Fresh from the Garden

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101 How-Tos From Fresh from the Garden

41. How to Grow Watermelon

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Who doesn’t love watermelon? This popular summer fruit is not that difficult to grow given the right conditions.

Time:

Several Months

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
42. How to Grow Sweet Corn

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Sweet corn is one of the world's favorite vegetables — and growing corn is especially popular with home gardeners.

Time:

Day

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
43. How to Analyze Soil Temps and Drainage

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Soil temperature and water drainage rates are as important to a plant as sunlight and fertilizer. Learn how to analyze these key elemen...

Time:

Day

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
44. How to Make a Wire Tomato Cage

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For large tomatoes, a sturdy homemade wire cage may be best. It's easy to make and relatively inexpensive, as well as taller and more h...

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
45. How to Grow Potatoes in a Trash Bag

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Growing potatoes in a plastic bag is a fun way to get children interested in gardening. And it is an almost foolproof way to grow potat...

Time:

Several Months

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
46. How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms

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Indoor mushroom growing kits make it easy and fun to cultivate one's own crop of tasty shiitakes.

Time:

Several Weekends

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
47. How to Grow Spinach

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Spinach is a cool-season crop, which means it's almost never too early to plant it.

Time:

Several Months

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
48. How to Grow Burnet

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Burnet is a little known perennial herb with leaves that have a fresh taste similar to cucumber.

Time:

Several Weekends

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
49. How to Grow Beets

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Beets are prized for their sweet and earthy flavor. They are a cool-season crop that matures in about two months.

Time:

Several Months

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy
50. How to Grow Melons

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Given enough sun and space, delicious melons are easy to grow in any backyard garden.

Time:

Several Months

Cost:

$1 to $50

Difficulty:

Easy

About This Show

Planting the seeds of a successful gardening experience takes hard work. In DIY's Fresh from the Garden, you learn the basics of how to build, grow and maintain a successful vegetable garden. Each episode tackles a component of vegetable gardening by focusing on America's favorite vegetable, tomatoes, for example, or building raised beds. Host Joe Lamp'l also illustrates the classic gardening basics, and then he goes beyond the most commonly planted vegetables to demonstrate things such as incorporating a vegetable garden into the landscape and building a hydroponic garden. Joe Lamp'l sows his expertise so you can reap the benefits!