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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...

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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...

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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...

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How to Handle August Zucchini and Pepper Overload

#beginner-friendly #climate change #composting #Crop Rotation #Cultivation #food #Food Storage #Garden Beds #garden to table #gardening tips #organic gardening #Outdoors #Soil and Nutrition #summer gardening

Every August, there comes a point when the garden stops asking whether you want more food. The zucchini that was small a few days ago has suddenly grown big. Peppers seem to ripen in every corner of the plant. Your...

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7 Signs Your Watermelon Is Ready to Harvest

#Better Gardening #food #fruit #Garden Beds #garden design #Garden Prep #garden to table #harvest #Plant Cultivation #summer gardening #watermelon

Few gardening moments are more disappointing than cutting open a homegrown watermelon only to discover it was picked too soon, or left on the vine a little too long. Unlike tomatoes or peaches, watermelons don't continue to ripen or increase...

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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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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.