If you are ready to spice things up, it’s time to learn how to grow your own cayenne pepper for red pepper flakes or ground cayenne powder. Yes, not only can you grow your own vegetables, fruits, and herbs in your home garden, you can also learn how to grow your own spices like cayenne…
Okra is a staple in many southern gardens. It grows well in long, hot seasons. Many of us in the south grew up eating this summer staple and can’t imagine our gardens without it! I’ve always grown the Clemson Spineless variety of Okra because that seems to be the main one that people grow. In…
This year I harvested hundreds of pounds of tomatoes — more than any year in my ten years of gardening. Stellar harvest years come and go, as any experienced gardener will tell you, and sometimes we never know why one year differs from another. But that’s not the case for my tomato harvest this year….
Extreme heat in the middle of the summer is becoming more of a problem, and because this affects home gardeners, it’s a great idea to consider growing heat tolerant vegetables. Whether you have gardened for awhile or you are just starting out, finding crops that can take the heat is a valuable asset to have…
Are you growing garlic in your garden this year? Sometimes it’s not always easy to tell when it’s ready to harvest because everything is happening under the ground. Here’s how to tell if it’s too early, too late, or just right. While sometimes garlic can look the same while it’s growing and especially as it…
Is this your first year growing tomatoes? Are you seeing some things on your plants and you aren’t sure exactly what’s going on? Here are 3 common tomato growing problems that gardeners often experience and how to deal with them The most common crop beginning gardeners choose when they begin their gardening journey is tomatoes….
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