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Extend Your Growing Season With a Greenhouse

#climate change #Cultivation #edible plants #fall #Fall Garden #greenhouse #harvest #organic gardening #Outdoors #plant care #raised garden bed #winter

Having a greenhouse makes the garden feel less tied to the seasons. You can start seedlings earlier in spring, and keep harvesting greens through fall. Summer tomatoes and peppers don't have to go as soon as temperatures drop. The greenhouse...

8 min read

5 Sure Signs Your Carrots Are Ready to Harvest

#Better Gardening #climate change #Cultivation #edible plants #Garden Prep #garden to table #Green Thumb Knowledge #harvest

Root vegetables are more challenging to harvest because there is a lot of know-how and experience that goes into knowing when to pull a ready carrot. You can see the foliage, and sometimes you can see the top of the...

3 min read

Greenhouse Gardening Tips: The Complete Guide to Growing Year-Round

#Fall Garden #garden to table #greenhouse #harvest #organic gardening #Outdoors #Plant Cultivation #plant health #rain #Raised Beds #winter

A greenhouse gives gardeners more time. Instead of packing away your tools when summer ends, you can keep growing vegetables in fall, protect plants from frosts, start seedlings earlier, and even grow certain crops through winter. But year-round greenhouse gardening...

8 min read

What to Do With Your Garden After the Last Tomato Harvest

#Better Gardening #edible plants #fall #Fall Garden #Garden Beds #gardening tips #gardening tools #harvest #Plant Cultivation #tomatoes

With your last tomato finally harvested, plants that looked vibrant just a week ago are turning yellow, and production has slowed down. It is tempting to put everything on hold and call it a season. Little did you know, this...

5 min read

What to Grow in a Greenhouse This Fall and Winter

#climate change #cold weather #Cultivation #edible plants #gardening tools #Green Thumb Knowledge #greenhouse #harvest #veggie garden #winter

A greenhouse can extend your gardening season long after summer crops begin to fade. It provides a protected place for your vegetables as the nights get colder, like seedlings, herbs, or tender plants that would struggle outdoors as temperatures drop....

7 min read

How to Know When Cucumbers Are Ready to Harvest (Before They Turn Bitter)

#Better Gardening #Cultivation #Garden Beds #gardening tips #Green Thumb Knowledge #harvest #Plant Cultivation

The tricky part about growing cucumbers is that they do not always give obvious signals that they are ready. Leave them on the vine too long, and that crisp, refreshing cucumber can turn into something with tough skin, large seeds,...

3 min read

How to Protect Your Garden From the First Frost

#climate change #DIY #garden protection #gardening tips #gardening tools #Green Thumb Knowledge #greenhouse #harvest #Outdoors #winter

There's usually some panic that comes with the first frost. You look at the garden and suddenly see all the tomatoes that haven't ripened, or herbs you've been harvesting all summer. The forecast says temperatures are about to drop, and...

5 min read

Late Summer Vegetable Garden Troubleshooting Guide

#climate change #Cultivation #Fall Garden #garden planning #garden protection #hacks #harvest #Plant Selection and Care #Pro-Tips

By late summer, your vegetable garden can look somewhat different from the one you planted in spring. The plants are bigger, the harvests are heavier, and the weather is less forgiving. Some of your spring vegetables are clearing out, and...

5 min read

6 Signs Your Strawberries Are Perfectly Ripe Before You Harvest Them

#Better Gardening #Cultivation #food #fruit #Green Thumb Knowledge #harvest #strawberries #summer gardening

Strawberry patches are fun to watch grow. At first, they look like nothing more than leafy green plants with small white flowers in your garden beds, and then suddenly, bright red berries begin peeking through the leaves. After weeks of...

3 min read

How to Tell When Zucchini Is Ready to Pick: 8 Tips Gardeners Swear By

#Cultivation #edible plants #Fall Garden #garden to table #gardening tips #harvest #Plant Cultivation #vegetable gardening #veggie garden

Zucchini might be one of the easiest vegetables to grow, but knowing when to harvest it can be surprisingly tricky. Pick it too early, and you may miss out on size, but wait too long, and you can end up...

3 min read

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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.