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Are You New to Vegetable Gardening? Read This First.

Mom with her son in the garden.

A successful vegetable garden takes the right combination of sun, soil, and water.  If you're new to vegetable gardening, read this helpful article to get started on planting your first garden.

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Fall Gardens Make Sense

Fall gardens make sense

Plant a fall garden with these cool-weather crops, and you'll enjoy fewer insects, less sweat, and great-tasting vegetables. Fall is the perfect time of year to grow broccoli, kale, spinach, and other hearty plants.

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For Early Tomatoes, Try This

For early tomatoes, try this!

If you're growing tomatoes but tired of waiting until it's time to pick your first juicy, homegrown tomato, use these techniques to speed up your harvest. Cheat the calendar with these simple steps for speedy tomato plants.

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Garden Clean-up

Garden cleanup

These five simple gardening tips will help you clean your garden and eliminate insects and diseases. Keeping your garden healthy from season to season is easy if you take the time to prevent problems in advance.

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Good Soil Means Good Vegetables

Good soil means good vegetables

Turn your garden soil into black gold, even if your site has hard soil or debris. Nutrient-rich top soil makes for more productive herb and vegetable plants. These tips will help you tackle common garden soil challenges.

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Learn Tomato Terms: Indeterminate, Determinate, VFN & Others

VHN what?

Decode tomato plants by learning the difference between determinate and indeterminate, as well as symbols for disease resistance. If you're growing tomatoes, use this guide to help you select the variety.

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Make a Note

Make a note

It's important to write down your observations each growing season so you can apply your knowledge to your next herb garden or vegetable garden. Your notes are a valuable resource for garden planning.

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Ranking Vegetables for Efficiency

Produce gathered on a table.Learn which vegetable plants give you the greatest yield per square foot with these handy ratings from the National Garden Bureau. Be sure and check this list when planning your vegetable garden.

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Rescue Sad Tomato Plants. Enjoy a Fall Harvest.

Rescue Sad Tomato Plants. Enjoy a fall harvest.

In some regions of the country you can enjoy growing tomatoes well into the fall. Here's what you can do to revitalize your tomato plants for a late-season harvest.

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Save Money Growing Vegetables and Herbs

Cherry tomatoes growing on the vine.

Looking for ways to save on your household bills? Growing a vegetable garden or herb garden saves money and trips to the grocery store. These plant varieties, including tomatoes and specialty peppers, offer maximum savings.

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How to Grow Bonnie's Herbs and Vegetables

Learn how to grow any vegetable or herb. Illustrated instructions walk you through planting, care, harvest,  storage, and troubleshooting for each Bonnie vegetable and herb.


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