by Julia Dimakos | Jul 14, 2020 | Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
There’s nothing easier and more fun than growing your own salad mix! Grow salads outside your back door, in a planter, raised bed, pot or directly in the ground. Whichever way you grow them, harvest as you need thereby allowing for a continuous supply of fresh...
by Julia Dimakos | Mar 26, 2020 | Recipes, Seed Starting, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
Ever since I was little, I have loved strawberries. I remember going strawberry picking as a child, filling up on berries right in the field and getting what I called a “strawberry-ache” from the sore tummy I always had afterwards. Those were fond memories...
by Julia Dimakos | Jan 21, 2020 | Gardening Tips, Herbs, Perennials, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
You can plant a perennial herb garden once and it will produce for years to come. Many of these herbs will be the first to greet you in early spring. This is the great thing about growing perennial herbs. They are very hardy and require little maintenance, except for...
by Julia Dimakos | Oct 12, 2019 | Garden Updates, Gardening Tips, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables, Video
How do you harvest lettuce in your vegetable garden or container garden? Do you wait for your lettuce plants to produce heads, then lop off their entire heads at the base? Maybe you prefer a mixed salad bowl and harvest a leaf here and a leaf there? Seems like a...
by Julia Dimakos | Aug 7, 2019 | Gardening Tips, DIY, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
If you read “The Complete Guide to Growing Lettuce”, I covered everything you needed to know to successfully grow, harvest and store lettuce. Now that you know how to successfully grow lettuce, it’s important to know that not all lettuce types are...
by Julia Dimakos | Jun 13, 2019 | DIY, Gardening Tips, Herbs, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables, Video
Have you had trouble growing basil? If you’ve experienced this trouble, you are not alone. I often come across this complaint throughout the gardening community. Basil has specific growing requirements. It is unlike many of the cold-tolerant herbs like dill,...
