Gardening

So you want that slice of tomato that can cover an entire slice of bread when you make your hungry man sandwich. Well, if you follow some 'gardeners secrets' you'll have that giant tomato in no time!

When to plant? When to hill? Those pesky potato beetles? Learning how to grow potatoes is all about mastering a few simple procedures. This is the guide to show you how to grow potatoes right. Growing potatoes using this guide will produce a plentiful harvest.

Seed Starting: I was very fortunate to learn from a seed starting expert. He would meticulously start the finest of seeds with great ease it seemed. I am now going to reveal some of his secrets, and some that I have learned on my own. Thanks Dad.

Learning how to grow carrots should be easy, but experience has taught us otherwise. There are quite a number of considerations when growing carrots. This guide to growing carrots should help every home gardener and you market gardeners should learn something about how to grow carrots as well.

Growing Onions: Learning how to grow onions really is not that difficult. Using this how-to guide for beginner's and seasoned gardener's alike you should be growing onions that you are proud of by the end of this growing season. In fact, we are sure you can learn how to grow onions even if you don't have good soil to begin with. The real secret to growing onions is in the preparation.

When we first moved to our present home we had no idea we would be growing blueberries in the near future.

At times we had noticed that wild blueberries grew on the edge of some of the swamps but there usually weren't many berries because on low land the spring blossoms would freeze most years. But the plants were the same and the deep mucky soil would offer better digging. And so it did... right up to our knees in ooze and filth. But the plants popped out and being wet transplanted excellent. We brought home about 100 clumps at a time and into the field they went. We were working at the beginnings of growing blueberries.

Growing Garlic Growing garlic really isn't that difficult. In fact we would venture that growing garlic is probably the easiest thing to grow in your garden!

It was a cool October afternoon. Brown Maple leaves swirled around my feet. Not exactly a promising day for starting a garden but that’s what we were doing. We were growing garlic. You see the best time to plant garlic is in October.

Jane and I have grown a big garden ever since we first met, even before we were married. Why grow a garden? There are many reasons but at the top of the list are improving our health, simple home economics, learning new skills and for the sheer joy it brings.