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What is Direct Sowing? Best Plants to Direct-Sow in Your NJ Garden

What is Direct Sowing? Best Vegetables to Direct Sow in Your NJ Garden Are you new to gardening? Then you may wonder what it means to direct-sow garden seeds. To direct-sow simply means planting your garden seeds outside in the soil, as opposed to planting them in little, peat-filled containers indoors. Either …

What is a Bumper Crop? Short Post

What is a bumper crop? I found out recently that we have been using the term “bumper crop” incorrectly on this website. I looked up the term on Wikipedia, and learned that it refers to an unusually large harvest. Previously I had said things like “We’re going to have a …

What does Kale look like? (Kale vs. Collards vs. Swiss Chard)

What does Kale look like? (Kale vs. Collards vs. Swiss Chard) I recently opened my emailed copy of a certain big-name gardening newsletter to discover their big sale on kale. A well-timed message, but there was one problem. The newsletter had pictures of collard greens, not kale! This got me …

Tomatoes Planting Instructions for NJ Zone 6

New Jersey is reputed as being the ideal climate for growing fine, fat tomatoes that burst with flavor. Even the most casual or inexperienced of NJ gardeners will probably put at least one tomato plant in come springtime to see what becomes of it. Tomatoes are most definitely a hot-weather …

Fall Gardening in NJ Zone 6, and Putting Your Garden to Bed for Winter

Ah, another sad September when we must say goodbye to those glorious red tomatoes, luscious cucumbers and summer harvests of kale and chard. Trying to squeeze in time to tidy up the garden before back to school and autumn’s onset. Did you know: you can prep garden beds in the …