As the seasons change, so does the garden. Cool weather crops offer the opportunity to extend the growing season and enjoy fresh produce beyond the typical summer months. This guide provides detailed instructions for starting and caring for a variety of cool-weather crops available from Park Seed, ensuring your garden thrives even as temperatures drop.
Tomatoes are a staple in many home gardens, prized for their versatility and rich flavor. But did you know that the success of your tomato plants can be significantly enhanced by the company they keep? Companion planting is a time-honored gardening technique that leverages the natural relationships between plants to create a flourishing garden ecosystem. Today, let’s dive into the best companion plants for tomatoes and explore how they can help your tomatoes thrive.
Watch Video As gardeners, we know the benefits of growing our own fruits and vegetables. Not only do they taste fresh and delicious, but they also provide us with important vitamins and minerals that help keep us healthy. And when we’re feeling under the weather, our gardens can come to the rescue! Here are some of the best foods to harvest from your garden when you’re feeling sick: Leafy greens: Spinach and kale are rich […]
Squash bugs are my nemesis in the garden! They can transfer diseases and cause your once amazing-looking squash plants to die suddenly!
Learn several tips and tricks for how to handle these nasty squash bug pests in your garden in this video!
Japanese Beetles, or more commonly known as June Bugs, have been menacing so many people’s gardens!
In this video, Carrie goes over many tips and tricks for managing Japanese Beetles organically.
Peppers have a lot of plants that do well next to them, but there are several that stand out that are simply amazing!
Check out this video to learn more about what plants make great companions for peppers to help with pest control and help to improve the flavor!
Companion planting is essential for having a successful growing season! Tomatoes are one that can benefit from a variety of plants around it from pest control, to attracting beneficial critters, and even making the tomatoes produce better and taste better!
Asparagus plants are quite the investment of time taking up to 3 years for a harvest. If you are planning on growing asparagus, make sure to plan ahead and set aside a section of your garden just for this.
Potatoes are one of the most popular things grown in the garden. We like to grow them in SmartPots containers so they’re easier to harvest!
With all of the colors, shapes, and flavors of lettuce available, you can have a different salad every day of the week! Lettuce is adaptable to many different growing conditions but likes to stay in a cool 60 to 65 degrees. It will happily grow in the spring and fall, but you should plan to grow them in the shade during the hotter months to slow bolting.
