This Week's Bounty: Maple Pecan Sweet Potato Pie, Shovel or Spade, Chicken Taco Soup, 6 Best Containers, and More!

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. [Food Gardening Network Weekly]( September 1, 2024  [Freebie Text-Ad]( [Plant the Perfect—and Productive—Food Garden Every Year!]( [GET THIS FREEBIE NOW!](  Featured Weekly Video [How to Create an Edible Perennial Garden]( [Video]( Edible perennial fruits, herbs, and vegetables are the gift that keeps on giving! Unlike annuals or biennials, which must be planted annually or every other year respectively, perennials will return yearly with only one initial planting. [Read More...](  [Fall Food Garden Planning Kit]( [Free For You Now: Printable Fall Food Garden Planning Kit!]( Download this kit when you join the Food Gardening Network Gold Club: - Details on 15 recommended fall crops suitable for autumn planting. - Easy-to-read chart - USDA zones specific! - Timeline showing the days to maturity. - Plus, 20 mouthwatering recipes. [Read More ...](  Garden Tools [Is it a shovel or is it a spade?]( [spade]( How’s the back? Has it stopped aching yet? Charles Dudley Warner said: “What one needs in gardening is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it.” He was right! Mine’s only just recovered from the snow-shovelling season and now the gardening season has arrived to restore it to its usual dull throb. [Read More...](  [Beets]( [Beautiful Beets Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Beets are the crown jewels of vegetables. Not only do they come in jewel tones of ruby and amber, but they are easy to grow and so nutritious! A cool weather crop, beets can be enjoyed from late spring into deep fall. Learn what it takes to add beets to your garden. We’ll explain how to choose the beets that are right for you, how to get them started, and how to enjoy them after harvest. [Read More ...](  Easy Healthy Recipes [Savor the Flavor: Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Soup Recipe for a Healthy Fiesta!]( [Taco Soup]( Discover how this effortless slow cooker chicken taco soup will revolutionize your weeknight dinners and become your go-to crowd-pleaser for any occasion. [Read More...](  [Quinoa]( [The Easy Quinoa Growing Guide Available Now!]( Attention home gardeners, grow quinoa in your own backyard! With The Easy Quinoa Growing Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile food. From the history and background of the ‘mother of all grains’ to specific advice about soil requirement, fertilizer, watering techniques, preventing pests and diseases, and easy-to-make and delicious recipes that will allow you to enjoy the fruits of your gardening labor! [Read More ...](  Food Preservation [5 Easy Ways to Preserve Cabbage from Your Garden]( [Cabbage]( Cabbage is pretty easy to grow, especially if you live in a cooler climate. One only needs to think of a traditional Irish garden to understand how much cabbage you can grow if you live in areas with shorter summers and long temperate spells with high temperatures in the mid-60s. [Read More...](  [Eggplant]( [Elegant Eggplant Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Eggplants are loved the world over for their beauty, their versatility, and because they’re easy to grow! Learn how to grow your own today, in the Elegant Eggplant Gardening Guide as part of your Food Gardening Network membership. [Read More ...](  Container Gardening [The 6 Best Containers for Container Gardening]( [Watering plants]( You’ve probably heard that using old wood pallets isn’t the best idea, because you never know what they were carrying and could be filled with poisons you don’t want leaching into your soil and food. [Read More...](  [Thyme]( [It's about Thyme Gardening Guide Available Now!]( If you’ve never grown thyme, or have only grown one kind, you’re missing out on one of the most versatile and easy-to-grow herbs in the garden. With the It's About Thyme Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile herb. [Read More ...](  Easy Healthy Recipes [A Maple Pecan Sweet Potato Pie Recipe to Embrace Fall]( [Sweet Potato Pie]( Discover how a dash of genuine maple syrup elevates my dad’s classic sweet potato pie recipe into a heartwarming autumn dessert [Read More...](  [Magazine]( [September 2024 Issue Available Now!]( Discover in-depth articles, such as "36 Things to Plant In September Where You Live" and "What to Plant in September in Zones 4-10." Learn about growing squash vertically, winter herb secrets, and a fall bean teepee project, then explore planting seeds of joy and try our Baked Apple Chips recipe. This month, you also get a special bonus, our "New Fall Garden Calendar Kit". This issue helps food gardeners wind down summer and prepare for fall. [Read More ...](  Member Favorites - [Can Fertilizer Go Bad? And 5 More Facts About Garden Food]( - [How to Bring an Outdoor Plant Inside Without Bugs]( - [5 Veggie Garden Hose Watering Mistakes]( - [How to Make Bokashi Compost in 5 Easy Steps]( - [Attack of the Mutant Vegetables: The 6 Weirdest Vegetable Mutations]( - [How to Stop Invasive Herbs from Spreading]( - [5 Tomato Canning Supplies to Preserve Sauce Longer]( - [How to Store Potatoes for the Winter]( - [How to Transplant Herbs into Indoor Pots for the Winter]( Premium Recipes of the Week - [Roasted Beet, Peach, and Goat Cheese Salad]( - [Grilled Watermelon and Pineapple Skewers]( - [Paprika Avocado Toast]( - [Tomato Salsa]( - [Salade Niçoise with Haricot Verts](  [FREEBIES: Get Them Now!]( [Composting 101 Chart]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [Kitchen Garden Planting Charts]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [Tomato Garden to Table]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ](     About Food Gardening Network: Food Gardening Network is where three dynamic lifestyle brands—GreenPrints Magazine, Food Gardening Magazine, and Recipe Lion Magazine—unite to cultivate your passion for gardening and culinary delights. 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