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!
Prized for their rich flavor that translates beautifully into Italian food, plum tomatoes are wonderful to grow in the garden. The plum tomato cost isn’t very much, less than 60 cents each in many cases. So, growing plum tomatoes vs. buying them may not save you much money. However, gardening isn’t just about the money!…
If you’re wondering what is broccolini, I’m happy to clear that up. Although it is often called “baby broccoli,” broccolini is actually a tender, smaller hybrid of broccoli and gai lan (Chinese broccoli), both brassicas. This leafy green veggie belongs to the B. oleracea species in the cultivar group, Brassica oleracea Italica Group x Alboglabra…
Planting popcorn is as easy as popping a few seeds in some potting soil and keeping them moist! Grow a popcorn plant for your family and at the very least, you’ll grow some memories. In a matter of days, you should see some miniature corn leaves sprouting from your popcorn seeds. Imagine how great it…
If I could get rid of one garden pest, I think it would be squash vine borers (right after the groundhog!). Those squash borer buggers decimated our zucchini, yellow summer squash, and even our pickling cucumbers last season. We tried surgical attempts to rid the plants of the worms inside the stem, to no avail….
Did you ever wish you had a cheat sheet of the ultimate tomato plant care tips to ensure success in the garden? I sure have. I’d love kitchen counters full of tomatoes just waiting to turn into homemade spaghetti sauce! So, what is a tomato, actually – a fruit or a vegetable? As science would…
Both easy to start and low maintenance to grow, kale deserves a space in your garden! Kale germination time is so quick. Growing kale is easy and this leafy green veggie heaps with antioxidants like Vitamin C and beta-carotene. Kale is a biennial plant, meaning it takes two years to go through its full growth…
There’s nothing like delicious grilled summer squash, seasoned to perfection. This mild vegetable works well with so many different dinners—salmon, chicken, pork, steak—and more. Try this super simple and very quick grilled summer squash recipe for a new family favorite side dish! Few things are as satisfying in gardening as enjoying the fruits and vegetables…