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For a while, I thought growing potatoes was the whole project. You plant them, you wait, you dig them up, and that’s it – job done....
Brussels sprouts weren’t the easiest vegetable I’ve grown, and honestly, that’s part of why I wanted to try them. After growing some of the quicker, more...
Asparagus is one of the few vegetables that asks you to think in years instead of weeks. When I first planted it, that took some getting...
Celery has a reputation for being one of the trickier vegetables to grow at home, and for a long time I believed that too. I wanted...
I still remember the first time I grew peas. I’d chosen them mostly because they seemed like one of the easier crops to start with, and...
I never set out to become a coffee grower. It started as a simple question: could I actually grow coffee beans at home, the same way...
The first time I pulled a beetroot out of the soil, I remember being surprised by how small it was compared to what I’d pictured. The...
Revised Kale Introduction Kale has a reputation for being tough, and in my experience, that reputation is earned. It’s one of the few leafy greens I...
My first cauliflower plants looked incredible. Big, glossy leaves and sturdy stems—everything about them said “healthy”. Then it came time for heads to form, and… not...
Growing cabbage is more forgiving than it looks, but there’s one thing that surprises almost every new gardener: the small seedlings you transplant need far more...
