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How to Grow Watermelon and Cantaloupe Vertically
How to Grow Watermelon and Cantaloupe Vertically
When gardeners think about growing watermelons or cantaloupes, they imagine sprawling vines taking over half the garden. That's how I used to grow them too. By August, the vines would creep into pathways, smother crops, and make harvesting feel like...
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Tomato Problems in May (And How to Tackle Them Before Summer)
Tomato Problems in May (And How to Tackle Them Before Summer)
May is when tomato season starts feeling real. Seedlings are finally in the ground, temperatures are warming up, and those small plants suddenly begin putting on growth almost overnight. But May is also when tomato problems start showing up. One...
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Outdated Backyard Trends to Avoid in 2026
Outdated Backyard Trends to Avoid in 2026
Backyard trends are different from fast fashion – once implemented, the changes made to your turf are often sadly irrevocable. When planning your garden, it’s important to carefully consider which trends are appealing, especially those that require large-scale undertakings. There’s...
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Low Light Houseplants that Thrive in Dim Light
Low Light Houseplants that Thrive in Dim Light
“I am half sick of shadows,” laments the Lady of Shalott in Tennyson’s melancholic poem. These days, it seems that all living things abhor darkness, where foul creatures scurry and root in the miasma. If you keep murdering your expensive,...
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Best Red Flowers to Grow
Best Red Flowers to Grow
Red, the color of spilled wine; red, the color of the sun at sundown. There is hardly a color that has spawned more literary allusion and metaphor throughout the centuries.  Indeed, the poetically named “War of the Roses,” was the...
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The Joy of Convenient Gardening: Indoor and Outdoor Planters
The Joy of Convenient Gardening: Indoor and Outdoor Planters
Let's be honest, gardening can be a lot. Between watering, weeding, and worrying about whether your plants are thriving or wilting, it can sometimes feel overwhelming, even for seasoned gardeners. Well, what if I told you there's a way to...
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10 Plants That Make Your Garden Stink
10 Plants That Make Your Garden Stink
In the plant world, a rank smell is unforgiving, bringing misery to every day of your life. As for the plants themselves, they couldn’t care less. In fact, their stinky nature can give them an advantage in attracting pollinators and...
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National Peanut Day – September 13
National Peanut Day – September 13
Who is the nuttiest person you know? That grouchy, un-fun uncle whose appearance is solely reserved for funerals? Blackbeard from Our Flag Means Death, whose maniacal laughs and frizzled beard serve as the source of nightmares to even the most...
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Tips for Starting a New Garden
Starting a garden for the first time or a new garden can be daunting. If you’ve never gardened before, you may not know where to start. If you’ve had a garden before, but it has been awhile and you didn’t...
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For Better Gardens and Happier Gardening, Beware of These 8 Social Media Trends
For Better Gardens and Happier Gardening, Beware of These 8 Social Media Trends
Social media is a highlight reel: The things you see don’t always represent the entire picture or, in some cases, reality at all.  So while you can get good, thorough online gardening advice from sources who actually specialize in it,...
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At Vego Garden, our goal is to redefine Raised Garden Beds. The company was founded with the goal of launching a modular metal garden bed system with a 20+ year life expectancy, utilizing eco-friendly metal materials instead of cutting down trees. We emphasize innovative design and high quality with our products. The name vego carries the spirit of DIY modular raised beds suitable for growing vegetables.

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