GYO Fruits and Vegetables

There’s nothing more satisfying than growing your own food, and we can help you do that. Follow our tips and tricks for bountiful yields in the veggie patch!

Freaky Fruits: Seeds Sprouting Inside Tomato

Tammy Clayton

[one_half]What’s up with the fruit here? A tomato is not supposed to sprout plants. Don’t let anyone tell you that seeds sprouting inside tomato fruits is normal. It’s like totally abnormal, and not some isolated oddity. The earliest report found of buying tomatoes filled with germinating seeds is 2003. More and more people are talking…

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Best Way to Grow Microgreens

The images and basic directions in this article are by Gaby Bronstein from Garden Sprout. It was originally published in Garden Culture Magazine, US3 in 2014 under the title, “How To Make Soil Tacos for Growing Micro Greens”. Say hello to the cleanest way to grow microgreens! No matter how gently you apply water from above, grit ends up…
June 27, 2016
Guest Author

5 Ways to Grow Tastier Tomatoes

The biggest quest for most gardeners must be to grow tastier tomatoes, after all, it is the most popular vegetable in the world, and store-bought tomatoes are pale renditions of the real thing at best. There are several reasons that grocery store tomatoes lack the flavor everyone is after. It’s not just being picked green…
June 17, 2016
Amber

Plant Grafting: Fruit & Vegetable Tricks

Seeds and cuttings aren’t the only way to acquire new plants for your garden. Plant grafting is more tedious, but allows a gardener to accomplish things with plants not possible in any other way. It is the technique of joining the parts of two or more plants to create one plant. Ornamental plants used in landscaping and flower gardens are more commonly seen grafted…
May 6, 2016
Tammy Clayton

How To Preserve Every Tomato

About this time of year, gardeners have entered the tomato tsunami season. You’ve eaten them every day in every way imaginable, but they just keep coming. Before you start giving away the fruit of your labor, consider preserving your harvest and enjoy it for months to come, even on a cold winter day! Preserve ALL…
September 11, 2015
Callie

Growing Hydroponics Lettuce: Cheap DIY

A few weeks ago I started an experimental grow without any fancy equipment; no discount storage boxes or bins. I’m using recycled coffee tubs! This is a cheap hydroponics DIY setup that anyone can handle making. Aside from the seed, I think I have about $1 invested per plant. No, I’m not using a grow…
May 9, 2015
Tammy Clayton