingly popular gardening trend. The compact size makes them perfect for small spaces and allows you to easily move them if needed. But an important question is, how many sweet potatoes can you yield from each bucket? In this article we’ll look at the factors … Read more

Have you thought about growing your own fresh crop of green beans, but you’re worried about limited garden space? If mobility is an issue, or you simply don’t have the time to prepare a bed for growing vegetables, you can grow delicious green beans in containers! Container gardening is affordable and practical, and it requires … Read more

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Strawberries are one of the first crops to make their appearance in spring. Because they are such early birds, frost damage on strawberries is a very real threat. Strawberry plants and frost are fine when the plant … Read more

When you’re planting vegetables, plant spacing is one of those things where there seems to be no definitive answer. Why? Because different growing methods call for different spacing requirements: you’ve got square-foot gardening, tomatoes growing on Florida weave trellises, tomatoes growing inside square cages, plants in the ground vs. plants in raised beds. Pruned or … Read more

Can you eat green tomatoes? Raw? Cooked? Diced into a salsa? Oh, this question is as old as time. What else would we bicker about at our gardening clubs, if not green tomatoes? I don’t know if you’ve ever been a part of a social media group for gardening where a thread turns into something … Read more

Homegrown garlic takes up little space and requires little effort to get a good harvest. It’s an easy crop to grow, spouting from a garlic bulb separated into cloves, which you plant individually. Certified, disease-free garlic bulbs are sold at garden centres or online. Softneck varieties Softneck is the most common garlic type in supermarkets. … Read more

Tomatillos produce green or purple fruits encased in a papery husk. Distant cousins to a tomato with a tangy, slightly acidic flavor, tomatillos are ready to harvest 75-100 days after the seedlings are settled in the garden. The fruit will completely fill the husk and easily pull off the plant. As an indeterminate plant, tomatillos … Read more

First released in the United States during the 1950s, Roma VF tomato is a plum type tomato. The plants are compact and have a determinate growing habit. This variety produces heavy yields of plum-shaped, bright red tomatoes with very few seeds. Roma VF is commonly used for sauces, tomato paste, and ketchup. – Latin Name: … Read more

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Growing watermelons in containers is an excellent way for a gardener with limited space to grow these refreshing fruits. Whether you are doing balcony gardening or are simply looking for a better way to use the limited … Read more

Fig trees are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in a home garden. Their sweet, delicious fruits are well worth the minimal effort needed to keep them happy and healthy. However, there may come a time when you need to transplant your beloved fig tree to a new location. Knowing the optimal time … Read more