This Week's Bounty: 12 Healthier Garden Vegetables, Lamb Shank Shepherd's Pie Surprise, Ripen Tomatoes Quickly, and More!

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network Weekly]( June 16, 2024  [Freebie Text-Ad]( [Save Your Garden from Ruin—Plant the Right Things Next to Each Other!]( [GET THIS FREEBIE NOW!](  Featured Weekly Video [Grow This, Not That: 12 Healthier Garden Vegetables to Grow and Enjoy]( [Video]( When it comes to starting a vegetable garden, the options can seem overwhelming. With so many delicious and nutritious vegetables to choose from, it can be challenging to know where to begin. [Read More...](  [Summer Garden Planning Calendar Kit]( [FREE for You Now: Printable 2024 Summer Garden Planning Calendar Kit!]( Download this kit when you join the Food Gardening Network Gold Club Membership: - Plan your Summer food garden today! - Never miss an important Summer task. - Be inspired to plan, plant, and enjoy! [Read More ...](  Easy Healthy Recipes [A Lamb Shank Shepherd's Pie Surprise at The King's Head]( [Julia]( Greetings, fellow food adventurers! Today, I come bearing tales of my latest culinary escapade, straight from the heart of London. Picture this: a quaint pub tucked away in a cobblestone alley, where the scent of hearty comfort food wafts through the air, inviting you to indulge in a feast fit for kings and commoners alike. [Read More...](  [Cilantro]( [Celebrate Cilantro Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Cilantro, or coriander, brings a distinctive flavor to many ethnic cuisines including Mexican, Thai, and Indian. But you don’t have to cross the border to have fresh cilantro—you can grow it in your garden or even indoors and enjoy this tasty herb year-round. Celebrate Cilantro Gardening Guide, includes all you need to know to grow cilantro and recipes for a fiesta of sweet and savory dishes. [Read More ...](  Growing Fruits & Berries [When Your Lemon Tree Flowers, But No Fruit Grows]( [Lemon Tree Flowers]( I don’t live in a warm climate, so my personal experience growing lemon trees is indoors which is supposed to be easier, but it’s certainly not a walk in the lemon grove, that’s for sure. [Read More...](  [Lemons]( [Tart & Tangy lemon Guide Available Now!]( Lemons may seem like an exotic tree to grow, but all they need is a little TLC to give you years of tangy harvests! You don’t have to live in a subtropical zone to grow lemons—there are plenty of varieties happy to grow as productive houseplants! With this Gardening Guide, you get all the details that go into growing and harvesting bright, fragrant lemons. Get recipes for dishes sweet and savory that make it all the more rewarding to grow your own lemons. Get it all in this Tart & Tangy Lemon Guide right now! [Read More ...](  Growing Fruits & Berries [10 High Yield Fruit Plants Perfect for Small Gardens]( [Strawberry]( One of the things I love about gardening is that anyone who wants to can have at least a small garden. A few pots by the window or several containers on the balcony can be just as productive as a small raised bed in the backyard. [Read More...](  [Raspberries]( [Raspberries Rule! Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Raspberries are perennial favorites among home gardeners for their ease of growing and prolific yield of plump, juicy berries. With the Raspberries Rule! Gardening Guide premium collection, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile food. [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [How to Cut Broccoli off the Plant and Keep it Growing]( [broccoli]( Let me tell you about the first time I grew broccoli. I planted three in a row. They were one of the first to grow in my garden that year, and I was proud. As they started to go from small heads to the kind you see in the grocery store, I realized I didn’t know how to cut broccoli off the plant. [Read More...](  [Beets]( [Beautiful Beets Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Beets are the crown jewels of vegetables. Not only do they come in jewel tones of ruby and amber, but they are easy to grow and so nutritious! A cool weather crop, beets can be enjoyed from late spring into deep fall. Learn what it takes to add beets to your garden. We’ll explain how to choose the beets that are right for you, how to get them started, and how to enjoy them after harvest. [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [How to Ripen Tomatoes Quickly Three Ways]( [tomatoes]( When the summer starts to wind down, and the early frost warnings start to kick in before you settle in for a long winter’s nap, you probably have a few fledgling tomato plants left. If they’re like mine, they’re probably not pretty; a bit of disease starts to crop up, leaves are beginning to change with the season, but yet…the tomatoes live on. [Read More...](  [Magazine]( [June 2024 Issue Available Now!]( Don’t miss "Grow This, Not That: 12 Healthier Garden Vegetables to Grow and Enjoy." Kick-off planting season in "10 Fruits and Vegetables to Plant in June" and “Planting an Herb Garden: From Seed to Seasoning.” Learn how to make our favorite “Herby Green Goddess Dressing!” You’ll also get a special bonus, our printable “Summer Garden Planning Kit.” [Read More ...](  Member Posts: New This Week - [Finding New Ways to Use Leftover Ingredients]( - [Peanut Butter Pineapple Upside Down Smoothie Recipe]( - [Grilled Packets of Love]( - [Roasted Red Bell Pepper Hummus with Crisp Garden Vegetables]( Member Favorites - [Why is My Cilantro Bolting? (And 7 Ways to Stop It)]( - [How to Make Eco-Friendly Slug Repellent at Home]( - [Terracotta vs Plastic Pots: Which is Better for Edible Gardens?]( - [10 Edible Flowers to Plant with Herbs]( - [How to Recycle Rain Water for Vegetable Gardens]( - [How to Treat Anthracnose Fungus in Strawberries]( - [15 Best Veggies to Plant in Spring for an Early Harvest]( - [How to Kill Aphids on Tomato Plants with Stuff from Your Pantry]( - [How to Get Rid of Wireworms in Potatoes]( Premium Recipes of the Week - [Avocado Pickles]( - [Carrot and Parsley Salad]( - [Parsley Potato Salad]( - [Parsley Pesto Pasta]( - [Parsley-Watercress Soup]( [GP]( [FREE for You Now: Printable Butterfly Garden Planting Chart!]( Download this FREEBIE now and get: - Beautiful full-color printable chart. - Which plants attract butterflies? - Best flowers for your garden. - Fun facts about each of the 24 plants. 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