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Grow great food crops in pots

You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots. Anyone who likes the accessibility of having salad plants or herbs near their back door, or tomatoes by the warmth of a house wall may find containers their best choice.


 

Give containers a try

You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots. Anyone who likes the accessibility of having salad plants or herbs near their back door, or tomatoes by the warmth of a house wall, may find containers their best choice.


 
Scarlet runner

Pots keep vegetables happy and nearby

You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots. Anyone who likes the accessibility of having salad plants or herbs near their back door, or tomatoes by the warmth of a house wall may find containers their best choice.


 

Growing food crops in pots

You don't have to be a condo or townhouse dweller to enjoy the advantages of growing some food crops in pots. Anyone who likes the accessibility of having salad plants or herbs near their back door, or tomatoes by the warmth of a house wall may find containers their best choice.


 

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Planning your veggies

I could really use some advice on how to get the most out of my very limited garden. It is long, narrow and inside a retaining wall. Tomatoes do very well. I have tried planting chives, cabbage, cucumber, mint, peppers, pumpkin and carrots. Pumpkins and carrots usually don't do very well. I really wish I could grow them.


 

Crop rotation helps prevent pests from finding food

Crop rotation would help immensely. This spring, try planting each of your vegetables in a different spot from the place they occupied last year. This makes it harder for any pests to increase in numbers to the point they cause major trouble because they'll have to go looking for food. Even a small change would help.


 

Crop rotation is key to healthy, pest-free vegetable gardens

"I could really use some advice on how to get the most out of my very limited garden. It is long, narrow and inside a retaining wall.


 

Plan your vegetable garden

I could really use some advice on how to get the most out of my very limited garden. It is long, narrow and inside a retaining wall. Tomatoes do very well. I have tried planting chives, cabbage, cucumber, mint, peppers, pumpkin and carrots. Pumpkins and carrots usually don't do very well. I really wish I could grow them.


 
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A bushel of green beans

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