Straw Bale Gardening, Space-Saving Backyard Vegetable Garden Ideas, Best Heirloom Vegetable Plants, & Flourless Pumpkin Muffins

Start growing good food at home with daily advice, tips, and tricks from gardeners like you. [FGN Daily]( October 9, 2023 Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends [Fall Calendar]( [FREE Printable 2023 Fall Garden Planning Calendar Kit!]( Download this kit when you join the Food Gardening Network Gold Club Membership: - Get checklists for garden tasks in September, October, November, and December—every month of Fall! - Prioritize your own garden with personal notes. - 10 fresh-from-the-garden Fall recipes! [Read More ...]( Composting [The Best Plants for Straw Bale Gardening]( [Article 1]( To talk about the best plants for straw bale gardening, it’s probably important to clarify what straw bale gardening is exactly. The short version is that you can grow vegetables in straw bales just as you would in a raised bed or large container. It’s a popular option in areas where the soil is contaminated or simply not conducive to growing plants. It’s also popular in [vertical gardening](. [Read More...](  [Hot Peppers]( [Hot Peppers Gardening Guide Available Now!]( From mildly spicy to five-alarm fiery, growing your own hot peppers can bring a lot of variety to your garden! Learn what it takes to grow hot peppers. We explain the Scoville scale that ranks peppers’ heat, how to choose the hot peppers that are right for you, how to get them started, and how to enjoy them after harvest. [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [3 Space-Saving Backyard Vegetable Garden Ideas]( [Article 2]( When it comes to a backyard vegetable garden, ideas are easy to come by. There are plenty of pictures of elaborate gardens with rows of sun-ripened [tomatoes]( entire sections devoted solely to peas, raised beds for root vegetables, and, of course, a fountain and seating area. We don’t all have gigantic yards, though. As nice as it would be to have row after row of heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers, it’s just not realistic when your backyard garden is a two-foot by four-foot rectangle between your driveway and the foundation of your house. [Read More...](  [Magazine]( [October 2023 Issue Available Now!]( Did you know that turnips and not pumpkins were the original jack-o-lanterns? Did you know that beets were originally grown for their greens and not the deliciously sweet root we love today? Discover the history of these nutritious vegetables and learn about growing and eating them when you accept your Food Gardening Network membership! [Read More ...](  Vegetable Gardening [How to Make a DIY Tower Garden for Vegetables and Herbs]( [Article 3]( Mention [heirloom vegetable plants]( and immediately we think of rich [tomatoes]( sweet [corn]( or bright purple carrots. The other thing that comes to mind is a garden full of vegetables that get ruined by disease or eaten by bugs or that fail to thrive because they have such specific growing needs. [Read More...]( [Pumpkins]( [Pumpkinpalooza: How to Start Your Own Pumpkin Patch Gardening Guide Available Now!]( From spooky jack-o’-lanterns to festive fall displays to scrumptious pies to scale-tipping giants, there’s a pumpkin to satisfy almost any gardener’s desire. Whether your goal is to decorate, cook, can and bake, or cultivate a blue-ribbon giant, we’ve got you covered with the Pumpkinpalooza: How to Start Your Own Pumpkin Patch Gardening Guide. [Read More ...](  Premium Recipe of the Day [Flourless Pumpkin Muffins]( [Recipe]( For the gluten-free crowd, these Flourless Pumpkin Muffins are delicious—and all you need to get them ready is your blender. Denser than typical muffins, they pack a flavorful and nutritious punch. 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