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Advice on how to grow vegetables from seed to harvest, care for them, protect them from diseases, and boost harvests. Natural treatments only!

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Black zebra, the darker striped tomato

Black zebra tomato

A raised garden bed how-to, from building it to growing at an easy height

Raised garden bed made from round posts fastened together.

Planting eggplant, the first steps to start your crop off right

Planting eggplant

White eggplant, different color, taste, feel… same care!

White eggplant varieties

Eggplant growing at last? Proper care leads to great harvests!

Caring for eggplant

An effortless veggie garden

Vegetable patch with no maintenance

King of vegetables? The Tomato, of course!

New varieties of tomatoes produced every year show how important this king of vegetables is for us

Dandelion, more than just a weed

Field full of dandelions

Chayote, a run-around vine that’s edible all around

Chayote vine with fruits

How to stake tomatoes – cages, twine or poles?

Tomato plants with a makeshift tie and stake

Black krim tomato, a dark-skinned tomato with a rich, meaty flesh

Black krim tomato growing on the plant

Meet the tasty Pineapple tomato, large and round with few pips

Pineapple tomato, a large tomato

Lacinato kale, a swarthy, dark vegetable posing as an ornamental

Lacinato kale leaves growing lush and tall

Zebras in the veggie patch Yup! green zebra tomato!

Three green zebra tomatoes

Seedless tomato varieties to grow in the vegetable patch

Seedless tomato variety

Broadcast sowing – a quick technique for large surfaces and growing beds

Broadcast sowing, seeds in hand with dark complexion.

Indigo rose, a tomato variety for small, black cocktail tomatoes

Indigo rose tomato

Basella, a spinach look-and-taste-alike

Basella, the indian spinach, leaves and stem

Pruning tomato plants, let those shears run loose!

Tips and tricks to get the pruning of your tomato plants right