Edible Gardens
Helpful tips and important information for growing edibles. New and experienced gardeners will all find useful pointers.
- Best Midwest Vegetables
It is important to know which vegetables perform best overall in the general Midwest. The conditions of your specific region will also be important.
- First Vegetable Garden
There are a few basic things you need to know about planning and starting a garden for fruits and vegetables.
- Herbs for Window Boxes
There are several herbs as well as veggies and fruit that can thrive in a shallow window box or trough planter.
- Mulching the Vegetable Garden
Mulching our vegetable gardens, just like our flower gardens, produces many important benefits. Choosing the best mulch is important and may depend on the condition of your soil, climate conditions, availability, cost and personal preference.
- Treated Wood Raised Beds
Woods are treated by forcing chemicals into the wood . What are those chemicals and are they safe? What are the alternatives?
- Best Containers for Edibles
Just about anything can be used for an edible container garden as long as we understand how the container construction and material may affect the plants.
- Companion Planting
There are many reasons certain combinations of plants are traditionally grown together. Sometimes there is a physical environment benefit, sometimes a nutritional benefit or a natural pest deterrent. There are also plants that can have negative effects on each other.
- Fall Cleanup
There are many advantages to clearing out your vegetable gardens, even though you should leave some plants stand in your perennial gardens.
- Slow, Low, No Production?
Learn what things that can adversely affect production in your edible garden
- Easy Vegetables
The easiest to grow herbs and produce.
- Perennial Produce
Some of the easiest perennial produce to grow in cold regions.
- Cool Season Vegetables
Produce crops to grow and harvest in spring and fall.
- Better After Frost
Some cool season vegetables should be left exposed to frost in order to improve their flavor before harvest!
- Hybrids, Heirlooms or Open Pollinated
Once you understand the differences between hybrids, heirlooms and open pollinated plants, you can make a choice that suits your needs. And none of these are genetic manipulations.
- Gardening Methods
An overview of gardening methods to help you compare and select the best gardening method for you and your site
- Straw Bale Gardening
Following a few simple instructions will give you a bountiful bale garden. Straw Bale gardening is easy and allows you to have a garden just about anywhere.
- Deep Mulch Gardening
Once your garden is established, the deep mulch method is an efficient soil maintenance method.
- Trellising Vines
Why and how to trellis your plants. You first need to understand how your plant grows and climbs to construct an appropriate trellis.