gardening
Herb and vegetable gardening.
Spring on your summer table
Fresh vegetables for the barbecue, healthy salads on the side, herbs for rubs, marinades or dressings and fruit desserts, show it off! Come the summer issue, we will organize a true garden party where a good part of the menu came from containers or plants intermingled in the borders of your backyard.
Weed control methods
Weeds may stunt the growth of your plants as they take their space, water and soil nutrients. Weeds also harbor pests. Keep them under control.
Summer vegetable garden
A summer vegetable garden, where crops are planted in spring and harvested during the summer and early fall, is the choice in the majority of kitchen gardens.
Indoor versus outdoor vegetable gardening
None of the two options is prefect; both, an indoor or outdoor vegetable garden, have benefits and potential problems.
Soils and pests in a herb garden
Choosing the herbs that thrive in the kind of soil your garden has is key for your growing success, and, having put time and effort in that herb garden, would you let pests destroy it? Be prepared.
The seasons and your herb garden
Your herb garden changes with the seasons and different gardening tasks. Wintering your herb garden and prepare it for the spring is only a part.
Growing herbs from seed
Growing herbs from seed is a tad more difficult than buying a pot in the grocery store or garden center. It is not impossible, however, and it is much more rewarding.
Herbs in a garden
Herbs are great in a garden, greenhouse or in containers. Grown them for culinary or medicinal reasons, or simply for their fragrant aroma or beauty.
How to grow parsley
Some people think growing parsley is difficult. It is not, parsley can be grown even by clumsy gardeners.
Herbs in containers
Most tips can also apply to any kind of vegetables or plants grown in containers.