The previous Gardening Blunder examined a simple, but important strategy for watering the vegetable garden, today’s blunder covers an important consideration when you’re ready to plant your vegetable seeds.
Gardening Blunder: Planting at the Wrong Time
It’s important that you time your seed sowing so that your plants mature under their optimum growing conditions; otherwise you make [...]

Cold Frames are great for stretching the garden’s growing season at both ends. In the spring cold frames provide a sheltered area for seed starting and to harden off transplants that were grown indoors. During the fall, cold frames enable you to harvest fresh vegetables longer by protecting your plants from frost and cold temperatures.

The previous gardening blunder looked at the importance of feeding the soil; today’s blunder examines the watering techniques for supplying moisture to the plants growing in your vegetable garden.
Gardening Blunder: Shallow Watering
A consistent supply of moisture is important to maintaining your plants growth and health. Many beginner gardeners provide frequent but shallow irrigation to their vegetable [...]

You won’t find elderberries on display at your local market, but elderberry bushes make my list of easy growing organic fruits for the backyard gardener. Elderberries are also very attractive plants that fit well in the ornamental edible landscape.
Why Grow Elderberries
Most berries are easier to grow and less susceptible to insect damage than common tree fruits such as apples, [...]

The previous gardening blunder examined the importance of protecting beneficial insects; today’s blunder examines the importance of your vegetable garden’s soil for healthy plant growth.
Garden Blunder: Feeding Plants Instead of the Soil
Some gardeners view fertilization as the cure all when it comes to caring for their plants. They grab a bag of fertilizer with the [...]

My hopes for an early arrival of spring suffered a setback this weekend. Freezing temperatures and seven inches of snow have a way delivering a dose of reality to the vegetable gardener looking forward to spring gardening activities. It could have been a lot worse though, neighboring areas received three or four times the amount of snowfall that [...]

The first common gardening blunder involved the vegetable garden’s layout, today’s blunder takes a look at the way that you treat the beneficial insects and good bugs that patrol your vegetable garden.
Gardening Blunder: Killing Insects
Yes, the second gardening blunder is an activity that you may consider to be one of the goals of growing a successful vegetable [...]

Edamame is a nutritious vegetable that’s popular with commercial farmers, but hasn’t caught on with the home gardener. That’s unfortunate because edamame, more commonly known as green soybeans, are easier to grow and more productive than the popular lima beans found in many backyard gardens.
Reasons to Grow Edamame in the Home Garden
Soybeans are touted for their [...]