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How to know when vegetables are ready to harvest

I remember staring at my very first green tomato during a classic cloudy Portland summer. I started my tiny balcony […]

I ran out of floor space on my south-facing Portland balcony by my second week of growing food. I had

Buying those plastic clamshells of salad greens at the supermarket drains your grocery budget fast. The leaves usually turn into

I remember starting my first patio garden here in Portland during a particularly wet spring. I had my recycled yogurt

Walking out to your balcony and spotting yellow leaves on vegetable plants ruins a perfectly good morning. You spend weeks

Most beginners plant one single tomato in a massive pot and waste an incredible amount of bare dirt. I made

Portland summers get surprisingly hot and bake a south-facing balcony very quickly. I used to run outside twice a day

Buying canned vegetables makes absolutely no sense when you have an empty patio. You can easily grow green beans in

Buying bags of premium dirt eats up your entire gardening budget fast. You do not need expensive commercial blends to

You spend months watering green leaves and expect a massive harvest by July. Instead, you stare at empty branches and