Edible Gardening

The flavors and quality of your homegrown fruit are just so much better than what you can buy, and more importantly: more nutrient-dense! Plus organic fruits and berries are so expensive to buy… so why not grow them at home? You can also grow lots of tasty and nutrient-dense vegetables for yourself and your family.

A herb garden should be included in any garden! Whether it’s a mini herb garden on a kitchen window sill or for a container herb garden on a sunny patio.

If you want to learn everything there is to know about edible gardening, then start by reading through the posts below.

When Should You Harvest Delicata Squash?

When Should You Harvest Delicata Squash?

Delicata squash is a type of winter squash and unlike its summer cousins, this squash has been left to enable the rind to harden and seeds to fully develop. Winter…

How To Harvest Spinach

How To Harvest Spinach

Spinach is an easy plant to harvest and is particularly fast at maturing when planted from seed. There are several ways to harvest spinach depending on how much you want…

How To Harvest Pecans

How To Harvest Pecans

If you live in the south of America, you may be lucky enough to grow pecan trees. As pecan trees are only grown within the southern states of America, this…

How to Harvest Mint

How to Harvest Mint

There is nothing quite like cooking with fresh mint from your very own garden. The taste is incredible, the smell is strong, and you don’t have to worry about unwanted…

How to Grow Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)

How to Grow Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)

Did you know that this broadleaf weed native to Europe you see growing everywhere is edible and has numerous culinary and medicinal benefits? It grows short and can be found…

How to Harvest Cauliflower

How to Harvest Cauliflower

Cauliflowers, though not the easiest vegetable to grow, can be one of the most satisfying when harvested for this very reason. They take up a lot of space, and resources,…

Pink Lady Apples (Malus domestica)

Pink Lady Apples (Malus domestica)

Pink Lady® apples are a variety of the Malus Domestica species, that was developed in Australia, and are also commonly known as Cripps Pink. The apple is named for its…

How to Grow Chicory

How to Grow Chicory

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is native to Europe where it was grown as a coffee substitute. The leaves are bitter and the taste may not be exciting to everyone but the…

How to Grow Stinging Nettle

How to Grow Stinging Nettle

Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a fast-growing plant that gets its name from the hairs on the stems. These hairs are used to protect the plant from animals and pests…

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