Vegetable Garden

Grow your own potatoes to save money all season long. Potatoes are easy to grow and require very little attention. There is no need to purchase seeds as the potato itself is planted directly into...

Versatile and easy growing, Asian vegetables can add a whole new variety of colors, shapes, textures and tastes to the traditional American garden. Asian vegetables and their seeds have become...

Corn is a seasonal vegetable that can be grown in any garden as long as it is moist, fertile and gets plenty of sun. Most people buy seeds to propagate corn, but this is not necessary if you have...

Broccoli and cauliflower are members of the cabbage family. Both are best planted as transplants to your garden. Broccoli can be sprouted from seeds, but cauliflower is quite delicate and should...

Growing corn in a raised bed allows for proper drainage and maintenance of dense soil that is otherwise unfit for growing corn. Raised beds rely on the raking and tilling of soil into a pile above...

Onions (Allium cepa) are one of the most common home and market garden vegetables. Onion sets are tiny onions that were started from seed the prior year. Whether you start your own onion sets or...

The taste that results from biting into a homegrown potato or onion surpasses anything available at the supermarket. Not only is the flavor exceptional, growing your own vegetables saves a...

Sweet, crunchy carrots are a delicious garden treat, but carrot seeds are tiny. This can make planting them laborious, tedious work. It's also hard not to waste seed by planting them too thickly....

Cold frames extend the growing season well into the fall. They can also protect tender herbs and flowers from frost and snow. Making a cold frame from recycled materials not only provides extended...

If your garden already has cedar mulch on the ground from last season it is possible to replant your corn and reuse most of the mulch. Cedar mulch is very versatile and slow to deteriorate. But...

Carrots seem to be a taken-for-granted vegetable in the grocery store. Most of the time, they're inexpensive, easily available and, well, boring. Carrots pulled fresh from the garden are another...

Radishes are among the easiest and fastest vegetables to grow, making them an ideal crop for new gardeners. You can eat both the peppery red root and the leaves which have a milder, but still...

Sweet potato is a lovely, healthy treat, especially around the holidays. Although sweet potato is relatively inexpensive to buy, cultivating your own is not only cheaper, but more gratifying....

People have been using onions as a source of food since 5000 B.C. Though they make us weepy when we cut them, they are still our favorite flavoring ingredient when we cook. Onions may be grown...

Tomatoes must have support while growing in your garden. That support can be in the form of a metal tomato cage, a cage made from chicken wire or even a nearby fence. You can build your own wooden...

Sweet corn depends on pollen to produce healthy ears full of tasty kernels. Since pollen granules travel by wind, you can make it easy for them to reach every stalk by planting seeds in short rows...

Native to India and Southeast Asia, the rice plant, G. Oryza sativa, is simply a marsh grass. As the long, slim shafts grow, seeds for reproducing new grass develop. These seeds are the rice...

New gardeners sometimes feed tomato plants too often, too much or at the wrong time. Too much food too early, or the wrong kind of fertilizer, can harm a tomato plant as much as never feeding it....

Fresh garden peas straight off the vine are always a pleasing treat. This guide will help you determine when to pick peas. Sweet and crisp, they really are quite excellent. Peas are cool weather...

Follow these steps on how to pick zucchini from your garden, for a fresh summer harvest, and prepare the rest for later in the year. Crisp, green, fresh zucchini, there is nothing better. It is...

Vegetables planted in the fall grow fresh produce for winter meals. It is important to choose hardy vegetables that grow well in different planting zones. Check with your local nursery to learn...

Rice, the grain harvested from a member of the grass family, is a food staple usually grown as an annual plant. In tropical climates, however, rice can be grown as a perennial and will produce...

Cultivate a crop of your own herbs and veggies in your own backyard!

Fresh young beets straight from the garden are sweet and tender and packed with vitamins, but are high in sugar content. The leaves make delicious greens, boiled or steamed and served with melted...

Planting corn in spring is a little bit of a gamble because corn seed is prone to rotting during cool, wet weather. Luckily, you can beat the odds by pre-sprouting your corn seed inside. Sprouted...

Bunching onions, also known as scallions, are really nothing more than young onions planted from seeds. Although there is a variety that is considered the true scallion, young, immature onions...

Fingerling potatoes can be traced back to Peru and they are named such because of their small size and the resemblance to a finger. These potatoes grow up to 2 inches in diameter and approximately...

Potatoes store well over the winter and are an easy food crop to grow. Potatoes need a lot of space, but they can be grown in large containers. They also need open, sunny areas. They are...

Summer squash makes an excellent side dish for any summertime meal. Not only does this great vegetable taste good, it is also very healthy for you and is fairly cheap. Many frugal people who are...

Possibly the easiest, quickest and cheapest way for someone to make an irrigation system for a home vegetable garden is to use a seeping, or slow drip hose. Usually found in coils of 50 feet for...

Potatoes are relatively easy to grow, if you remember one thing. They grow up, not down. Sure, they will form some potatoes under the ground, but if you want a bumper crop, you will have to...

Peppers like moist, well drained and fertile soil. Pepper plants are frost sensitive, and only produce peppers when nighttime temperatures reach the 60s to 70s (Fahrenheit). They need full...

Okra seeds are small round, brown-colored seeds that should be planted directly into the ground 1/2 inch deep, 15 inches apart with three feet between rows, after all danger of frost is over....

Collard greens, or collards, are a member of the cabbage family. Few vegetables surpass collards in nutritional power. One cup of cooked collard greens contains 83 percent of your daily...

Growing turnip greens in your home garden is an excellent way to widen the variety of fresh leafy greens in your diet. Along with other root vegetables--carrots, parsnips, rutabagas and...

The delicate flavor of snow peas can ignite the senses of even the most discriminating chef. These delicious and tender little morsels are easy to grow in a garden and can even be grown in...

Growing beans is a fun and rewarding crop for the home gardener, but if you are growing pole beans, space quickly becomes an issue. One way to combat this problem is to build a tower that the...

Most people don't know that regular dried soup beans can be planted and grown into producing bean plants. Planted pinto beans and black beans grow into a plant that will produce quite tender and...

Do it yourself and learn how to make a rustic-style garden gate, 30 inches wide and 4 feet tall.

Spinach, like most leafy greens, is simple to grow and care for. It is a cool weather plant that can be started as soon as the ground can be worked. Some varieties of spinach have been developed...