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Seed Saving 101: How to Harvest and Store Seeds from Your Best Plants

#Cultivation #DIY #Garden Beds #Garden Prep #garden to table #harvest #organic gardening #Outdoors #Plant Cultivation #Seed Saving #Seeds

By August, the garden starts giving you clues about which plants really earned their place. Maybe your largest pepper came from a particularly healthy plant, or your basil has stayed productive despite weeks of summer heat. Instead of letting their...

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Vegetables to Plant in August for a Big November Harvest

#climate change #Garden Bed Design and Preparation #garden planning #Garden Prep #garden to table #harvest #Plant Selection and Care #summer #summer gardening

Your garden might look a little tired by August. Tomato vines are sprawling, and the lettuce you planted in spring is long gone. After months of harvesting, it's tempting to think the gardening season is winding down. Then I started...

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3 Best Lemon Tree Varieties to Grow in Rolling Planters

#Cultivation #edible plants #fruit #fruit trees #garden to table #gardening tools #Green Thumb Knowledge #trees #trees and shrubs

There are many different types of lemon trees you can grow, but most gardeners tend to gravitate toward the ones they already recognize, those commonly found in grocery stores or widely sold at nurseries. In this blog, the focus is...

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What Soil to Put in a Raised Garden Bed for Better Harvests

#beginner-friendly #Cultivation #edible plants #Garden Beds #garden planning #garden to table #harvest #Plant Cultivation #Plant Selection and Care #Raised Beds

Your raised bed is only as good as what you put in it. You can build the most beautiful garden frame in the world, but if you fill it with the wrong soil, your tomatoes will sulk, your carrots will...

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What to Do with Too Many Tomatoes？

#edible plants #food #Food Storage #Garden Prep #garden to table #gardening tips #gardening tools #Plant Cultivation #plants #tomatoes

Every tomato gardener dreams of having "too many tomatoes.” at least once. One week, you're impatiently waiting for the first ripe tomato to turn red. Next, you're carrying baskets of them into the kitchen, wondering where you're going to put...

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How to Store Fresh Garden Vegetables Longer

#Ecological #edible plants #food #Food Storage #Foodcube Projects #Garden Beds #Garden Prep #garden to table #storage #summer

Coming back from the garden with a basket full of freshly picked vegetables is one of my favorite moments. Bright red tomatoes, handfuls of green beans, fragrant basil or peppers—you can't buy produce that tastes quite like something picked fresh...

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How to Revive Heat-Stressed Vegetable Plants

#easy gardening #eco-friendly #garden planning #garden protection #garden to table #gardening tools #harvest #health #Heat Tolerant #Planting #summer gardening

Most gardeners have experienced it. You walk out to the garden after several days of scorching heat, expecting to see your vegetables thriving in the sun. Instead, your tomatoes are drooping, peppers have stopped flowering, and your lettuce has decided...

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Signs Your Raised Bed Soil Needs More Compost

#composting #eco-friendly #Ecological #edible plants #extreme weather #fertilizing #garden to table #gardening tips #hacks #harvest #health #plants #summer gardening

One of the biggest misconceptions about raised bed gardening is that you only need to fill the bed once. With my first raised beds, I filled them with a good soil mix, planted tomatoes, peppers, and herbs, and enjoyed a...

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10 Colorful Veggies that Go Well with Flowers

#edible plants #Garden recipes #garden to table #gardening tips #Organic Farming #Plant Cultivation #vegetables #veggie garden

To many gardeners, vegetable patches and flowers are like fire and water, living in strict segregation from each other. Vegetables were the utilitarian workers that lived to serve, ultimately ending up on salad plates, while flowers were the showy aristocrats...

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Why Your Plants Stop Setting Fruit in Late July

#Crop Rotation #easy gardening #eco-friendly #flowers #food #garden to table #harvest #Heat Tolerant #Plant Cultivation #plant health #Seasonal Gardening

I hear the same question every summer: "My tomato plant is big...so why am I barely getting any tomatoes?" Usually, the plant is healthy. The leaves are lush and green, and the stems keep growing. But the fruit just isn't...

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About Vego

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.