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Vegetable gardening

Guides tagged vegetable gardening—growing individual crops, planning beds, spacing, watering, and harvest timing. From tomatoes and carrots to square-foot layouts and companion planting, these articles help beginners and seasoned growers get more food from every bed, season after season.

26 articles in this tag on agripure.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Soil Amendments: Wood Ash, Epsom Salt, Gypsum for Fertility

Demystify soil amendments like wood ash, Epsom salt, and gypsum. Learn how to use them safely to balance soil chemistry, prevent nutrient lockouts, and boost garden fertility.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Vermicomposting at Home: Worm Bin Guide for US Gardeners

Learn to set up and maintain a worm bin for vermicomposting at home. This guide covers worm species, bin sizing, feeding, and harvesting nutrient-rich castings for your garden.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

How to grow broccoli: timing the cool-season window

How to grow broccoli from transplant to harvest — cool-season timing, spacing, side-shoot management, cabbage worm control, and container growing tips.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Companion planting: what to plant together (and what to keep apart)

An evidence-based companion planting guide: which pairings work, a good- and bad-neighbor chart for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, strawberries, herbs, and more.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Seed starting for beginners: mix, timing, and transplanting

A beginner’s seed starting guide: the right soilless mix, when to start each crop by counting back from your last frost, grow lights, bottom heat, and transplanting.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Square-foot gardening: high yields in a small space

Square-foot gardening explained: build a 4×4 bed, mix Mel’s Mix, and use the plants-per-square chart (1 tomato, 4 lettuce, 9 beets, 16 carrots) for high small-space yields.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Vegetable gardening for beginners: your questions answered

A beginner’s vegetable gardening FAQ: how much sun, easiest crops, when to plant by frost date, how often to water, spacing, troubleshooting, and regrowing from scraps.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Seed saving: how to save heirloom seeds year to year

A practitioner’s seed saving guide: why open-pollinated seed comes true and F1 hybrids do not, the easiest crops to start with, managing cross-pollination, harvesting, drying, storage, and a germin…

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

How to grow asparagus: a perennial bed that lasts 20 years

How to grow asparagus from crowns: bed prep, the patience-year harvest rules, variety picks, pests, and storage for a bed that produces for 20 years.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Canning potatoes: pressure-canned and pantry-ready

Pressure canning potatoes safely: NCHFP-tested times, variety selection, step-by-step hot pack, altitude table, troubleshooting, and uses from the jar.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

How to grow cucumbers: trellised, prolific, and bitter-free

Seed-to-harvest cucumber guide: soil temperature, bush vs vining varieties, vertical trellising, pollination, bitterness causes, and harvest timing.

PIONEER · SOIL·5 min read

Four-season greenhouse design: passive solar, geothermal, and deep-winter growing

Grow through winter with passive-solar mass, climate-battery geothermal, and deep-winter design – glazing, thermal mass, and insulation that hold heat.

Vegetable gardening

Soil Amendments: Wood Ash, Epsom Salt, Gypsum for Fertility

Vermicomposting at Home: Worm Bin Guide for US Gardeners

How to grow broccoli: timing the cool-season window

Companion planting: what to plant together (and what to keep apart)

Seed starting for beginners: mix, timing, and transplanting

Square-foot gardening: high yields in a small space

Vegetable gardening for beginners: your questions answered

Seed saving: how to save heirloom seeds year to year

How to grow asparagus: a perennial bed that lasts 20 years

Canning potatoes: pressure-canned and pantry-ready

How to grow cucumbers: trellised, prolific, and bitter-free

Four-season greenhouse design: passive solar, geothermal, and deep-winter growing

How to grow sweet potatoes from slips

Canning green beans safely (why it must be pressure canned)

How to grow onions: sets, seeds, and day-length

How to grow carrots: straight roots in any soil

A safe salsa recipe for canning (that actually stays shelf-stable)

How to grow potatoes: in ground, bags, and towers

How to grow cilantro without it bolting

How to grow lettuce: continuous salad from spring to frost

How to grow garlic: planting cloves to curing bulbs

Canning tomatoes: whole, crushed, and sauce

Hydroponic strawberries: year-round berries without soil

How to grow strawberries: beds, containers, and runners

Metal raised garden beds

How to grow tomatoes: from seedling to harvest