Brussels sprouts can be one of the toughest vegetables to master, especially for new gardeners. We struggled for years trying to get a consistent Brussels sprout harvest. We'd have a decent harvest one year, but were unable to do it...
After having only in-ground garden plots for 8-9 years, last year we decided to add some raised beds to the mix. We took one of our existing 30'x35' in-ground garden plots and converted it to a raised bed plot with...
As we've discussed in other blogs, onions are what we like to call "heavy feeders." This means that you really have to pump the nutrients to them to get grow big onions. This also means that they're hard to over-fertilize...
When we're starting to transition from one season to the next, I often find myself doing a lot of something we call "gap planting." This happens when one row of vegetables in a plot is done, but the other rows...
Over the last decade or so, a lot of fuss has been made about the negative affects of tilling your backyard garden. "No-till gardening" seems more popular than ever as many backyard gardeners no longer yearn for the smell of...
We've been enjoying all the wonderful benefits of cover crops in our backyard garden plots for years. But we often get asked about using cover crops in raised beds. Is this something worth doing? Or should we just leave the...
We love trying to grow things we've never grown and learning about the process as we go. One of the things we've really enjoyed learning how to grow is turmeric. A couple years ago a viewer sent us a small...
Are organic fertilizers the best thing to use for your backyard garden? Or is it okay to use some synthetic fertilizers on occasion when plants are struggling? Many gardeners are confused by the overload of information about organic versus synthetic...
In this blog I wanted to dive into a topic that's been on my mind a good bit lately. It has to do with gardening myths, trends, and fads that I frequently see on YouTube and other social media outlets....
