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Plant a Spring Container Garden

Jodi Torpey, contributor | March 18th, 2010

If you’re itching to start your spring planting, but the garden soil is still too wet to work, a spring container garden may be the perfect solution.

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Homegrown/Homemade: Peas

Danielle Sherry, contributor | March 17th, 2010

Welcome to the first episode of Homegrown/Homemade. We'll be following a gardener and a cook as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare garden vegetables. Peas are planted early in the season, so we're beginning with peas.

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Tomato Musings

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | March 16th, 2010

Tomatoes are truly the headliners of the show in my Victory Garden.

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QUESTION: Planting peas & tomatoes

Mosey, member | March 14th, 20103 comments

I had a terrible yied on my pea crop last year. I am in zone 6 and started my peas indoors and transferred them outdoors. They did very poorly. Can you offer any...

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Chives Are a Must-Have in the Kitchen Garden

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 13th, 2010

I'm always looking for more ways to seduce the good guys to my garden.

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QUESTION: When is it too early to start...

susie_y, member | March 12th, 20102 comments

I am in a zone 6 area (just moved here, havent had a full season yet)...I am very eager to start a vegetable garden, I have started a lot of seeds and they are all doing well indoors on a windowsill...

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Grow a Spring Centerpiece

Jodi Torpey, contributor | March 11th, 2010

Growing a spring centerpiece from carrot tops is a fun way to recycle kitchen discards and get kids interested in the science of growing plants.

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DIY A-Frame Veggie Trellis

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | March 10th, 20102 comments

Here's an a-frame trellis design your climbing veggies will love you for.

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Vegetables with Fun Names for Childrens' Gardens

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 9th, 2010

Let your kids plant Green Zebras, or Dragon's Tongues, or Painted Ponies.

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Garden Supplies On The Cheap: Thrift & Dollar Store Edition

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | March 9th, 20102 comments

Here's a cool list of garden goodies you can score at your local dollar or thrift store.

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A Gopher in Your Garden

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 8th, 20107 comments

After watching these gardeners try every back-breaking, mind-numbing thing they could think of to protect their own, I've decided to throw in the towel before I ever break a sweat.

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A Time to Sow

susan belsinger, contributor | March 5th, 20101 comment

It is March here in Maryland and we still have about 20 inches of snow on the ground. Folks around here are having serious cabin fever. I am getting ready to haul out the flats and potting medium in my greenhouse and start a few flats of green growing things to shake off the drears and dulls of winter!

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Find the Sunniest Spot for Your Plot

Jodi Torpey, contributor | March 5th, 20101 comment

Most gardening experts say a productive vegetable garden needs about 8-10 hours of sun each day. Here’s an easy paper-and pencil method to find the sunniest spot in your yard.

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Blueberries as Edible Landscaping

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 4th, 20102 comments

I mean, there's like a kazillion ways to go with this gardening thing. So many plants; so little time and all that.

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QUESTION: Tomato Hornworms

cleokitty, member | March 2nd, 20101 comment

How do I prevent tomato green horned caterpillars from ruining my tomato plants?

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When is Corn Ready to Pick?

Vegetable Gardener, editor | March 1st, 2010

How can you tell when your corn is ripe to harvest? First, look at the top ear on your corn plant. The top ear is always the first to ripen.

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Video: Early Pruning of Tomato Plants

Vegetable Gardener, editor | March 1st, 20102 comments

Tomatoes are surprisingly easy to maintain. Once your young tomato plants start to grow, they will need some initial pruning. Here's how to ensure that your plants remain healthy and produce delicious fruit.

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Video: How to Prune Tomatoes

Vegetable Gardener, editor | March 1st, 20102 comments

Lee Reich, author of "The Pruning Book," shows you how to prune a tomato plant to keep it healthy and producing better fruit.

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Video: How to Test Soil in Your Vegetable Garden

Vegetable Gardener, editor | March 1st, 2010

One of the most important steps you can take in starting a vegetable garden is to make sure you have good soil. But you can't tell what condition your soil is in just by looking at it. That's where...

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Video: Composting Made Easy

Vegetable Gardener, editor | March 1st, 20104 comments

Jodie Colon, Compost Educator at Bronx Green-Up, shows you how to mix dead, dry leaves and stems, fresh moist green plant materials, and food scraps in a compost heap.

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