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Eggplants can produce up to a dozen fruits per plant, potentially more depending on the type and the growing conditions.
Pick up tips from readers for building a small hatchery business, selling cut flowers, companion planting with calendula, DIY ...
While certain insects and animals can provide healthy benefits to your garden to help plants or vegetables grow, there are several harmful pests that you want to keep from your garden at all costs. A ...
While the official jury is out on just how effective companion planting is, it doesn't hurt to give it a try. If you do, just be sure to avoid these mistakes.
Not all veggies make great neighbors. Get the scoop on companion planting and the veggies that should and shouldn't be ...
Cucumbers are a summer gardener’s delight. Delicious in everything from salads to iced water, the refreshing and hydrating cucumber is also a beautiful-looking vining plant that will give your veggie ...
That is traditionally how we plant our gardens. Companion planting is growing one plant to help another as part of a community. Vegetables, fruit, herbs, and cover crops are noticeably more resilient ...
Lorrie Rugg promotes the benefits of companion planting among gardeners, highlighting favorable plant pairings for garden health.
Last year the harvest grew to 2,680 peppers, when they also picked 385 tomatoes from eight plants. They’re also growing red and yellow potatoes, cucumbers, squash, green onions, eggplants and ...
The plants have similar growing needs and are both wonderfully fragrant. The volatile chemicals that give rosemary its flavor and scent also affect the behavior of some insects. Interplanting rosemary ...