Caring for your own plant nursery for the very first time is no easy task. There are a lot of things you still need to experience as a first time gardener. Starting seeds indoors and keeping those seedlings alive requires a lot of effort, skill and observation. I’ve written about seedling mistakes before, and improper…
Beets are one of those crops that you don’t just grow for eating seasonally. They’re supposed to last you for a while and get you through the winter months. But how exactly can you store them, when your garden is full to the brim with root vegetables, summer crops and all kinds of goodies? The…
There are a few questions in the gardening world – ‘When are onions ready for harvest?’ included – that no one ever truly knows the answer to. I can tell you what to look for, and about the signs your onions are ready to harvest. But with so many different ways to plant onions and…
If you’re wondering how to grow bigger, stronger onions, you’re in the right place. After years of trial and error and weighing in the most important factors, I’ve managed to grow onions that I’m proud of, and so can you. You just have to get familiarized with a few tricks – and one of them…
The mystique behind long-day, intermediate and short-day onions is often off-putting to potential onion growers, thanks to the confusion around when and where they work. Because of that, onions are probably the most underappreciated plant in our gardens, overlooked for more sculptural leeks, and faster-growing bunching varieties, but the humble bulbing onion deserves our true…
Growing onions comes with a lot of choices, but the first and most important is whether to grow onions from sets, seeds or seedlings. Growing onions from sets gives you a great head start, but depending on your climate can lead to bolting and early flowering. Similarly, growing onions from seeds is more reliable but…