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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...
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How to Build an Elevated Garden Bed for Easy and Comfortable Gardening
How to Build an Elevated Garden Bed for Easy and Comfortable Gardening
Gardening should never hurt. Yet anyone who has spent an afternoon on their knees weeding or crouching over ground-level rows knows that traditional gardens can be hard on the body. Elevated garden beds solve this quietly and beautifully. By raising...
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Best Ways to Use Tomato Cages for Bigger and Healthier Tomatoes
Best Ways to Use Tomato Cages for Bigger and Healthier Tomatoes
The first ripe tomato of summer is supposed to end up in your hand, not split open on the ground because the stem could not hold its weight. That is exactly what happens when tomato plants grow unsupported. Their branches...
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How to Support Heavy Tomato Plants in Summer
How to Support Heavy Tomato Plants in Summer
Your tomato plants start out small and manageable in spring. You install a few stakes, and everything seems under control. Then summer arrives. Suddenly, those once-tidy plants are six feet tall, loaded with fruit, and leaning dangerously in every direction....
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Tall Flowers That Add Impact to Your Garden
Tall Flowers That Add Impact to Your Garden
Time is money, which means that many gardeners are increasingly seeking solutions that don’t require them to sweat like an exorcist during the Crusades. Those days, if you want something ancient, prestigious, and towering over commoners, tall flowers are the...
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Road Trip Garden Snacks: Easy Harvests to Pack and Go
Road Trip Garden Snacks: Easy Harvests to Pack and Go
Road trips are often associated with fast food stops, long stretches of sitting, and the occasional stomach discomfort from overly processed snacks. While those challenges are hard to avoid entirely, the food choices don’t have to be part of the...
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Vegetables That Grow Better on Trellises
Vegetables That Grow Better on Trellises
A big gardening mistake I made early on was assuming every vegetable belonged on the ground. After a while, cucumbers sprawled across paths, pole beans tangled themselves around nearby plants, and vines wanted to explore every corner of the garden....
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Tomato Cage Problems Every Gardener Runs Into
Tomato Cage Problems Every Gardener Runs Into
Tomato cages are a helpful tool in the garden, keeping fruit off the ground, improving airflow around the plant, and supporting heavy branches so tomatoes stay protected from pests and are easier to harvest throughout the season. However, they can...
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Bad Fruit: Removing Bradford Pears from the Garden
Bad Fruit: Removing Bradford Pears from the Garden
The Flowers of Evil has been described as beautifully morbid, juxtaposed against the rotting sewage of the masses. The flowers of Callery pears, though not visibly malefic, are an entire heaping of bad news.  The Bradford pear’s growth pattern can...
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Companion Planting Guide for Summer Vegetables
Companion Planting Guide for Summer Vegetables
Every summer, I hear gardeners ask the same question: "Why are my tomatoes covered in pests while my neighbor's look perfectly healthy?" Sometimes the answer isn't fertilizer. Sometimes it isn't watering - it's who they're growing next to. Companion planting...
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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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