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If you're growing tomatoes in your backyard vegetable garden, you'll probably have green tomatoes left on your plants at the end of the season. If you're wondering what you can do with those green tomatoes, you'll appreciate these suggestions to ripen your green tomatoes before the first fall frost, and to get the most out of your harvest.
Can you make your green tomatoes turn red? Can you save your tomato plants from frost? What can you do with green tomatoes? You'll find out in this episode.
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What to Do With Green Tomatoes in the Fall - https://bit.ly/usegreentomatoes
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Should you invest in a survival seed kit? These pre-packaged seeds are meant to be stored away long-term until you have to start growing your own food after an emergency or world-wide crisis.
Here's why a survival seed kit might be a good option, but perhaps not your best option. I'll tell you why, and what to do instead - even if you already have a package of survival seeds stashed away for an uncertain future, which really isn't a bad idea!
Transcript/Related Post: Survival Seeds - https://bit.ly/DoYouNeedSurvivalSeeds
Check out the Grow Guides on the website for various vegetables and fruit.
Episode #10 discusses hybrid vs heirloom tomato varieties
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In this episode, we explore nine summer vegetables that thrive in hot weather. Learn essential tips and suggestions for growing these heat-loving vegetables in your backyard garden. Plus, discover the secrets to maximizing your harvest from your garden this summer. Let's dig in!
Transcript/Related Post:
9 Warm-Weather Vegetables for your Summer Garden
https://www.oakhillhomestead.com/2023/05/9-warm-weather-vegetables-to-grow.html
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How to Transplant Tomato Plants
How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in Containers
Grow Your Own Sweet Potato Slips
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Discover the benefits of composting for your vegetable garden, and the advantages of composting at home. Composting your yard waste and kitchen garbage is the best way to improve your garden. Here are four reasons you should be composting, in honor of Learn About Composting Day.
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The natural antidepressant in dirt is mycobacterium vaccae.
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Nine out of 10 gardeners grow tomatoes, making it the most popular garden vegetable to grow. And there are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes to choose from. Let’s explore the differences - heirlooms vs hybrid varieties, determinate vs indeterminate growing habits, and the six different sizes and shapes of tomatoes.
Which one is best for you? It depends on what you want to do with your tomatoes - whether you want to add them to a salad, top a burger or sandwich, make sauce, or enjoy a snack fresh from the garden. Let’s dig in!
Click here for your free Tomato Tips cheatsheet (https://oakhillhomestead.myflodesk.com/i26cg0r2j2) so you can grow incredible tomatoes!
Transcript/Related post:
The 6 Kinds of Tomatoes - https://www.oakhillhomestead.com/2024/03/determinate-and-indeterminate-tomatoes.html
Hybrid vs Heirloom - https://www.oakhillhomestead.com/2024/04/hybrid-vs-heirloom-tomatoes.html
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How to start seeds
Trellis tomatoes
Grow a new tomato plant from a sucker
Why you should grow heirloom seeds
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Discover seven easy-to-grow cool-season plants ideal for your backyard garden. From vibrant greens to flavorful root vegetables plus a delicious fruit, you'll learn about these easy-to-grow spring vegetables and why it's important that you know how to grow your own food.
Grow Guides Sweet and Sour Beet recipeEpisode 3: How to Plant Garlic
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7 Easy Cool-Season Vegetables to Plant
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Potatoes are a great way to make ends meet, and you can save even more money by growing them in containers. There are a few things you need to pay attention to though, and we'll discuss them in this episode. Let's dig in!
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How to Plant Potatoes in Containers
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What will you grow in your backyard vegetable garden? Choosing what to grow in a garden can be overwhelming with all the choices that are available. These tips will walk you through the steps of how to choose the vegetables and fruits to plant in your backyard garden.
Dirty Dozen listFind your growing season information hereHow to Grow Vegetables and Herbs in a Shady Garden ebookMary's Heirloom Seeds
You'll find suggested vegetable varieties for small gardens in Episodes #3 and #5.
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7 Tips to Choose What to Plant in a Vegetable Garden
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Every inch of soil counts in a backyard garden, and raised garden beds can be a game-changer, an efficient solution with many benefits. From soil improvement to better use of your garden space, learn about the advantages of raised garden beds, and about some of the disadvantages too. Let’s dig in!
Transcript/related post:
The Advantages of Raised Garden Beds
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Here are my 8 secrets to growing a successful salad garden in a small space, a flowerbed or in plant pots and containers. You can grow a healthy salad almost anywhere, even if you're short on garden space and have little gardening experience.
Transcript (and free guide to choosing plants for a salad garden):
Grow a Salad Garden in a Small Space
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How do you deal with a disappointing garden season? Have you tried gardening in the past but you were far from successful and you're not sure you want to try again?
Some years are like that. In fact, I have a confession to make, and I’m going to spill the beans in this episode. Let’s dig in!
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Recovering from a Bad Garden Year
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Do you want to grow vegetables and herbs but don't have room for a garden? Grow in containers instead! Learn how to choose the right containers and pots for your plants, and what plants work best in a container garden.
Transcript (and more info about growing vegetables in containers):
Growing Vegetables in Containers and Pots
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How to plant garlic in your backyard garden or in containers. Garlic is easy to plant and easy to grow. Learn about:
types of garlic when to plant garlic where to buy garlic bulbs for planting how to plant garlic companion plants for garlic
Transcript (and more information about growing garlic!):
Planting Garlic in Your Backyard Garden or in Containers
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Whether you've tried to garden before, or you're brand new to the idea - whether you have a tiny backyard or none at all - here's why you should start a garden. Explore the possibilities with Kathi Rodgers, in this first episode of HOMEGROWN: Your Backyard Garden Podcast.
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Why you should plant a garden - How to start a garden for beginners
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