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Greenhouse in the snow

The best vegetables to winter garden

With cold temperatures almost here, many backyard gardeners across North America will soon be retreating inside, content to wait out Old Man Winter until a Spring thaw beckons them outside again. But plucky gardeners don’t take lightly to putting the soil, seeds, pots and fertilizer down for any amount of time. Their solution? Gather the […]

9 Best Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables

Lists. They are ubiquitous these days. We make lists, we read lists, we share lists, we organize ourselves with lists, we motivate with lists, and we’re endlessly entertained by others who make lists for us that rank things. Who gets to decide how things are ranked, what are the rules, is there a governing body […]

Surprising Container Grown Vegetables

It’s early January and, as usual, we’re getting inundated with seed catalogs.  We get great enjoyment from browsing the latest offerings of seeds and plants, planning our upcoming garden, and dreaming about the warmer weather and bushels and bushels of fresh produce we’ll grow and harvest.  As in past years, there are a few new […]

Solar Gem Allies With Backyard-Vegetable-Gardening.com

Want to know the best ways to get started growing tasty tomatoes, fresh herbs, hot peppers, crunchy cucumbers, yellow squash, crisp lettuce, sweet cantaloupe and MUCH MORE in your Solar Gem Greenhouse? Marcus the Gardening Guru at backyard-vegetable-gardening.com will show you how to do it easily. Solar Gem Greeenhouses is thrilled to announce our gardening […]