Vegetables tend to be one of the most rewarding and favorite crops for the outdoor gardener. This section of the site focuses on growing vegetables from seeds to harvest.
Here you will find tips for all kinds of vegetables, including lettuce, tomatoes (which are technically fruits!), snow peas, and more.
We love growing all kinds of neat plants in our garden, so you’ll even find a few unexpected stories – like How to Grow a Popcorn Plant from Seed!
Find out tips and follow our adventures in zone 6 vegetable gardening here in Pennsylvania. As always, share with us any tips on growing veggies as well as any requests for your burning garden questions!
Living in Pennsylvania zone 6b, our growing season isn’t as long as our southern friends and family. For this reason, I’ve decided to get a real jump start on our cold crops early this season. Fortunately, our raised beds are already in place and filled with soil for planting. I could probably top them off…
Hey, not sure if you’ve noticed, but it’s time to get started with your cool weather veggies! Planting carrot seeds outside couldn’t be much easier! Try these tips on how to plant carrot seeds outside in the garden. Growing carrots from seed takes only a few moments and it is totally worth getting your kids…
When you start gardening, you’re bound to learn about so many different varieties of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs than you’d ever imagined. Take carrots for example. What color is a carrot? Orange, you might say, but that’s not always entirely correct. The color of carrots can vary depending on what kind of carrots you…
Gardening experiments can be so much fun! Take growing romaine lettuce from scraps for one. Did you know it only takes a couple of days to regrow romaine lettuce from the stump once you’ve enjoyed your salad? It’s pretty amazing actually! Tiny little romaine lettuce leaves start rising out of the lettuce stump. In a…
Kale is pretty much a superfood, so it’s a great one to grow in your veggie garden. Knowing how to harvest kale so it keeps growing will increase your harvest potential throughout the season. So much kale! If you haven’t grown kale before, it’s actually pretty easy. The pests like the cabbage white butterfly and…
Cucumbers tend to be a favorite garden plant to grow for lots of people. Fresh and crunchy, it’s great to have a healthy crop. In trying to optimize my garden layouts, I started looking for cucumber companion plants – what grows best near cucumbers! I know I would not be the only gardener to find…
Lettuce is such a healthy, easy-going plant in the garden, at least in my experience. If you’re new to growing lettuce from seed, try my tips on how to plant lettuce seeds in the garden for delicious salads all summer! Growing lettuce from seed couldn’t be easier. I’ve found direct sowing lettuce in the garden…
Prepare to be dazzled! While you may be used to traditional dark golden popcorn kernels from the store, you can actually grow and save glass gem corn seeds and other varieties of flint corn as popcorn kernels. Glass gem corn comes in gorgeous colors like pink, purple, blue, and green. It’s a kind of flint…
Isn’t it fascinating to be able to grow fruits and vegetables of all colors of the rainbow? Growing rainbow carrots is way more exciting for my daughters than growing regular carrots, but we love them all! With rainbow ones, you can add a variety of lovely colors to your garden and your dinner plate. Many…
Wouldn’t it be great to know just how to harvest lettuce so it keeps growing? You could have garden fresh salad for weeks, or maybe months! Well, good news. I am here to teach you about harvesting lettuce so it keeps growing. Lettuce is not a one-and-done crop. When you learn how to pick lettuce…