Best Soil for an Indoor Vegetable Garden, Shallow Root Vegetables, Grow an Indoor Spice Garden, and Slow Cooker Kale Soup

Start growing good food at home with daily advice, tips, and tricks from gardeners like you. [FGN Daily]( March 31, 2022 Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Soil & Fertilizer [The Best Soil for an Indoor Vegetable Garden]( [Indoor Vegetable Garden]( If you’ve seen one soil, you’ve seen them all. It’s just dirt, right? Is there any reason you can’t use your raised bed soil for your indoor garden? The answer is not complicated, but there’s a little more to it than just “yes,” or “no.” The best soil for an indoor vegetable garden may not be soil at all. We’ll get to that in a minute. [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 [7 Shallow Root Vegetables That Grow Great in Containers and Tough Spots]( [Shallow Root Vegetables]( Nice as it would be, we don’t all have big plots of land and healthy, rich soil to grow our gardens. Heck, some of us don’t have any land at all, so we stick to [container gardens]( on the balcony or front porch. Even though that may seem limiting, there are a lot of shallow root vegetables that work in containers or those tough spots that don’t seem useful for growing anything. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [April 2022 Issue Available Now!]( Don’t miss “5 Things to Plant in April”, “Choosing Between Types of Pruning Shears” and “10 Easy DIY Garden Tools You Can Make” and “Red Curry Coconut Zucchini Noodles”. Plus in-depth articles about Rhubarb, Strawberry, and Summer Squash. [Read More...](  Spice & Herb Gardening [How to Grow an Indoor Spice Garden]( [Indoor Spice Garden]( Herbs and spices. Spices and herbs. Anyone else grow up thinking these two words were interchangeable? ::sheepishly raises hand:: For some of you, I’m about to blow your mind. Herbs and spices are different things. In simplest terms, herbs are strictly the leaves of the plant and the spices come from the seeds, roots, and bark. This should settle the big debate on cilantro (leaves) and coriander (seeds) once and for all! Now that you’ve recovered from that bombshell, let’s talk about growing spices. Specifically, how to grow an indoor spice garden. [Read More...]( [Kale]( [Kale: The Queen of Greens Guide Available Now!]( Learn how to get started growing your own kale plants in our Queen of Greens Kale Collection! There is so much to do with delicious home-grown kale—smoothies, salad, stew, even kale chips! [Read More...](  Premium Recipe of the Day [Slow Cooker Kale Soup]( [Kale]( Soup is such a satisfying meal. And with a slow cooker, you can just set it and forget it, and come back to this hearty, flavorful Slow Cooker Kale Soup. [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 © 2022 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](.