Don’t Crowd Your Vegetable Seeds
Thickly sown vegetable seeds cause many disappointments in home gardening. The seedlings often come up so crowded that none has a chance for average growth unless the rows are thinned
Garden
Confessions Of A Garden Gambler
There was the year we had roasting cars on July 2. That’s a month to 6 weeks ahead of schedule for central Indiana. For here, our last killing frost is
Vitamin Rich Kales From The Orient
Few plain dirt gardeners can visualize kale, the richest vitamin of the pot herbs, as a foliage plant for the flower border. Japanese horticulturists came up with ornamental kales more
Parsley The Wonder Plant Loaded With Vitamin A
Just outside my kitchen door, green, feathery, hardy plants have stood throughout the winter, offering health-giving leaves which are as good as a whole bottle of pills. I merely brush
4 Gardeners Share How We Grow Vegetables
A vegetable garden may not have the same glamour and appeal as a flower border. Still, one that is well-planned produces dividends in the way of quality and flavor that
A Salad Garden: What You Can Grow
Vegetable gardens usually include the minimum essentials for summer salads but a small area devoted entirely to salad greens can contribute to daily enjoyment and endless variety. If you share
Don’t Let Those Seedlings Die!
Doesn’t it make you mad to find that flat of special seedlings damping off? You spent a lot of time planting the seeds and waiting for germination, you watered them,
Bellingrath Gardens In Bloom
When Walter Duncan Bellingrath established a camp on the banks of the Isle-Aux-Oies (Fowl) River, some 20 miles south of Mobile, Alabama, in 1917, he did so with the idea
Coldframe Gardening: Important Tips On Building Coldframes and Hotbeds
The place of the cold frame and hotbed in the culture of plants is second in importance only to the garden itself. Managed correctly, no piece of garden equipment will
It Is Time To Tuck Your Garden To Bed
One way to have a successful garden is to ensure it goes into the winter adequately cleaned and prepared. Although many gardeners fed that last-minute planting and thorough cleaning are