Get your garden summer-ready with easy-to-follow tips for beginner gardeners. This section breaks down the basics for a range of sun-loving veggies.
Pruning determinate tomatoes takes less work than pruning vining varieties, but it’s still far from simple. While there is less to do through the growing season, it’s important to prune bush tomatoes at the right time, and in the right way.
I grew up around tomatoes, so most of our harvesting methods come from instincts led by smell andtouch. Even now, when our tomato plants are nearing harvest time I get excited every time I getnear the greenhouse. But, it’s important to step back and listen to your tomatoes to avoidimpatiently harvesting them before they’re ready….
Tomato grow bags are convenient, but what do they really do? We’ve tested a few different tomato grow bags to compare the success rate of different composts, and tried a couple of innovative growing methods too.
Summer is the season we gardeners look forward to the most. All of our hard work finally comes to fruition, literally! Zucchini is arguably the most abundant of the summer crops but how do you know when it’s time to start picking? Most zucchini varieties are ready for harvest around the month of July. You’ll…
You know summer has arrived in your garden when the zucchini starts to roll in. With the warm weather, zucchini becomes the gift that keeps on giving. If you want to ensure that you have this prolific crop for years to come, try saving the seeds! Saving zucchini seeds is simple. All you need to…
If you’ve ever over-planted squash, you’re not alone. Who among us hasn’t planted four or five zucchini plants when we could have got away with just one? Save yourself the trauma of eating mountains of zucchini bread by scaling back your squash plantings to just a couple of plants in a few different varieties. Zucchini,…