Peppers Planting Instructions for NJ Zone 6 Peppers are a summer-loving plant here in NJ. The milder ones such as bell peppers lend a nice snap to summer salads as well as the soups and chilis of September. All peppers contain high amounts of vitamin C. Hotter varieties such as cayenne, jalapeno and habanero boast […]
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Ah, the humble turnip… my all-time favorite vegetable. Beautiful, smooth white-and-purple painted globes of goodness, often with a flat bottom. I always think of Beatrix Potter’s wonderful drawings. So many varieties of turnips to plant, taste and enjoy! My first taste of turnips occurred at my friend’s mom’s house. She served a delicious dinner of
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GardenBeds-NJ.com, offers NJ zone 6-specific organic gardening tips on their website, and recently launched a comprehensive gardening guide that is available for instant download by email. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE– March 20, 2015 Hunterdon County, NJ Just in time for the 2015 spring gardening season, GardenBedsNJ.com has compiled a comprehensive, raised-bed gardening guide that’s designed to provide basic
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Wondering about mulch and how to use it to fertilize and protect your garden plants? Here’s our handy how-to article. What is mulch and why should I use it in my vegetable garden? When should I mulch my vegetable garden: spring, fall, or both? What types of mulch are best for my vegetable garden? How
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So it’s nearly the end of May, and the garden veggies you planted in March, April and just last week are beginning to yield some great results. Now that things are growing and blooming, what should you be tending to, picking or otherwise doing with your raised bed garden? A few suggestions from GardenBedsNJ: Harvesting
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“To grow healthy, productive plants you need healthy, productive soil. It is the organisms in the soil that provide the food plants need, in the form they need, when they need it.” -Dr. Elaine Ingam, SoilFoodWeb.com The first year we had our little backyard garden, we rented a rototiller and went to work processing the soil
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To the new gardener, early spring planting can seem confusing. How are you supposed to put seeds in the ground when the ground is covered in snow, and you haven’t done anything in the way of loosening up the soil? They say to plant the peas on or around St. Patrick’s Day. But… snow? Huh?
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A Shady-Yard Vegetable Garden: Is It Possible? A reader emailed us asking if there was any hope for growing garden vegetables in her shady yard, in which the sun was being blocked out by several mature oak trees. We did some research, and some thinking, and this is what we came up with. If anyone
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Trying your hand at tomatoes this summer? While some first-time farmers shy away from the seemingly more complicated crops like corn or beans, nearly every newbie is willing to stick a few tomato plants in the ground and hope for the best. If you’ve never grown tomatoes before (or you have but you’re still learning),
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Ever considered planting tomato seeds? Perhaps you’ve grown tomatoes from transplants for a few years now, like we have, and are looking to get a little more experimental and hands-on with your NJ tomato crop. As my NJ gardener pal, Laura, is likely to tell you, growing tomatoes from seed requires a bit of extra
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