by Julia Dimakos | Jun 11, 2024 | Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables, Video
My good friend Joanne Shaw recently invited me back on her podcast, “Down the Garden Path”, to talk about growing tomatoes. We decided to focus our chat on tomato seed starting, growing on, fertilizing, watering techniques, tips for avoiding blossom end...
by Julia Dimakos | Nov 24, 2023 | Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
One of the simplest vegetables to grow is carrots. Simply sow carrots seeds, water, and wait. If all goes well, you will harvest one of the tastiest root vegetables, a staple ingredient in most kitchens. However, growing carrots is not always as easy as one thinks....
by Julia Dimakos | Sep 2, 2023 | Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
How would you like to enter your vegetable garden in the early spring and find trusty, reliable vegetables showing signs of life as they emerge from a cold and barren ground? These are vegetables that you can count on to feed you and your family each year. This is the...
by Julia Dimakos | Oct 26, 2022 | Vegetable Gardening, DIY, Gardening Tips, Seed Starting, Vegetables
Do you grow your own garlic? Garlic (Allium sativum) is one of the simplest vegetables to grow and the best part is, you can plant your crop in the fall and literally forget about it until spring. However, many people don’t grow garlic or think to add it to...
by Julia Dimakos | Nov 30, 2020 | Vegetables, Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening
*This post is a follow-up to the previous post “What is a Ground Cherry?” Have you grown ground cherries in your garden? Ground cherries are beautiful golden balls of sweetness, that grow in papery husks and may be used in desserts or enjoyed as fresh...
by Julia Dimakos | Nov 18, 2020 | Vegetable Gardening, Gardening Tips, Vegetables
If you’ve never grown nor tasted parsnips, you don’t know what you’re missing! Although parsnips look like white carrots, they are not the same. Parsnips are traditionally synonymous with Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas and many comforting fall...
