How to grow vegetables at home. Create your own vegetable garden with easy to follow instructions on how to plant, care and harvest vegetables. From the easiest vegetables to grow to fast growing vegetables, we show you how.
Leeks are a popular vegetable many gardeners love to add to their veggie patch. Leek plants grow long, green, and narrow as they mature. And as leeks grow closer to being ready to harvest, their leaves will grow thicker, and their texture becomes less tender. But when leeks are thin they can be underwhelming and disappointing. … Read more
Daikon has a notably mild taste that is simultaneously sweet, spicy, and bitter. This mild flavor decreases in its boastful flavoring when cooked. A rather crunchy vegetable, like carrots, daikon can sometimes come across as distractingly bitter. So in this article, we’ll answer ‘Why Is My Daikon Bitter?’ And provide beneficial tools to simmer down overly bitter daikon so … Read more
Depending on your ability to tolerate spicy herbs, you will either find arugula delicious or eye wateringly bitter. Personally, I find arugula’s peppery taste adds just that little extra zing that can transform a salad or a pizza from being okay into something great. In this article, we will look at what makes arugula bitter … Read more
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had unknown critters in the garden gobbling up the corn harvest before I have the chance to put it on the dinner table. Last year we lost half of our yield to an unidentified assailant terrorizing the corn plants. Luckily, several pests and animals are nearly … Read more
If you’ve ever grown your own corn plants, only to be disappointed by small ears of corn, then this article is for you. There are a number of reasons your corn plants or cobs might not be the swaggering size you’d hoped for. So we set out to answer the question: why is my corn … Read more
A DIY trellis for cucumbers in the vegetable garden makes great use of space by allowing you to grow vegetables vertically. And climbing vegetable plants, including cucumbers, need the support of a trellis to help protect their crops. I particularly wanted a DIY cucumber trellis for growing cucumbers that could later be used to grow sugar snap … Read more
Beets are easy to grow and maintain, but they are still prone to some growing issues. Yellow leaves may be the first sign of trouble with your beet plants. It’s important to understand what can be causing your beet leaves to yellow so you can stop the problem before it spreads and causes plant damage or … Read more
When your zucchini leaves start to turn yellow, it can be confusing and frustrating. You want your zucchini plants to be as healthy as possible. So what’s gone wrong? Well, zucchini, like other plants, contains chlorophyll, which allows it to perform photosynthesis and makes the leaves green. If something causes the zucchini plant to become … Read more
While galangal and ginger might look very similar, they have very different tastes, and you wouldn’t want to mix the two up! When shopping for ingredients to add to your dishes, make sure you can tell the difference between galangal and ginger. So what is the difference? How can you tell them apart? Do ginger … Read more
Ginger is a very hardy plant, which makes it a great choice for gardeners. Plus, it’s delicious, and is great for indoor gardening. But sometimes, ginger can run into growing problems. If your ginger plant is dying, you probably want to know why so you can fix the issue. In this article, I’ll talk about … Read more