You have been growing cucumbers and you finally harvest a few. Then you slice one up, stick it in your mouth and quickly spit it out due to the bitter taste. I have done it and it made me mad. So what to do about it? Let me see if I can help.
First, why is [...]

Well, after a number of years we are now alive and kicking. I hope you all love the service. Let me know what you think of the new interface and additional features. We are committed to continually add new features and making this service better and better as time goes on.
You can still get a [...]

VegeNag.com is coming out of beta testing on Monday. This means that free accounts will be limited on the vegetable selections. It will also mean the complete redo of the plant manager. One of the new features will be displaying the next event for each vegetable.
Be sure to sign up before Monday so that your [...]

Per my last post we have lots of banana peppers and we use them for sandwiches and such. Therefore, we enjoy canning them for this purpose. I thought I should share our methods.
First you will need a least a pound and a half of peppers. Pictured below is about that amount. (one picking from 3 [...]

I tried some new varieties this year of peppers. I do not like really hot peppers, so up until now, I have only planted sweet peppers. This year, however, I discovered “Fooled You” jalapeno peppers and, of course, I love banana peppers so I decided to give them a try. What a success.

I am having [...]

One of the most valuable tools in my shed is a root feeder. I would spend the money on a Ross Root Feeder since it has proven to the best I have found. Not only do I need this to feed my fruit trees, but I consistently use it to feed plants that have plastic [...]

I just started to plant my fall vegetables. I planted broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts. In a couple of weeks I will be planting peas, carrots, lettuce, and spinach. Where I live, and this applies to most climates, Fall is the best time to harvest these cool season vegetables. By maturing in the cool Fall [...]

Every year I have the same problem and every year it seems so do many others. You may have seen this, your cucumbers or your squash/zucchini plant is wilting so you water it, yet it doesn’t perk up and then it just dies. This is a tell tale sign of squash bugs. These bugs suck [...]

I have written alot of posts on starting seeds indoors, but many vegetables should be directly seeded into your garden. Here is a short list of those that should be direct seeded.

Carrots
Beets
Melons
Squash
Beans
Peas
Cucumbers
And more

This doesn’t mean you cannot start them indoors, it just means that they either do better with direct seed or there are not [...]

As we continue to develop features for VegeNag.com, we have finally completed the planting guide. This guide will display key planting information for each different vegetable based on your area. For example, here is a screen shot of my planting guide (zip code 84660) for the vegetable Cabbage.
Notice that the user’s frost free date is [...]