Vegetables to Plant Together, Companion Planting Benefits, Best Shovel for your Gardening Needs, and Rosemary Roasted Potatoes

Start growing good food at home with daily advice, tips, and tricks from gardeners like you. [FGN Daily]( December 14, 2021 Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Vegetable Gardening [The Best Vegetables to Plant Together for an Unbelievable Harvest]( Some things are meant to be together: wine and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, Simon and Garfunkel, and the three sisters. The three sisters, otherwise known as [corn]( beans, and [squash]( are three of the best vegetables to plant together. There is evidence that indigenous people of what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States were planting these three crops together thousands of years ago. [Read More...](  [Corn]( [The Everything Corn Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Corn is an all-American staple! With The Everything Corn Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this unique food in your home garden, including advice on planting, raising, harvesting, and preparing dish after delicious dish featuring your home-grown corn. [Read More...](  Vegetable Gardening [The Biggest Basil and Tomato Companion Planting Benefits]( If time machines were a thing, you could go back to a classic 1972 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercial, where in the commercial, a man trips and falls, accidentally dipping his chocolate bar into a jar of peanut butter that a boy is eating from. After the initial disappointment, they both discover that chocolate and peanut butter are “two great tastes that taste great together.” You can’t plant Reese’s Cups, but if you want two garden plants that taste great together, try basil and tomato companion planting. It’s a Caprese salad right in your garden! [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Food Gardening Magazine December 2021 Issue Available Now!]( Open the December 2021 issue of Food Gardening Magazine! You’ll learn “How to Keep Gardening in December”, plus you’ll discover videos about “Gifts for Garden Lovers You Can Buy”, “Crafty Gifts You Can Make From Your Garden” and “Edible Gifts Ideas from Your Garden” and you’ll get in-depth articles about Winter Squash, Potatoes, and Thyme. [Read More...](  Vegetable Gardening [How to Choose the Best Shovel for Your Gardening Needs]( A shovel is a shovel is a shovel. Unless we’re talking about the best shovel. Then there are all sorts of shovels. Short-handled, long-handled, rounded, round-point, square-point, serrated, trenching shovels, ditching shovels, digging spade, garden spade, perennial spade, and scoops. They’re made from steel, stainless steel, aluminum, carbon fiber, and plastic. They range in price from under $10 to over $100. [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...](  Premium Recipe of the Day [Rosemary Roasted Potatoes]( Rosemary roasted potatoes make for a delicious, savory side dish—and they don’t require a lot of preparation or attention. Add more of your favorite spices to make this dish your own. [Read More...](  [FREEBIES: Get Them Now!]( [How to Master Spice and Herb Gardening at Home]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [Planting Chart]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [Best Way to Grow Tomatoes]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ](    You are receiving this email as part of your free subscription to email updates from Food Gardening Network. If you no longer wish to receive this update as part of your free subscription, please click the unsubscribe link below. [MANAGE PREFERENCES]( [Unsubscribe]( Help us be sure your email update isn't filtered as spam. Adding our return address [Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com](mailto:support@foodgardening.mequoda.com) to your address book may 'whitelist' us with your filter, helping future email updates get to your inbox. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( [Send us a message]( Did a friend send this to you? [Sign up to receive your own FREE advice about growing food at home.]( Copyright © 2021 Mequoda Systems, LLC Food Gardening Network 101 Federal Street, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 01970 Email: Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com [Our Privacy Policy]( Having trouble viewing this email? [View online](.