Category: Growing Food

Watch Mary’s Expert Bean Picking Skills
Growing Food, Video

Video: Talking About Our Strategy for Having an Almost Year-Round Supply of Peas & Beans!

Dale shares our strategy for growing peas and beans in our garden. We have a constant supply of peas, bush beans, pole beans, and/or southern peas! Then Mary shows off her expert bean picking skills! Learn more about growing over 70 different foods, including how to manage various pests in our FREE iOS, Android, or new Universal Web App by visiting seedtospoon.net.   Dale SpoonemoreDale Spoonemore is the visionary co-founder of “From Seed to Spoon,” […]

Pillbug blog post
Pest Management

Garden Pests: How To Manage Pillbugs (Roly Polys) in Your Backyard Vegetable Garden

Pillbugs, often called Roly Polys, can be commonly found in your garden. They are typically only a pest if there is an excess of them. These crustaceans are very important in the decomposition process in your garden. They like to feed primarily upon decaying matter but can also feed on seedlings or fruits/vegetables sitting on the ground if there is a lot in your garden.

Loofah video
Garden Tours, Growing Food, Video

Video: Did You Know You Can Grow Your Own Sponges?!?!? Why Growing Loofahs is Awesome!

This video talks about how we grow loofah to use in the kitchen and bath! This unusual squash vine is so much fun to grow in the garden! What’s great is that you can eat these just like any squash or you can let them dry and turn them into sponges to use in your kitchen or bathroom! It’s so much fun to grow and it makes really great unique gifts!

Why We Love Blackberries
Growing Food, Video

Video: Why We Love Growing Blackberries & How We Trellis Them Super Cheap! $$$

This video talks all about growing blackberries! Blackberry bushes are fairly easy to grow and are well worth the reward! Some blackberry bushes grow very tall and will require a trellis to help support the height. Blackberry bushes will continue to give fruit year after year, however, it usually takes 2 years for the plant to first produce berries. You can cut any canes that produce fruit at the base after the season is over since they won’t produce again.