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Vego Academy

Vego Academy is an educational initiative by Vego Garden, designed to provide valuable insights and knowledge about gardening. It offers a range of resources, including expert articles, tutorials, and tips, focusing on sustainable gardening practices and innovative techniques. The academy aims to empower gardeners, from beginners to experts, with the skills and understanding needed to create thriving gardens, emphasizing the use of raised garden beds and eco-friendly methods.

Bastard Cabbage: Displacing Wildflowers Like Wildfire
Bastard Cabbage: Displacing Wildflowers Like Wildfire
Bastard cabbage, scientifically known as Rapistrum rugosum, is an aggressive spreader that quickly turns the tide of war in its favor, swarming beloved natives such as bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, and other native wildflowers.
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In the Kitchen with Arietza: 12 Simple Jam Recipes with Fruit from Your Garden
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Gardening Outside the Lines: The Chaos Method
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Latest Content

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Five Tips to Keep Your Hydrangeas Looking Fresh After Cutting Them
Five Tips to Keep Your Hydrangeas Looking Fresh After Cutting Them
Cut flowers can bring a nice pop of color into your home, and hydrangeas are no exception! Hydrangeas are a favorite amongst gardeners, and it’s...
10 Ways to Apply Regenerative Agriculture at Home
10 Ways to Apply Regenerative Agriculture at Home
It’s no exaggeration to say we owe our lives to farming. Sometime 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, humans shed their largely nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle and...
Your Third Crop – Cool Season Fall Planting
Your Third Crop – Cool Season Fall Planting
When I first decided to start gardening, it was very late summer. I thought for sure I was too late to get into the game...
Warm-Season Flowers for Your Garden
Warm-Season Flowers for Your Garden
There’s no question that summer heat can be tough on flowers — it wilts delicate petals and stresses moisture-loving plants. But even when temperatures are...
Vegetables To Plant in Late Summer
Vegetables To Plant in Late Summer
Don't let the calendar fool you. Just because spring has long since sprung doesn't mean you’ve missed the boat when it comes to gardening this...
Invasive Plants to Watch Out For in the Garden
Invasive Plants to Watch Out For in the Garden
Invasive Plants to Watch Out For Pretty flowers are good to have around, but it’s quite possible that some of the denizens in your garden...

Garden Bed Introduction

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The Green Revolution: Why Everyone Should Have Raised Garden Beds in Their Backyard
The Green Revolution: Why Everyone Should Have Raised Garden Beds in Their Backyard
In an era marked by increasing environmental consciousness and a growing desire for self-sufficiency, the concept of raised garden beds has gained significant traction. Raised...
The Green Revolution: Why Everyone Should Have Raised Garden Beds in Their Backyard
The Green Revolution: Why Everyone Should Have Raised Garden Beds in Their Backyard
In an era marked by increasing environmental consciousness and a growing desire for self-sufficiency, the concept of raised garden beds has gained significant traction. Raised...
Starting A Legacy Garden – Out With The Old And In With The New!
Starting A Legacy Garden – Out With The Old And In With The New!
When I first started gardening four years ago, I certainly didn’t have money for expensive garden beds. I thought I was so clever to construct...
Ultimate List of Pros and Cons Of Metal Raised Garden Beds
Ultimate List of Pros and Cons Of Metal Raised Garden Beds
Raised beds have indeed revolutionized gardening, offering a practical and aesthetically pleasing solution for cultivating in limited spaces. They provide a way to contain your...
How to Edge your Garden Bed:  Surprisingly Simple Steps
How to Edge your Garden Bed: Surprisingly Simple Steps
One great way to enhance the appearance of your garden beds is by maintaining well-trimmed garden edges.  Keep reading to find step-by-step instructions on how...

Garden Bed Design and Preparation

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Growing a Goth Garden | Vego Garden
Growing a Goth Garden
Both bizarre and darkly intriguing, a goth or gothic-themed garden evokes the atmospheric quality of a Victorian novel, but without the seedier aspects.
Creative Configurations for Raised Garden Beds
Creative Configurations for Raised Garden Beds
Raised garden beds can be a true game-changer for growing healthy, bountiful crops.
Elevate Your Garden Game: How Raised Beds Can Transform Your Backyard Oasis
Elevate Your Garden Game: How Raised Beds Can Transform Your Backyard Oasis
Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to invest in raised garden beds. Where do you start? How do you know what size, type and shape of raised beds to buy? 
  
Raised Garden Bed Buying Guide
Raised Garden Bed Buying Guide
In the past few years, the popularity of raised garden beds has grown immensely due to their many benefits and styles, making them a favorite element in...

Soil and Nutrition

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How Much Soil Do I Need for a Raised Garden Bed?
How Much Soil Do I Need for a Raised Garden Bed?
Filling raised beds with soil is necessary for planting, but it's also important to calculate the amount of soil needed in order to avoid waste and save money.
Transform Your Garden with DIY Gardening Soil
Transform Your Garden with DIY Gardening Soil
Creating your own soil blend can give you significantly more bang for your buck and even create healthier plants.
At Home in the Range: The Importance of Balanced Soil pH
At Home in the Range: The Importance of Balanced Soil pH
Soil Health and How to Achieve It | Vego Garden
Soil Health and How to Achieve It
Ways to Properly Use Fertilizer | Vego Garden
Ways to Properly Use Fertilizer
World of Worms in Gardening |Vego Garden
World of Worms: Why You Want Them in Your Garden
How Much Soil Do I Need for a Raised Garden Bed?
How Much Soil Do I Need for a Raised Garden Bed?
Filling raised beds with soil is necessary for planting, but it's also important to calculate the amount of soil needed in order to avoid waste and save money.
Transform Your Garden with DIY Gardening Soil
Transform Your Garden with DIY Gardening Soil
Creating your own soil blend can give you significantly more bang for your buck and even create healthier plants.
At Home in the Range: The Importance of Balanced Soil pH
At Home in the Range: The Importance of Balanced Soil pH
To keep plants healthy and growing, you have to provide not too much of this and not too little of that. Things have to be (mostly) just right, right down to the soil.
Soil Health and How to Achieve It | Vego Garden
Soil Health and How to Achieve It
Healthy soil isn't just vital for robust crop growth - it plays a role in human health, plant well-being, and the broader ecosystem.

Plant Selection and Care

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Winter Shrubs | Vego Garden
Your January Gardening Checklist
January is the time to prune, plant and prepare for spring gardens. Vego Garden shares these tips from Texas Gardener magazine.
Why You Should Grow Comfrey in Your Garden
Why You Should Grow Comfrey in Your Garden
Comfrey is a well-loved herb in a permaculture garden. It is an economical way to feed your garden and create healthier plants while enjoying the many side benefits it provides. 
Another Mouth to Feed: Carnivorous Plants
Another Mouth to Feed: Exotic, Fascinating and Deadly Carnivorous Plants

Most plants are docile and passive, minding their own business and content to grow in the ground or their containers with just reasonable care. Carnivorous plants defy the stereotype. 

Resilient Plants for Harsh Conditions | Vego Garden
Outdoor Gardens: Resilient Plants and Crops for Harsh Environments
Gardening in harsh environments, whether it is poor soil, extreme temperatures, drought conditions, or high winds, requires the right plants to guarantee a harvest at the end of the season.
Easy Breezy Air Plants | Vego Garden
Easy, Breezy Air Plants
Air plants, or Tillandsias, are well adapted to life without soil, getting the nutrients and moisture they need largely from the environment.

Watering and Irrigation

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Ways to Save Water for Your Garden
Ways to Save Water for Your Garden
Nearly every living thing needs water to survive, and your garden is no exception. Gardening is worth it in so many ways, whether it’s for...
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Incorporating a Water Feature into Your Garden: Importance & Benefits
A well-designed garden can serve as a serene retreat, a vibrant gathering spot, and a sanctuary for wildlife. One element that can significantly enhance the...
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A Word to the Water-Wise: Xeriscaping
In our water-conscious world, some gardeners feel a pang of conscience every time they turn on the sprinkler or drag out the hose. While there’s...
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Preventing Disease After Heavy Rains
Too much of a good thing?What to do when heavy rains bring diseases to your garden During the summer, we see it all—blistering hot sun,...
Ways to Save Water for Your Garden
Ways to Save Water for Your Garden
Nearly every living thing needs water to survive, and your garden is no exception. Gardening is worth it in so many ways, whether it’s for...
Vego-Garden-Water-Feature
Incorporating a Water Feature into Your Garden: Importance & Benefits
A well-designed garden can serve as a serene retreat, a vibrant gathering spot, and a sanctuary for wildlife. One element that can significantly enhance the...
Vego-Garden-Xeriscaping
A Word to the Water-Wise: Xeriscaping
In our water-conscious world, some gardeners feel a pang of conscience every time they turn on the sprinkler or drag out the hose. While there’s...
Vego-Garden-Preventing-Disease-After-Rain
Preventing Disease After Heavy Rains
Too much of a good thing?What to do when heavy rains bring diseases to your garden During the summer, we see it all—blistering hot sun,...

Pest and Disease Management

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Identifying & Controlling Garden Pests
No More Free Lunches Rid your garden of pesky insects that beat you to your produce   Ever walked through your vegetable garden and noticed little...
Vego-Garden-Pest-Damage
Identifying & Controlling Garden Pests
No More Free Lunches Rid your garden of pesky insects that beat you to your produce   Ever walked through your vegetable garden and noticed little...
Organic Pest Control: Kinder and Gentler for Mother Nature
Organic Pest Control: Kinder and Gentler for Mother Nature
In nature, the insects we consider garden pests are part of the total scheme of things. When you’ve invested time, effort, and cash into cultivating...
Vego-Garden-Preventing-Disease-After-Rain
Preventing Disease After Heavy Rains
Too much of a good thing?What to do when heavy rains bring diseases to your garden During the summer, we see it all—blistering hot sun,...
Garden Pest Protection: What are Crap Trops and How do they Help?
Garden Pest Protection: What are Crap Trops and How do they Help?
Ever heard of plants that sacrifice themselves to save your prized veggies? It's not science fiction; it's what happens when you employ a valuable gardening technique called trap cropping.

Advanced Techniques and Innovations

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Technology In The Garden
How can your smartphone help you be a better gardener? Unearthing helpful gardening apps Whether you’ve got the greenest thumb in your neighborhood, or you’re...
Advanced Watering Techniques for Savvy Gardeners | Vego Garden
Advanced Watering Techniques for Savvy Gardeners
Any experienced gardener will tell you, proper watering is the key to a lush and thriving garden.
First Frost | Vego Garden
Simple Ways To Get Ready For The First Frost Of The Winter
Ways to Protect Plants from Freezing Temperatures
Ways to Protect Plants from Freezing Temperatures
A Sustainable Approach to Cultivating the Earth
A Sustainable Approach to Cultivating the Earth
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