How to Grow Eggplant in your Vegetable Garden

There are many varieties of eggplants and they come in all shapes and sizes. The most common eggplant is called black beauty.

There are a number of great dishes you can make with eggplant including my favorite eggplant parmesan.

If eggplant is not part of your home vegetable garden you really should consider it. They are easy to grow with a little care and a couple of plants can produce all the of the eggplant you will need for an entire growing season.



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How to Handle Root Rot in your Vegetable Garden

Root rot can affect just about every plant you can think of growing in your home vegetable garden.

Various organisms can cause root rot but the results are basically the same. The plant will begin to wilt and look like it is about to die and the leaves begin to turn yellow.

This process will speed up when the ground is extremely moist or becomes too wet.

Here are some steps you can take to tackle root rot head on and potentially save your harvest.


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How to Grow Cucumbers in your Vegetbale Garden

Cucumbers are a great vegetable to grow in any garden. They are excellent for salads, or to simply dip in some ranch dressing (or your favorite flavor).

There are a variety of great dishes you can make with cucumbers and if you have time to learn it, the skill of "pickling" can take your cucumber even further.

More importantly though, is, all of that is for naught if your vegetable garden does not produce plenty of healthy cucumbers.

Here are some steps you can take to increase your chances of healthy and more abundant harvest in your home vegetable garden.

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How to Treat Blosson End Rot in your Vegetable Garden

Blossom end rot occurs because the soil in your home vegetable garden is deficient in calcium. It also occurs when the weather in your area has been considerably wet followed by an immediate dry period.

Blossom end rot most notably affects peppers, squash, tomatoes and watermelon. As you can see in the picture, it looks like a dark circle and spreads to the end fruit as the vegetable will then look like it is rotting.

If not taken care of it could spread to the remaining of the unaffected portion of your garden and also lead to additional or secondary rotting.

Here are steps you can take to control blossom end rot in your home vegetable garden.


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How to Grow Carrots in your Vegetable Garden

Carrots are a great vegetable to grow in anyone's garden. They are easy to grow and as long as you follow the advice in this tutorial you should be able to produce great carrots every growing season.

Carrots work best in a raised bed garden where the soil is very loose. This gives carrots the ability to grow deep and develop.

Here is how you can grow great carrots in your vegetable garden.

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