Dealing with Common Summer Gardening Challenges

Dealing with Common Summer Gardening Challenges

Introduction Summer gardening season is an exciting time full of the joys of time spent outside, sharing gardening memories with others, and enjoying abundant harvests. However, due to vacation or other factors a garden can fall out of maintenance and get overgrown,...
Boost Your Harvest: Trellises and Pruning for Tomato Plants

Boost Your Harvest: Trellises and Pruning for Tomato Plants

Introduction When building an edible garden, it’s important to develop a cohesive system to achieve maximum long-term success. Unfortunately, while it’s easy to find an overwhelming amount of information online, most people absorb scattered bits and pieces of...
Overcoming Summer Vegetable Garden Challenges

Overcoming Summer Vegetable Garden Challenges

Our mission at Backyard Eats is to make growing food at home available and simple to all and be a resource for broadening participation in the homegrown food movement for our clients, employees & community. The summer gardening season is an exciting opportunity to...
Designing Your Raised Bed Garden (Part 2: Layout and Sizing)

Designing Your Raised Bed Garden (Part 2: Layout and Sizing)

Once you’ve chosen a site for your edible garden, there are many paths you can take in terms of choosing materials, size, and layout. In this article, we’ll give an overview of the pros and cons of different raised bed garden designs – so you can plan a garden...