This Week's Bounty: Root Cellar Vegetables, Curing Garlic, How to Keep Gardening in December, and More!

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network Weekly]( December 4, 2022  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Featured Weekly Video [How to Keep Gardening in December]( [How to Keep Gardening in December]( Hello December! The weather is getting colder, the holiday decorations are going up, and visions of early spring crops are dancing in your head. But you don’t need to wait all winter to scratch that gardening itch. In fact, there’s plenty you can do to keep your thumb green by gardening in December. Gardening in December? She must be kidding! While it may be too soon to start seedlings outside, you can make real progress indoors and be fully prepared for your spring outdoor garden. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [December 2022 Issue Available Now!]( Get in-depth articles and videos, including “8 Recipes for a Garden-to-Table Holiday Dinner”, “9 Crafty Gifts You Can Make From Your Garden”, “12 Edible Gifts Ideas From Your Garden”, and “How to Keep Gardening in December”. Enjoy tips, advice, and some quick-and-easy tasty recipes! [Read More ...](  Growing Fruits & Berries [7 Tips for Cloning Fruit Trees to Expand Your Orchard for Free]( [Gardening Tools]( 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. [Read More...](  [Apples]( [Audacious Apples Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Apples are the perfect portable snack. They’re delicious, nutritious, and packed with antioxidants! You can grow soaring, full-sized trees in your yard; grow smaller trees in raised beds or containers; or even train an apple tree to grow along a fence or a wall! No matter how small your garden space, there’s an apple variety for you! Learn about it all in this Audacious Apples Gardening Guide right now! [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [15 Long Lasting Root Cellar Vegetables and Fruits]( [Root Cellar Vegetables and Fruits]( There’s a true joy in going to the garden and picking some ripe eggplant, tomatoes, and herbs for a late summer dinner. I love walking friends through my garden in the spring and handing them a ripe zucchini or two. Since I live in New England, though, there’s no chance I’m going to step outside in the middle of winter and pick cucumbers or beans right from the vine. However, I can enjoy a variety of homegrown root cellar vegetables and fruits any time I want. [Read More...](  [Pears]( [Picture Perfect Pear Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Pears are a popular fruit, running a close second to apples! With the Picture Perfect Pear Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this delicious fruit, including specific advice about planting, pruning, and harvesting, watering tips, and easy-to-make, delicious recipes! [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [5 of the Best Plants for Aeroponic Vegetable Gardens]( [Aeroponic Vegetable Gardens]( [Hydroponic gardening]( gets all the fanfare these days, but we shouldn’t overlook the exciting world of aeroponic gardening. As the name suggests, aeroponic gardening is a method of growing plants and vegetables in the air without the use of soil. In fact, [NASA has been using and studying aeroponic growing methods for years](. In an aeroponic system, a plant’s roots are typically suspended in a somewhat sealed container creating a humid environment perfect for roots to grow. [Read More...](  [Carrots]( [Crunchy Carrots Gardening 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 ...](  Food Preservation [12 Tips for Curing Garlic So It Lasts Longer]( [Garden Tools]( Okay. Maybe not forever and ever. Still, curing garlic does make it last a lot longer. And as far as I’m concerned, you can never have too much garlic on hand. [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 ...](  Composting [How to Make Grass Compost in 4 Simple Steps]( [Deadly Garden Pests]( I have some bad news. All that time you spent raking grass as a kid? You didn’t need to do that. You could have been off riding your bike or playing video games while the grass was turning into grass compost. Sort of, anyway. [Read More...](  [Magazine Issue]( [Recipe Lion Magazine Nov/Dec 2022 Issue Available Now!]( In this issue, you’ll delight in 40 Holiday Sweets for Gatherings and Gifting. You’ll discover our Pie Table Favorites like Mini Pumpkin Pies and Cranberry Pecan Lattice Pie. We also share 12 Cheerful Holiday Cookies like Chewy Maple Sugar Cookies and First Snow Cookies. You’ll also enjoy Perfect Pot Luck Desserts like Ho-Ho-Ho-liday Cinnamon Rolls and Melty Mint Bark. Explore the issue now and get cooking! [Read More ...](  Member Favorites - [How to Recycle Rain Water for Vegetable Gardens]( - [How to Prepare an Above Ground Garden for Effective Weed Control]( - [What's the Charles Dowding Multi-Sowing Seeds Method?]( - [The Best Plants for Straw Bale Gardening]( - [How to Make Cute Herb Stakes for Your Garden]( - [How to Avoid 7 Hydroponic Pests and Diseases]( - [How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag]( - [The Best Vegetables to Grow in a Greenhouse]( - [The Best Type of Manure for Vegetable Gardens]( Premium Recipes of the Week - [Spaghetti Squash Alfredo]( - [Roasted Winter Squash Seeds]( - [Garlic Gremolata]( - [Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic]( - [Garlic-Scape Stir Fry]( [’Tis the Giving Season: Give a Gift, Get a Gift Now! 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