Vegetable Garden on Shine

User post: How to Grow Basil

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When I first fell in love with gardening, my biggest seducer was herbs. I found herbs to be not only one of the easiest types of plants to grow, but they were also the most fun to create a garden with - not to mention the most versatile group of plants out there.

User post: How to Use Baby (or Green) Garlic

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By Kate Geruntho Frank

I just adore garlic. I love it so much that I planted about twenty cloves last fall and it's one of the things I'm really looking forward to harvesting this year. In fact, I've begun to harvest it already, even though it's only…

User post: No Yard? Grow Vegetables in Containers

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By Ruth Dobsevage If you have limited space and time but still want to try your hand at growing vegetables, think containers. No yard is necessary; a patio, deck, windowbox, or even a fire escape will do. All you’ll need is a couple of containers, some soil, seeds or seedlings, and a…

How to grow your own vegetable garden

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Why Grow Your Own?

As a cook, nurturing your own vegetables is the perfect way to seize control over your ingredients. And "victory gardens" (also known as "war gardens" since they popped up during World Wars…

User post: Must-Have Kitchen Tools

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5 things every kitchen needs

-Francine Segan, BettyConfidential.com

Even though I've written four cookbooks and countless articles on food, I only have a few tools in…

My gorgeous veggies are growing!

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Things are really starting to kick in here in the old (well, new, really...) backyard farm. I tasted my first tomato yesterday, from my 'Juliette' (a tiny roma)and it was nice and firm and tomato-y - no mealiness, not watery; it was a successful tomato! Jan and I also have been making lots...

My bad-*ss vegetable garden: Meet my veggie babies

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Remember last year how I had my Minions build me some tricked-out raised beds for a vegetable garden? I'll bet everyone has been wondering "Whatever happened to The Germinatrix's jacked-up vegetable beds?" Well, I had planned on planting a whole winter garden, only to be thwarted...