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Sweet Peppers: 4 Tips for a Great Harvest
Sweet peppers can make attractive, colorful additions to your garden and are generally less vulnerable to pests and diseases than many other common garden vegetables. Here are four tips to help you get the most out of your pepper plants: Thin early fruits. This encourages pepper plants to grow larger and produce more foliage before […]
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5 Tips for Growing Basil in Containers
May 22, 2018
Container Gardening
/ Organic Gardening: Herbs
/ The Mighty Garden Archive
By: Ann Clary
Basil is an ideal plant for container gardening, whether on the patio or the kitchen windowsill. Growing basil in containers allows you to move basil to follow seasonal changes in sun, to shaded areas during hot summers, warmer areas during spring, and to protected areas when necessary in response to winds or other environmental factors. […]
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3 Tips for Growing Basil in the Summer Home Garden
Basil is one of the most popular and rewarding herbs for the home gardener. Fresh basil is an essential ingredient in many recipes, from Caprese salad to pesto. Two to three plants can usually provide enough for one household. Pesto lovers may want four or five. Gardeners with long warm growing seasons should consider planting […]
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California Native Plants: 3 Things NOT TO DO This Summer
For those familiar with gardening maintenance associated with the traditional flowering perennials and annuals common in California home gardens, such as roses, azaleas, delphiniums, and (gasp!) grass, learning what to do, or more precisely what NOT TO DO, with California native plants is a process. California natives require us to reevaluate our plant maintenance practices, […]
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Cucumbers: Six Things You May Not Know
GardenZeus earns commissions on sales made through links in this article. There is no additional cost to you. Think you know cucumbers? Here are six things you may not know. Sustainable Gardening. To help ensure proper pollination of cucumbers and other fruiting crops, encourage populations of beneficial pollinators, and utilize surrounding areas by having plants […]
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Mildews on Cucurbits: Identifying, Preventing and Treating
May 4, 2018
Organic Gardening: Vegetables
/ Stop Bugging Me: Organic Solutions for Insect Pests
/ The Mighty Garden Archive
By: Ann Clary
by Ann Clary and C. Darren Butler Mildews are a common malady of cucurbits such as summer squash (including zucchini), winter squash (including pumpkin), cucumbers and melons. How can you identify a disease as mildew? And how should it be prevented and treated? What is mildew? Powdery and downy mildew are the most common […]
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Turmeric: Container Gardening and Harvesting
GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a perennial plant and member of the Zingiberaceae, or ginger family grown for its edible rhizomes typically used for flavoring in curries. Recently, there has been much interest in its possible medicinal value. […]
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Ginger: Growing and Harvesting for Culinary Use
GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a perennial plant with spear-like leaves and unremarkable yellow flowers that is typically grown as an annual plant for its edible root, or more precisely, its edible rhizomes. Ginger is grown commercially in […]
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3 Easy Vegetables for Beginning Gardeners
by Ann Clary and C. Darren Butler GardenZeus earns commissions on sales made through links in this article. There is no additional cost to you. Many vegetables are easy to grow, but cherry tomatoes, loose-leaf lettuce and zucchini stand out for being easy to grow, quick to maturity and high productive. Cherry Tomatoes. Tomatoes are […]
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