This Week's Bounty: What is Eating My Cilantro Leaves, Hybrid Vegetables, How to Drill Drainage Holes, and More

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network]( October 17, 2021  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Featured Weekly Video [Planning a Garden with the Best Vegetables for Pickling and Preservation]( When you come up with a plan for your garden, do you usually have a cuisine in mind? I know that when I plant, I always want to have tomatoes and basil on hand for Caprese salads, pesto, and tomato sauce. Though in reality, because my garden is always so full of fresh juicy vegetables, they sometimes go to waste because I haven’t gotten to them in time. I’m sure you know what I mean, frustrating, right? [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Food Gardening Magazine October 2021 Issue Available Now!]( Open the October 2021 issue, you’ll find articles and videos about “5 Vegetables to Plant in October”, plus you’ll discover the "Best Vegetables for Pickling and Preservation" and "How to Get Seeds from Your Vegetables"! In the kitchen, you’ll learn “How to Pickle: 3 Ways" and you’ll get in-depth articles about Pumpkins, Rosemary, and Carrots. [Read More...](  Spice & Herb Gardening [What is Eating My Cilantro Leaves?]( If you love good guacamole, you probably already know who is eating your cilantro – everybody! Cilantro is thought to be one of the first herbs enjoyed by humans, going back at least as far as 5000 BC. Well, except for the 25% of people who think it tastes like soap, but for the rest of us, cilantro is a staple in good cuisine! Then you have the bonus: their seeds—also known as the [spice]( called coriander. In the garden though, there may be more than a plate of nachos using up all your cilantro – garden pests! You might be looking at your plant, full of holes, and wondering, “what is eating my cilantro leaves?” [Read More...](  [Cilantro]( [Celebrate Cilantro Collection 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 Collection, includes all you need to know to grow cilantro and recipes for a fiesta of sweet and savory dishes. [Read More...](  Growing Fruits & Berries [7 Tips for Cloning Fruit Trees to Expand Your Orchard for Free]( When I hear the word “clone” I either think of Dolly the sheep or binge-watching Battlestar Gallactica. But cloning fruit trees is neither of those things and it shouldn’t be feared. In fact, farmers and gardeners have been cloning fruit trees for centuries as an easy way to jumpstart a fruit tree’s life. Sure, you can try to grow a fruit tree from seed, but after they germinate, the seedling will likely be disappointing in comparison to the parent tree. Pollination is another factor that makes growing a fruit tree from seed tricky, especially if you don’t have the right trees and insects nearby to help pollinate. And then there’s the time consideration. An [apple]( tree, for example, will take 7-10 years to grow from seed before you can even tell if it will bear fruit. [I love a backyard orchard]( but I’d like to enjoy it during my lifetime if possible! [Read More...](  [Tomatoes]( [The Everything Tomato Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Tomatoes are the most popular plant for home gardeners! With The Everything Tomato Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile food, from the history and background of the mighty tomato to specific advice on growing, harvesting, and enjoying your hard work! [Read More...](  Vegetable Gardening [Hybrid Vegetables, Heirloom & GMO: What's the Difference?]( If you’ve ever bought produce at the grocery store, it’s probably a guarantee that you went home with hybrid vegetables. If you frequent your farmers’ market, you may very well walk away with heirloom vegetables. And if you’ve eaten anything that came from a box or a can or you’ve enjoyed a carbonated cold drink, you’ve almost definitely had GMO vegetables. [Read More...](  [Potatoes]( [How to Grow Potatoes Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Potatoes and sweet potatoes have been around for thousands of years, and they’re a main staple in many cultures. Both of these vegetables are easy to grow at home. With the How to Grow Potatoes Gardening Guide, you’ll learn all you need to know about growing and enjoying these fabulous root vegetables. [Read More...](  Seeds & Seedlings [The Beginner Gardener's Seed Germination Temperature Chart]( Seeds are a marvelous thing. Call me easily amused, but it’s just astounding to me that a handful of seeds can give us an entire garden full of squash, peas, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, broccoli, and so much more. And all of that – everything that ends up on your plate – starts with those tiny little seeds. Personally, I find a seed germination temperature chart to be helpful in making this all happen. [Read More...](  [Brussels Sprouts]( [The Bountiful Brussels Sprouts Gardening Guide is Available Now!]( Brussels sprouts have gone from most hated to almost most loved! With the Bountiful Brussels Sprouts Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this delicious food. [Read More...](  Watering and Irrigation [How to Drill Drainage Holes in Any Kind of Planter]( I found the most adorable bowl in the shape of an elephant at a local pottery studio and knew I wanted to use it as a planter in my [indoor herb garden](. I bought Ellie (that’s what I named her) and took her home where she sat on my counter for three weeks while I tried to figure out the best way to add drainage holes. Husband wanted to grab the drill gun, but I couldn’t bear the thought of damaging the precious pachyderm. I knew if I planted herbs without drainage holes, I’d end up with a [moldy mess](. Surely, there must be some guidelines for how to drill drainage holes. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Food Gardening Magazine October 2021 Issue Available Now!]( Open the October 2021 issue, you’ll find articles and videos about “5 Vegetables to Plant in October”, plus you’ll discover the "Best Vegetables for Pickling and Preservation" and "How to Get Seeds from Your Vegetables"! In the kitchen, you’ll learn “How to Pickle: 3 Ways" and you’ll get in-depth articles about Pumpkins, Rosemary, and Carrots. 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