108 growing guides
Vegetables
Sowing, spacing, feeding and harvest timing for the vegetables worth growing, with a planting calendar for every state.
All vegetables guides, A–Z
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- Beginner Vegetable Garden: Layout, Spacing, and What to Plant
- Best blueberry varieties: highbush, lowbush, rabbiteyeVaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium virgatum
- Best Cool-Season Vegetables for Spring and Fall
- Best lettuce varieties for heat tolerance and bolt resistanceLactuca sativa
- Best pepper varieties: sweet, hot, and short-seasonCapsicum annuum
- Best tomato varieties for the home garden — determinate vs indeterminateSolanum lycopersicum
- Best Vegetables for Containers
- Best Warm-Season Vegetables
- Blueberry Bush Guide: How to Plant and Grow BlueberriesVaccinium corymbosum
- Brussels Sprouts Care: A Six-Month Cool-Weather Crop
- Bush vs vining zucchini varietiesCucurbita pepo
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- Cauliflower Care: Blanching, Heat Stress, and Bolting
- Celery Care: The 130-Day Crop That Needs Constant Water
- Crop Rotation in a Vegetable Garden: Plant Families and Timing
- Cucumber plant care: bush vs vining, trellising, and bacterial wiltCucumis sativus
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- Grafted vegetables: tomatoes, eggplant, peppers
- Growing anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)Agastache foeniculum
- Growing asparagus: a 20-year cropAsparagus officinalis
- Growing Basil Outdoors: Planting and Care GuideOcimum basilicum
- Growing bay laurel outdoors and overwinteringLaurus nobilis
- Growing bee balm for tea (Monarda)Monarda didyma
- Growing Beets: Complete Garden GuideBeta vulgaris
- Growing borage (Borago officinalis)Borago officinalis
- Growing Broccoli: Timing, Spacing & Pest Control GuideBrassica oleracea
- Growing Cabbage: Timing, Spacing & Pest Control GuideBrassica oleracea
- Growing Carrots: Complete Garden GuideDaucus carota
- Growing chamomile (German vs Roman)Matricaria chamomilla
- Growing Chives Outdoors: Zone, Care, and HarvestingAllium schoenoprasum
- Growing chocolate mintMentha × piperita f. citrata 'Chocolate
- Growing crookneck squashCucurbita pepo var. torticollia
- Growing curry leaf plant outdoorsMurraya koenigii
- Growing Dill Outdoors: Planting, Care, and HarvestingAnethum graveolens
- Growing fennel (bulbing vs herb)Foeniculum vulgare
- Growing French tarragon (the only kind worth growing)Artemisia dracunculus
- Growing Herbs Outdoors: Basil, Parsley, Cilantro, and Mint
- Growing horseradish (and containing it)Armoracia rusticana
- Growing Kale: Variety Guide, Timing & Harvest TipsBrassica oleracea
- Growing lavender as a culinary herbLavandula angustifolia
- Growing Lemon Balm Outdoors: Care, Zones, and ControlMelissa officinalis
- Growing Lettuce in the Garden: Types, Timing, and Bolt Prevention
- Growing Melons: Cantaloupe and Honeydew GuideCucumis melo
- Growing Mint Outdoors: Container and In-Ground GuideMentha
- Growing Okra: Planting, Harvest Timing & Pest GuideAbelmoschus esculentus
- Growing Onions: Day-Length, Spacing & Curing GuideAllium cepa
- Growing Oregano Outdoors: Zones, Care, and HarvestingOriganum vulgare
- Growing Parsley Outdoors: Flat-Leaf and Curly GuidePetroselinum crispum
- Growing Peppers Outdoors: Soil Temperature, Fruit Set, and Pests
- Growing rhubarb: cold-climate perennial vegetableRheum rhabarbarum
- Growing Rosemary Outdoors: Zones, Care, and HarvestingSalvia rosmarinus
- Growing saffron crocusCrocus sativus
- Growing Sage Outdoors: Zones, Care, and HarvestingSalvia officinalis
- Growing stevia as a sweet herbStevia rebaudiana
- Growing summer savory and winter savorySatureja hortensis
- Growing sunflowers: dwarf to giant, every type explainedHelianthus annuus
- Growing sweet marjoram vs Italian oreganoOriganum majorana
- Growing Sweet Potatoes: Slips, Curing & Storage GuideIpomoea batatas
- Growing Tarragon Outdoors: French vs. Russian, Care, ZonesArtemisia dracunculus
- Growing Thai basilOcimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora
- Growing Thyme Outdoors: Zones, Care, and HarvestingThymus vulgaris
- Growing Winter Squash: Butternut, Acorn & KabochaCucurbita maxima
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- Hardneck vs. Softneck Garlic: Which Type Should You Plant?Allium sativum
- How Often to Water a Vegetable Garden: The 1-Inch Rule Explained
- How to Grow Cilantro (Without It Bolting in Two Weeks)Coriandrum sativum
- How to Grow Potatoes: Planting, Hilling and Harvest TimingSolanum tuberosum
- How to Grow Strawberries: When and How to Plant, Care and HarvestFragaria × ananassa
- How to grow tomatoes in pots: pot sizes, planting dates by zone, and a watering planSolanum lycopersicum
- How to Plant Garlic: Fall Timing by Zone, Depth, Care and HarvestAllium sativum
- How to Stake Tomatoes: 4 Methods Compared
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- Leek Care: Long-Season Alliums for Winter Soups
- Lemon Grass: What It Is, How to Grow It, and Keeping It Through WinterCymbopogon citratus
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- Pea Care: Snap, Snow, and Shelling Peas in the Home Garden
- Planning a Fall Vegetable Garden in Zone 7a
- Pumpkin Care: From Seed to Carved Jack-O'-Lantern
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- Raised Bed vs. In-Ground Vegetable Gardens: Cost and Tradeoffs
- Raised Bed vs. Row Garden: Which Growing Method Is Right for Your Yard?
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- Scallions Care: The Easiest Allium to Grow from Seed
- Seed saving by crop (annual, biennial, hybrid)
- Slicing vs pickling vs Japanese cucumbersCucumis sativus
- Spinach Care: Cool-Season Growing for Tender Leaves
- Starting Vegetables from Seed Indoors: Timing and Technique
- Succession Planting for a Continuous Vegetable Harvest
- Succession planting: build the schedule
- Sweet corn varieties for the home gardenZea mays var. saccharata
- Swiss Chard Care: The Heat-Tolerant Cousin of Spinach
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- Tomato plant care: determinate vs indeterminate, cages vs stakes, blight preventionSolanum lycopersicum
- Types of basil: sweet, Thai, Genovese, lemon
- Types of tomatoes: 8 categories explained
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- Watermelon Care: How to Grow Sweet Melons in the Home Garden
- What to plant in April
- What to plant in August
- What to plant in December
- What to plant in February
- What to plant in January
- What to plant in July
- What to plant in June
- What to plant in March
- What to plant in May
- What to plant in November
- What to plant in October
- What to plant in September











