About this Plant
This annual vegetable produces an abundance of delicious red, juicy tomatoes from early summer to late fall, depending on the variety. The fruit can be eaten fresh or cooked and used in main dishes or sauces. Tomatoes grow best in full sunlight, ... [... more]
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Growing Guide: Peppers
How to grow peppers from the resource libraries at GardenGuides. Peppers are high-maintenance annual vegetables that require a long growing season and constant care to produce a healthy harvest. Their produce can be used in raw form as a garnish ... [... more]
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Conditions
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for zucchini, with information on planting, common problems, harvesting and some delicious recipes Zucchini is known in Europe as courgettes. This squash family member is best when picked very young. Bushes are quite ... [... more]
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First Year Care
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for asparagus covers planting, maintenance year-to-year and storing instructions for asparagus. It also includes some asparagus recipes. This perennial vegetable features attractive, feathery fern-like foliage that ... [... more]
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Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide to growing Beans. We cover types of beans, bean growing conditions, bean diseases, bean insects and pests, as well as some recipes using beans. The majority of beans belong to genus Phaseolus of Fabaceae family. They ... [... more]
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About Beets
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for beets covers beet basics, beet soil requirements, planting, maintenance and harvesting. Beets are biennial plants that are grown as an annual. They are a flowering plant species in the family Chenopodiaceae. ... [... more]
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Blackberry and Raspberrys
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for blackberries and raspberries includes many excellent recipes for brambles. With summer comes berries, fresh berries on the vine that is. So what to do with the bushels full of ripe blackberries and raspberries ... [... more]
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Pests and Disease Control
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for brassicas -- broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. The most popular members of this family of plants includes broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and cabbage. They all like cool weather, and can be ... [... more]
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About Broccoli
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for broccoli, including essential information about planting, climate, location, watering and harvesting broccoli, with much more. Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family. It has plentiful flower heads that, while ... [... more]
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Brassica oleracea gemmifera
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for brussel sprouts, including climate, planting and harvesting information. The sprouts form where a leaf grows out of the stalk. They appear on the bottom of the stalk first. To encourage early sprouts, break off ... [... more]
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About Cabbage
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for cabbage, including climate, cultivation, planting, harvesting and pest & disease information. The cabbage is a plant of the Family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae). Most cabbages are grown as annuals. Plants are ... [... more]
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About Carrots
GardenGuides' Vegetable Guide for carrots, including preparing soil, planting, maintenance and a carrot recipe. Carrots are biennials grown as annuals. Carrots are usually orange, white or red-white blend in color with a crisp texture when fresh. ... [... more]
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