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Growing Amaranth: A Seed Grain Related to Quinoa
Protein-Packed Seeds & Edible Leaves There are around 60 species in the Amaranth family (‘Amaranthaceae’). There is quite a bit […]
DIY Potting Soil
Potting soil is big business. Every year thousands of bags of potting mixes are sold from nurseries and garden centers […]
Ultimate Guide to Growing Tomatoes
Tomatoes are one of the most diversified and delicious plants you can grow in your garden. Whether you call them […]
Tomato Cages, Stakes, or Trellises: Which is Best?
The truth is, there is no one-size-fits-all method of growing tomatoes. There are so many varieties of tomatoes and so […]
Saving Chive Seeds
Chives are usually propagated by divisions. However, they can be grown from seed with a little extra planning time. So […]
Borage (Borago officinalis)
Looking for how to actually use borage? Hop over here to see exactly what you can do with borage (yes, it’s […]
Onion & Garlic Chives – Growing Guide
There are two types of chives – onion chives (or common chives) and Chinese chives (or garlic chives). Onion chives […]
“Seed Saving” Guide for Garlic and Rocambole
There are two basic types of garlic – hard-neck and soft-neck. Hard-neck garlics send up a flower shoot in the […]
Shallots, Scallions, & Green Onions – What’s the Difference?
Ever wondered what the difference is between onions, green onions, shallots, and scallions? Perhaps you’ve watched an episode of the […]
The Ultimate Guide to Growing Your Own Garlic
We are never without garlic in our kitchen. As a back-up, we have homemade powdered garlic made from our own […]
Bunching Onions seed saving guide (true scallions & bunching onions)
Bunching onions (Allium fistulosum) have a hard time deciding what group they want to belong to. In some books they […]
Bunching Onions growing guide (Bunching Onions or True Scallions)
Bunching onions may be considered perennials, though they are technically biennials. However, because they’ll continue growing and dividing on their […]
How to Grow Egyptian/Topsetting Onions (Proliferum Group)
How to grow Egyptian onions Egyptian, or topsetting onions, produce bulblets at the top of a stem, instead of flowers. […]
Shallots, Potato Onions, & Multiplier Onions – Growing Guide (The Aggregatum Group)
The aggregatum group of the “Onions” includes shallots, potato onions, and multiplier onions, which are all part of the allium […]
Seed Saving Guide – The Onions
Most people are familiar with the common garden onion, with its large, multi-layered bulb, that makes a person’s eyes water, […]
When (If) You Should Use Mustards to Fumigate Your Soil
Garden information comes and goes in waves, it seems. There’s always a trendy suggestion or two each season that gets […]
Ultimate Guide to Growing Onions
Onions are one of the two most well-known alliums – garlic being the other. Onions form bulbs of white, red, […]
Saving Seeds from Your Leeks
Leeks (Allium ampeloprasum) belong to the allium family, which also includes garlic, chives, and onions among its members. Understanding the […]
Natural/Organic Soil Fumigation – With Mustards
Mustards, like many plants, contain compounds that have a variety of effect – on people, other plants, animals, their environment, […]
Growing Culinary Elephant Garlic
Elephant garlics are also known as great-headed garlic or levant garlic, though they’re technically a type of leek and not […]
Early Blight – A Fungal Disease
Alternaria solani Early blight affects members of the nightshade family, most particularly tomatoes and potatoes, though it may occasionally affect […]
How to Grow Gorgeous Leeks
Leeks are the most delicately flavored and sweetest of all the alliums. Leeks are usually classified as a cool-season crop, […]
Cleaning Your Seeds: Separation & Winnowing Methods
Once you have harvested and fully dried your seeds you’ll need to separate the seeds from their pods or remove […]
The Allium Family – Growing & Seed Saving
Members of the allium family are pretty easy to identify by the garlicky or onion-like odors they give off. The […]
5 Easy Steps to Drying Your Seeds Enough to Freeze Them
Freezing your seeds will actually prolong the life of the seeds. But nearly all of the moisture in the seeds […]
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