How to Dehydrate Fruits and Vegetables
Learn how to dehydrate fruits and vegetables to preserve them for the long term. Make tasty snacks and save storage space, too.
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Common Squash Diseases and Pests
Learn to recognize squash diseases and squash pests and how to prevent them from doing damage to your plants and produce.
Growing Thornless Blackberry Plants
Herbs That Make Good Houseplants
6 Spice Plants to Grow at Home
Vegetable Garden Basics – Start a Small Vegetable Garden
Even if you've never gardened before, you can grow your own vegetables with little investment of time or money. Let us show you how to plant a 4’ x 4’ area from scratch.
Hardening Off Plants and Seedlings
Moving plants and seedlings directly outdoors in the spring can be a shock to their systems, even to the point of causing damage or death. “Hardening off” is the safe way to introduce plants to the outdoors. Follow these simple steps to introduce your plants to spring safely.
Tabbouleh
Our recipe for tabbouleh couldn't be easier and most of the ingredients can come straight out of your garden.
The Garbage Garden: Vegetables you Can Regrow
Get more out of your vegetable purchases. You can create a garden from the vegetable scraps that might otherwise go in the compost pile or get tossed into the garbage.
How to Make and Enjoy Shrub
Learn how to make your own shrub--a colonial-era, refreshing and oh-so-trendy drink mixer. All it takes is vinegar, sugar and your own fresh produce.
How to Roast or Grill Garden-Fresh Vegetables
Nothing beats home-cooked fresh produce, and the most delicious--and simplest--way to prepare vegetables is roasting or grilling. These tips will guide you to perfect roasted or grilled vegetable dishes, every time.
Get to Know Peppers From Sweet to Hot
Peppers are one of the easiest vegetables you can grow, but with 50,000-plus cultivars in the pepper family, what sort of variety should you buy? Get to know more about the different categories of peppers.
Plant a Tea Garden
These common, easy-to-grow herbs combine into herbal teas perfect to treat your friends or yourself.
Choosing Container Garden Herbs
Potted herbs are an easy way to liven up a home-cooked meal without committing to the effort of a full-blown vegetable garden. Besides their culinary qualities, most herbs also lend style to container gardens.
How to Grow Spaghetti Squash
Spaghetti squash is a low-maintenance vegetable that even a beginner can grow successfully. This article explains how.
Grow Your Own Smoothie Garden
Smoothies are a time-saving and tasty way to get your daily fruits and vegetables. And you don't have to scour the grocery store to find the best ingredients. You can grow most of the most healthy and delectable smoothie fruits and vegetables in your own garden.
Vegetable Garden Basics – Start Seeds or Buy Plants?
Learn what you need to consider when deciding whether to plant your vegetable garden from seed or get a jump-start by purchasing plants.
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French Marigold (Tagetes patula)
French Marigolds have a smaller plant habit and flowers than African marigolds making them the perfect size for containers and edging pavement, a patio, or flower border. They offer outstanding color and performance with minimal maintenance, even in hot weather. Marigold's deeply cut foliage offers great contrast and texture when planted near plants with broad leaves or grassy foliage. Remove faded flowers to keep plants tidy and encourage more blooms. A great choice for beds, baskets, and window boxes.
French Marigold (Tagetes patula)
French Marigolds have a smaller plant habit and flowers than African marigolds making them the perfect size for containers and edging pavement, a patio, or flower border. They offer outstanding color and performance with minimal maintenance, even in hot weather. Marigold's deeply cut foliage offers great contrast and texture when planted near plants with broad leaves or grassy foliage. Remove faded flowers to keep plants tidy and encourage more blooms. A great choice for beds, baskets, and window boxes.
French Marigold (Tagetes patula)
French Marigold (Tagetes patula)
French Marigold (Tagetes patula)
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