Planting Tomatoes In this article we're going to discuss the planting of tomatoes. This isn't something to try if you're new to gardening. Tomatoes need special care. Read more...   How to Grow Cucumbers The versatile cucumber (cucumis sativus) is tasty pickled, in a salad, as a salad, in a sandwich, or just eaten raw. How to grow cucumbers depends largely in part on how you plan to eat them. Cucumbers come in over 120 varieties that range from small picklers to large slicers and from dark green to the yellow of the lemon cucumber. They come “burped” or burpless, seeded or without seeds. Read more...   Garden Basics Spelling Out Garden Basics - What’s best on a hot summer day than a homegrown salad? That cool, refreshing salad can start with just a quick trip to the garden. But that garden won’t appear by magic. You need to get started now if you want lettuce before Labor Day! Read more...   How to Grow Potatoes Every Good Friday, my Father would be in the garden planting his potatoes. He said it was a sign of good luck. Actually, the tradition of Good-Friday potato planting stems from the Great Potato Famine. Protestants wouldn't eat the potato because it wasn't mentioned in the Bible, but Irish Catholics brought it into the Church by "baptizing" it and planting it on Good Friday. Read more...   How to Grow Asparagus Asparagus is a perennial plant with erect, edible stems and tiny branches that bear even tinier flowers that become red berries that contain the black Asparagus seed. Formerly in the Liliaceae family, botanists have realized that Asparagus is in a class by itself and have repositioned its 120 species in the Asparagaceae genus. Read more...