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Seed Saving 101: How to Harvest and Store Seeds from Your Best Plants
Seed Saving 101: How to Harvest and Store Seeds from Your Best Plants
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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12 Purple Flowers to Plant for Royal Purple Color
12 Purple Flowers to Plant for Royal Purple Color
Asking someone their favorite color seems like a grade-school pursuit, idle and childish. Yet, it’s one of those subtle tells that reveal an individual’s psychology. Those who favor purple are often described as highly creative and intuitive, attuned to the...
4 min read
How to Keep Cucumbers Producing All Summer
How to Keep Cucumbers Producing All Summer
Growing cucumbers is a gratifying experience. One day, you notice just a few yellow flowers. A few days later, cucumbers start appearing out of nowhere. Before long, you're harvesting enough for salads, sandwiches, and pickles.  Fast forward a few more...
4 min read
What to Plant in a Raised Garden Bed: Best Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs
What to Plant in a Raised Garden Bed: Best Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs
Imagine stepping outside on a warm morning, basket in hand, gathering ripe tomatoes still warm from the sun, a fistful of basil that perfumes the air the moment you pinch a leaf, and zinnias bright enough to light up your...
4 min read
Measures to Deal with Soil Hardening & Compaction
Measures to Deal with Soil Hardening & Compaction
After some years of gardening, I have come to realize how much healthy vegetables depend on healthy soil. One summer, I noticed my tomatoes weren't growing as quickly as usual. The leaves looked healthy enough, but watering seemed strange. Instead...
4 min read
How to Freeze and Dry Your Herbs
How to Freeze and Dry Your Herbs
There's a point every summer when my herb garden seems to grow faster than I can manage it. One week, I'm snipping a few sprigs of basil for the kitchen. By the next, my basil has become a leafy jungle,...
4 min read
Tomato plant with blossom end rot showing dark sunken patch on the bottom of the fruit
How to Fix and Prevent Blossom End Rot on Tomatoes
Few things are more disappointing than spotting a large, beautiful tomato, and then noticing a dark, sunken patch developing on the bottom. The first time I encountered blossom end rot, I assumed my tomato was diseased.  Like many gardeners, I...
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How Do Self-Watering Planters Work? A Complete Guide
How Do Self-Watering Planters Work? A Complete Guide
You fill the reservoir once, walk away, and somehow your basil stays lush for two weeks while you are on vacation. It feels like a small miracle the first time it happens. Self-watering planters have become one of the most...
4 min read
Beginner's Guide to Plant Supports
Beginner's Guide to Plant Supports
Plants almost always grow bigger than you expect. Every spring, I tell myself I'll stay ahead of my tomatoes. Install supports early, tie up the vines regularly, and keep everything neat. Every year, I'm reminded that giving vegetables proper support...
4 min read
Tips on How to Train Jasmine Vines to Cover a Porch Naturally and Evenly
Tips on How to Train Jasmine Vines to Cover a Porch Naturally and Evenly
If you want jasmine to transform your porch into a lush, flowering green frame, the key thing to understand is that it won’t do it neatly on its own. Jasmine needs early direction, consistent training, and regular adjustments to create...
3 min read

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.

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