Month: April 2023

Whether spicy or sweet, pepper varieties are the spice of a home gardener’s life. With peppers you can grow a range of colors and flavors that allow this one crop to rival the range of variety in the rest of your garden as a whole.Pair this with the fact that peppers are a cost effective choice for your home garden in most cases and peppers seem like a no brainer as an item that should make their way from your grocery cart to your raised beds. The only question that remains is: how much could they ‘save’ you?

I can’t help but to associate biting into a deliciously sweet, sticky watermelon slice with the hot summer sun and swimming pools. Maybe it’s because I’m a summer baby, or maybe I’m not that special and everyone thinks this.

Either way, watermelon can be one of the most fun, and rewardingly sweet things to grow in your personal garden. They do however take up quite a bit of space which might have you asking if it is really worth it to grow your own, or if you should just hit up the roadside fruit stand.

“Po-Ta-Toes – Boil e’m, mash them, stick them in a stew!”

Growing potatoes in your garden can be a rewarding and interesting experience. Unlike most other garden plants, potatoes grow from seed potatoes rather than seeds (You know those sprouts you see when you’ve left them in the bottom of the pantry too long). Many also insist that homegrown potatoes taste better. Interesting experiences and better tasting potatoes may be enough for some, but others will want to know – Is it cheaper to grow your own?