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Sugar snap peas on a Freyr trellis.
We often quote our book “Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard” and say that fresh snap peas are a reason unto themselves for having your own garden. I’ve never eaten a pea that has tasted as good as the ones I grow in my home garden and I want to you have the same experience. I’ve created this post to help answer your pea-growing questions and set you up for success!
Read MoreAmending vegetable garden beds with lime and compost in the Fall. Image from “Grow More Food: A Vegetable Gardener’s Guide to The Biggest Harvest Possible”
If you have an existing garden that has not been managed with an eye towards ongoing soil management, you likely have depleted some (or most) of the essential nutrients. You many also have an overly acidic or basic pH. Plants absorb significant quantities of nutrients from the soil each year, and unless you are actively replacing these nutrients, plant vigor and yield will decrease over time. Fortunately, it’s never too late to begin rebuilding garden soil and significant improvements can be made relatively quickly.
Read MoreWelcome to our new YouTube series! Learn how to pick a garden site, build vegetable garden beds and install drip irrigation.
Read MoreIt’s the time of year when vegetable transplants (or “starts) begin to show up at nurseries, hardware and grocery stores, and plant sales. Transplants are wonderful for many reasons. First, certain crops are difficult to grow from seed and will simply perform better if transplanted.
Read MoreUse this technique to grow the healthiest tomato and pepper plants!
Read MoreHere’s a list of all the irrigation parts we talk about and use in our drip irrigation video series on building a raised bed vegetable garden:
drip tape - we prefer the brand Aqua Traxx, and that’s what we use, but haven’t been able to find a link to the correct pressure and emitter spacing, so this is the closest we can find!
