Vegetable Garden Planning Chart
Before any planting takes place, make a map. And no, I don’t mean just making a list of seeds, I’m talking about mapping out your … Read more
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Grape Vine Growth Time Calculator
In May, your recently planted grapevine appears as nothing more than a stick. The holes are dug, the trellis built, and now there’s budbreak. What … Read more
Raspberry Time to Fruit Calculator
Growing raspberries requires one particular type of patience: not only must you water them, but also identify what cane you’re looking at. In spring, you … Read more
Vegetable Garden Crop Rotation Chart
Last year you think maybe you had rotated, since you transplanted your tomatoes into what was previously the bean row. Phew, progress! That is the … Read more
Raspberry Plant Lifespan Calculator
Raspberry rows are like trees: Most gardeners apply fertilizer each spring to these woody plants, yet only pay attention when harvest diminishe, as if to … Read more
Vegetable Root Depth Chart
What’s wrong with this picture? Maybe you sowed a vegetable seed with high hopes, and then watched it emerge…and then marveled at why this seemingly … Read more
Blueberry Bush Growth Time Calculator
When you plant a blueberry bush, you hope it will get up quickly and go tall, right? Wrong. It will more likely stay small for … Read more
Grape Vine Time to Fruit Calculator
When you plant a grapevine, the expectation is that it will bear its first crop in year three. But it might just produce leaves in … Read more
Vegetable Spacing Chart
It’s happened to you before: You prepped the soil, ordered the seed packets, sowed them in hope and then, three weeks later, looked out at … Read more
Jalapeno Plant Lifespan Calculator
The jalapeno is technicaly a tender perennial, but most of us grow it like an annual since frost will kill the plant. If you didn’t … Read more
Vegetable Plant Chart
Vegetables appear to be a separate thing. As if you reach in the fridge and get a carrot for soup, a tomato for sauce. It … Read more