This Week's Bounty: Preserve Strawberries, Irish Vegetable Garden, Spring Companion Planting, DIY Seed Tape, and More

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network Weekly]( March 20, 2022  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Featured Weekly Video [How to Make Organic DIY Seed Tape for Perfectly Spaced Vegetables]( [Warning Signs & Red Flags]( If anyone ever said that a Type A personality and gardening didn’t mix, they never heard of seed tape. Have you heard of it? This tool is the best way to feed your neuroses of perfectly spaced vegetables like carrots, lettuce, radishes, beans, and other seeds you tend to plant in bulk. It’s a bit hard to find in stores, but that’s fine because it’s totally easy to make DIY seed tape. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [March 2022 Issue Available Now!]( This month’s articles and videos include 6 Vegetables to Plant in March, Vegetable Garden Warning Signs and How to Make DIY Seed Tape In the kitchen, you’ll discover a new recipe for “Fire-Roasted Tomato Kale Soup”, and get in-depth articles about Kale, Asparagus, and Parsley. [Read More...](  Food Preservation [How to Preserve Strawberries 10 Ways]( [Lemon Tree Flowers]( One thing I love about heading south in the winter is that I get to enjoy strawberry season in February, and then I get to enjoy it back home in the northeast again in July. Our family can’t get enough strawberries, we buy two cartons a week from the grocery store in the winter months just for snacking and packing school lunches. [Read More...](  [Strawberries]( [The All-Strawberry Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Strawberries are among the most popular home crops, growing everywhere from hanging pots to open land gardens. With this All-Strawberry Gardening Guide, you can get all the details that go into raising delicious, sweet berries of your own. [Read More...](  Vegetable Gardening [Why and How to Grow Nasturtium in Vegetable Gardens]( [Community Vegetable Garden]( Ever wonder why you see so much nasturtium in vegetable gardens? It’s a pretty flower, for sure, but there are plenty of beautiful flowers around. Why don’t you see Irises in vegetable gardens? What about daisies? They’re easy to grow, and they come in so many vibrant colors. [Read More...](  [Chives]( [Chill Chives Guide Available Now!]( You can’t make a meal out of chives, but sometimes chives can make the meal. We have recipes for you that make the most of the fragrant flavor of chives. And you can grow your own chives indoors on a sunny windowsill, in containers on your deck or balcony, or out in the garden in raised beds or open land. Learn what it takes to add chives to your herb garden. We’ll explain how to choose the chives that are right for you, how to get them started, and how to enjoy them after harvest. [Read More...](  Garden Design [How to Plant an Irish Vegetable Garden]( [Compost Ingredients]( Ireland may be known for cabbage, carrots, and potatoes, but there’s much more to an Irish vegetable garden than these staple veggies. Of course, you can do a lot with these three vegetables. I’m thinking about a big pot of stew or roasted veggies or cabbage cooked up with a lot of garlic and some salt and pepper. But I digress. [Read More...](  [Carrots]( [Crunchy Carrots Guide Available Now!]( Carrots may just be the perfect vegetable: sweet, crunchy, and delicious. They’re easy to grow, and they come in a rainbow of colors from palest white to deepest purple, and in sizes from golf ball to gargantuan! Learn how to choose the carrots that are right for you, whether you have a sprawling garden, a couple of raised beds, or only room enough for container gardening. We’ll get you on your way to a delicious carrot harvest! [Read More...](  Indoor Gardening [The Best Grow Lights for Tomatoes and Peppers]( [Starting Seeds Outdoors]( Living in New England, my outdoor garden slows to a halt by late September. I used to get sad thinking about how long I’d have to wait before growing another crop of fresh [tomatoes]( and peppers. (Is there anything worse than a grocery store tomato in January?) Then I decided I would try my hand at indoor growing, so I could enjoy fresh tomatoes and peppers all year long. At first, I experimented with [hydroponic grow kits]( some with built-in grow lights. Now my set-up includes both hydroponic and soil methods. Even in my sunniest room, my indoor tomatoes and peppers require supplemental light. Through trial, error, and research, I’ve discovered the best grow lights for tomatoes and peppers. [Read More...](  [Bell Peppers]( [Beautiful Bell Peppers Guide Available Now!]( Bell peppers are one of the most commonly grown crops in the world. When grown to full ripeness, you can enjoy a rainbow of peppers—from creamy white to deep purple! Bell peppers need lots of warm sunshine to thrive, and there are varieties that will produce prolifically in containers. Learn what it takes to add bell peppers to your garden plan. [Read More...](  Garden Tools [10 Spring Companion Planting Ideas]( [Grow Lettuce]( Oh! Spring! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Actually, no. I won’t scare you off with bad takes on a sonnet. I will, however, share with you how much I love planning my spring companion planting strategy. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Recipe Lion Magazine March / April 2022 Issue Available Now!]( In this issue, you’ll discover “41 new breakfast recipes” including “11 Ways to Enjoy Eggs”, and For the health-conscious, we have “10 Healthy Smoothies and Juices”, and for those with a sweet tooth, we have included “13 Sweet Starts”. 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