Best Sweet Peppers to Grow, Best Tools for Digging Holes, Stop Vegetable Blight, and Fennel and Kale Pancakes

Start growing good food at home with daily advice, tips, and tricks from gardeners like you. [FGN Daily]( August 9, 2022 Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Vegetable Gardening [The 15 Best Sweet Peppers To Grow in 2022]( [Best Sweet Peppers to Grow]( Is there a more beautiful vegetable than the sweet bell pepper? Most vegetables have their appeal, aesthetically speaking. You can’t beat that deep purple of eggplant or the sunshiny yellow of some hybrid tomatoes. But there’s just something about sweet peppers that makes me feel like I’m in an art museum. There are dozens of varieties, and they may be deep crimson, brilliant orange, royal purple, and chocolate. What are the best sweet peppers to grow? [Read More...](  [Bell Peppers]( [Beautiful Bell Peppers Gardening 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 [The Best Tool for Digging Holes for Plants Revealed]( [Best Tool for Digging Holes]( Some years ago, when I was a kid, I planted my first “garden.” It wasn’t exactly what you might recognize as a garden, and unless you count rocks, there wasn’t really anything growing in my garden. But the holes I dug were world class. Probably because, in all the wisdom of my single-digit years, I knew I had the best tool for digging holes for plants: a stick. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [August 2022 Issue Available Now!]( Don't miss these feature articles and videos: “Garden-to-Glass Cocktails”, “Planting Vegetables in the Fall”, and “10 Summer Garden Chores for a Happy Garden”! And for the industrious, check out “How to Build a Pole Bean Teepee Trellis” for a quick tutorial on building a trellis for your beans. Plus, new ways to enjoy Ginger, Fennel, and Peaches. [Read More ...](  Pests & Diseases [How to Stop Vegetable Blight from Ruining Tomatoes]( [Tomatoes]( I don’t like to write about vegetable blight. Usually, when someone starts asking about it, it’s already too late. That’s especially true in smaller gardens where you may only have a few [tomato plants]( which could be infected before you realize it. [Read More...]( [Fennel]( [The Fabulous Fennel Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Fennel deserves a lot more love and attention from food gardeners! The Fabulous Fennel Gardening Guide will give you everything you need to know about fennel, including planting tips, harvesting methods, and quick-and-easy recipes that will please even the most discriminating diner! [Read More ...](  Premium Recipe of the Day [Fennel and Kale Pancakes]( [Fennel]( If you’re tired of sweet and syrupy pancakes for breakfast, this recipe for Fennel and Kale Pancakes might be the savory twist you’ve been looking for! [Read More...]( [GPA Logo]( [HALF-PRICE Deal for Food Gardening members - Plus, FREE Bonus When You Act Today!]( [Cabot Prime Plus]( Get your HALF-PRICE subscription to GreenPrints, the only gardening publication to bring you joy, wisdom, humor, and heart-warming stories and tales! And your FREE bonus, The Weeder’s Reader now! [Claim Your HALF-PRICE Subscription Now!](  [FREEBIES: Get Them Now!]( [Best Way to Grow Tomatoes]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [Recipes from Your Garden]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [How to Grow a Vegetable Garden]( [ 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 99 Derby Street, Suite 200 Hingham, MA 02043 Email: Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com [Our Privacy Policy]( Having trouble viewing this email? [View online](.