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National Gardening
Ben Watson |
Hybrid or Open Pollinated Is one type of vegetable seed better than another?   |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
New Vegetable Varieties National Gardening Seed Testers have evaluate new vegetable varieties in their backyard gardens one year in advance of these varieties being released for sale. This year's top 5 winners include an All America Selections winning pepper, plus a bush tomato, red lettuce, red radish, and a green bean... |
National Gardening
National Gardening editors |
Choosing Pea Varieties Peas are fun and easy to raise because they take very little work and mature rapidly. It's possible to grow them in any part of the country, even though English and edible-podded peas prefer cool, moist weather. |
National Gardening
Deborah Wechsler |
Super-Nutritious Vegetables Now you can plant vegetables bred for their high nutrient content |
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Getting to Know Squash There are three main types of squash -- summer, winter and pumpkin. Here are descriptions of the varieties and characteristics of each. |
National Gardening
Deborah Wechsler |
The Hot New Sugar Snaps We compare 1995 varieties with the original |
| National Gardening |
Food Gardening 101 It's a great treat to go shopping in your own garden to harvest fresh food. A small, well-tended garden can be just as productive as a large one that is ignored, so it is a good idea to start small and expand it as you need more space. |
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle |
Weird Tomatoes Heirloom tomatoes offer diverse characteristics and are easy to grow. Five top heirlooms are suggested. |
National Gardening
Peter Kopcinski |
Hungarian Peppers Eastern Europe's finest varieties are now available to U.S. gardeners... |
National Gardening
Michael MacCaskey |
Heirloom Beans Top chefs pick the most flavorful heirloom beans |
National Gardening
Kris Wetherbee |
Sweet Beets For a quick-maturing and nutritious vegetable, you can't beat beets... |
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Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |
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Preparing to Plant Peas Peas are everyone's garden favorite. There's nothing like the taste of fresh sweet peas in spring. Here's some history and tips on planting peas. |
National Gardening
October 1999
Renee Shepherd |
Sizzling Summer Treats Smoky-sweet, grilled or broiled, roasted peppers are hot! |
National Gardening
Veronica Lorson Fowler |
Amazing Annual Vines These speedy climbers offer old-fashioned charm and quick landscape solutions |
National Gardening
Kathryn Khosla |
Growing Leeks In mild-winter regions, sow leek seeds in July, then harvest the following spring. |
National Gardening
Deborah Wechsler |
Bountiful Basil This essential herb offers a world of scents and flavors |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Persimmons Consider the many virtues of persimmons, one of the most widely grown "exotic" fruits. |
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Choosing Tomato Varieties Healthy, vigorous tomato vines can produce a lot of fruit. But of the thousands of varieties available, how do you narrow your choices? |
National Gardening
Warren Schultz |
Sweeter Sweet Corn Sugary, enhanced varieties stay sweet longer on the stalk and in the kitchen. |
| National Gardening |
Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
National Gardening
Kris Wetherbee |
Meet the Asian Pears Growing your own is the surest way to experience them at peak flavor |
This Old House
March 27, 2001
Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Second Harvest July is the perfect month to start thinking about the fall garden. Many of the vegetables you've enjoyed from the garden this spring and early summer can be grown and harvested this fall as well. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Edamame A favorite Asian snack: While the typical home garden use of soybeans is as a cover crop, some varieties of the common soybean (Glycine max) have been bred to be eaten fresh. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Grow Space-Saving Tomatoes If you only have a small garden, there are varieties of tomatoes that will fit perfectly into the space. |
| National Gardening |
Corn Confidential You watered it, fed it, and nursed your corn crop through the summer. How can you prevent growing corn with more cob than kernel? |
| National Gardening |
Harvesting Corn Harvesting corn is a matter of picking the ears at peak flavor. Here's how to know when to harvest. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Stand Out Veggies 'Brandywine' is one of the most popular heirloom tomatoes a home gardener can grow. Now there's a hybrid version of this classic named 'Brandy Boy' that has all the positive characteristics of the heirloom but with more uniform fruiting and better yields... 'Papaya Pear' summer squash... |
National Gardening
June 2000
Kris Wetherbee |
Corn of Many Colors For an exciting range of colors and tastes, plant gourmet popcorn this spring |
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Growing Onions As with most vegetables, you can start onions from seed in the garden. But many onions have relatively long growing seasons and onion seeds don't germinate quickly, so it's often better to start the crop another way. You can set out transplants, or you can plant "sets" (half-grown onions). |
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Sweet Corn Essentials Tips on planting, growing, and harvesting sweet corn. |
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle |
Fast-Growing Salad Greens These Asian specialties sprint from seed to salad bowl in two months or less... |
National Gardening
Lance Walheim |
What's New With Deciduous Fruit? New tree fruit varieties don't appear very often, but when they do, it usually points to a significant development in flavor, hardiness, or disease resistance. |
National Gardening
Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
National Gardening
Michael MacCaskey |
Summer Bulbs Consider these for summer color |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
When Good Tomatoes Go Bad Here's a list of eight of the most common tomato fruit problems not caused by insect or disease. |
National Gardening
Carol Deppe |
Breeding Your Own Squash A guide to plant breeding and seed saving in the squash and pumpkin patch... |
National Gardening
Kathy Bond Borie |
Seed Catalog Savvy Reading between the lines to find the best varieties for your garden... |
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Corn Diseases, Insects, and Pests Most of the trouble gardeners have with corn is easily controlled. |
National Gardening
Carolyn Male |
Tomato Diseases Forewarned is forearmed: how to read your tomato leaves. |
National Gardening
June 2000
Victoria Matthews |
Tropical Visions Given the right conditions, these flamboyant vines can grow almost anywhere |
National Gardening
Robert E. Gough |
The Mighty Lingonberry Why, where, how to grow lingonberries. |
National Gardening
Patt Kasa |
Putting the Garden to Bed The short warm days and crisp nights of autumn trigger leaf color changes, and remind me it's time to clean up the garden. |
| National Gardening |
Preparing for Raspberries Raspberries are so delicate and perishable they're scarce at the supermarket and fruit stands and expensive if you find them. Fortunately, they're easy to grow at home. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Winter Annuals A colorful way to garden this winter... |
This Old House
Kathryn Keller |
Little Green Thumbs When it comes to gardening, kids can't wait to dig in. Here are some ideas to help them get growing. |
Food Processing
August 2008 |
Meeting Health Goals in a Snap General Mills' Green Giant brand offers vegetable varieties targeting specific health goals. |
| National Gardening |
Corn Care Corn doesn't need any more attention than other garden vegetables, but it's a crop that can take up a fair amount of time if you plant a lot. Make it easier by combining tasks. |
Seasoned Cooking
July 2010
J. Sinclair |
Green Beans Because green beans are high in fiber and water, they are low in calories with one-half cup serving furnishing only 22 calories. Green beans are naturally low in sodium. |
