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, 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.
Latest Content
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Tending to a garden is a delightfully exciting endeavor for every new gardener. Whether you're a novice looking to dig your first flowerbed or you're...
Social media is a highlight reel: The things you see don’t always represent the entire picture or, in some cases, reality at all. So while...
I was watching a gardening show and the designer said to the host that he was planning on using lots of “Edimentals.” The host of...
This past weekend, the yupneck and his lovely wife took a much-needed break. We headed to Tulsa, Oklahoma for a little R&R. If you...
The other day I was at lunch in BCS (that is Bryan-College Station for all you non-Aggies out there) with several Masters of Horticulture. We...
Do you dream of retiring to the Bahamas, where pristine sand beaches and glittering turquoise oceans await? That’s a fine goal to have, but why...
Garden Bed Introduction
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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Both bizarre and darkly intriguing, a goth or gothic-themed garden evokes the atmospheric quality of a Victorian novel, but without the seedier aspects.
Raised garden beds can be a true game-changer for growing healthy, bountiful crops.
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?
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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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.
Creating your own soil blend can give you significantly more bang for your buck and even create healthier plants.
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.
Creating your own soil blend can give you significantly more bang for your buck and even create healthier plants.
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.
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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January is the time to prune, plant and prepare for spring gardens. Vego Garden shares these tips from Texas Gardener magazine.
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.
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.
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.
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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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...
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...
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,...
The key to efficient watering is to use high quality tools that save you time, while ensuring your garden receives the right amount of hydration throughout the season.
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...
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...
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,...
The key to efficient watering is to use high quality tools that save you time, while ensuring your garden receives the right amount of hydration throughout the season.
Pest and Disease Management
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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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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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...
Any experienced gardener will tell you, proper watering is the key to a lush and thriving 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...
Any experienced gardener will tell you, proper watering is the key to a lush and thriving garden.
By the time the initial frost sets in, you should have already harvested all your fall crops and planned your winter garden.
Recognizing the distinctions between light frost, first frost, cold weather, and last frost dates is crucial for adequately protecting your garden and planning ahead.
Landscape Design and Ecological Gardening
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By understanding complementary, analogous, and triadic color schemes, you can create intentional color combinations that achieve your desired visual effect.
From a child’s perspective, weeds like dandelions are innocuous playthings; to gardeners, they are seen as nuisances that infest garden lawns.
Green Pen Project
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Plants are planted together for many reasons including boosting the flavors of vegetable plants, improving soil conditions, attracting pollinators, and repelling pests.
Gardening can be so exciting, especially when it’s time to decide what you’re going to grow.
Plants are planted together for many reasons including boosting the flavors of vegetable plants, improving soil conditions, attracting pollinators, and repelling pests.
Gardening can be so exciting, especially when it’s time to decide what you’re going to grow.
Unless you’re going to a specialty market or farmers market, unique heirloom tomatoes can be hard to find in a typical supermarket. It was for me and so I decided to try to grow my own.
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.
