This Week's Bounty: Make an All-Natural Rainbow Popsicle, No-Dig Gardening, and More

Our weekly roundup of advice and tips for growing good food at home. Having trouble viewing this email? [View this email on the web](. [FGN Daily]( June 27, 2021  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Soil & Fertilizer [The Best Type of Manure for Vegetable Gardens]( My summer cookouts are not for the faint of heart. It's not that there's anything scary or bad. But conversations tend to skip the polite weather talk and get straight into things like [garden pests]( favorite heirloom tomatoes, and the best type of manure for vegetable gardens. Hey, at least we don't talk about it at the dinner table. Well, not often anyway. [Read More...](  [grapes]( [The Great Grapes Gardening Guide Available Now!]( What’s the most popular fruit in the world? If you guessed oranges, apples, or bananas, you’d be wrong—it’s the fabulous grape! Because of its many uses (hello, wine!) and the number of countries that can grow grapes, the world totals some 72 million tons of grapes grown annually. In the Great Grapes Gardening Guide, you’ll learn everything you need to grow this versatile fruit. [Read More...](  Spice & Herb Gardening [How to Make Cute Herb Stakes for Your Garden]( It starts innocently enough. A seed-starter tray sitting in a sunny spot on your counter. Until you realize that you forgot to label them and now have to wait until the seedlings sprout to play Guess That Herb. I’ve been there, my friend. I’ve also been in my garden, mid-season, pacing around in circles looking for the chives that I know I planted earlier that spring. I could have sworn it was next to the parsley. But with the vegetable garden in full effect, I fear I’ve lost my chives forever. Or maybe some critters have eaten them? At any stage in your herb garden’s development, labeled herb stakes are essential. [Read More...](  [Food Gardening Magazine July 2021 Issue Available Now!]( Read the July 2021 issue to explore “Veggies to Plant in July,” “Installing a Drip System in Raised Beds,” “The Biggest Differences Planting in Raised Beds vs. In-Ground,” and discover complete collections about Green Beans, Gooseberries, and Dill. [Read More...](  Easy Healthy Recipes [All-Natural Homemade Rainbow Popsicle Recipe]( Have you ever considered what it really means to "taste the rainbow," as the slogan goes? Who doesn't love rainbows, right? Certainly, my three-year-old does, and when you make this homemade rainbow popsicle recipe, you will too. [Read More...](  [Basil]( [The Everything Corn Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Corn is an all-American staple! With The Everything Corn Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this unique food in your home garden, including advice on planting, raising, harvesting, and preparing dish after delicious dish featuring your home-grown corn. [Read More...](  Vegetable Gardening [An Easy No-Dig-Gardening Guide]( I'm going to say right up front that when I first came across the concept of no-dig gardening, I had visions of skipping through the meadow sprinkling seeds like fairy dust, while magic pixies followed behind with perfect drops of water for each seed. By the time imaginary me had reached the end of the field, flowers, vegetables, fruits, and herbs were all in full bloom behind me. [Read More...](  FREEBIE: Get It Now! [Recipes from Your Garden]( Starting a food garden is as exciting as it gets. There’s so much patient waiting required, then all of a sudden, your garden is full of color, fruits, veggies, and herbs ready to be cooked and plated. But sometimes, it’s going a little too well, and all at the same time. [Get My Freebie](  Watering & Irrigation [How to Recycle Rain Water for Vegetable Gardens]( I remember watching a film strip (yes, I’m old) in grade school that showed me how people wasted up to four gallons of water if they left the faucet on while brushing their teeth. That same filmstrip highlighted the environmental benefits of the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Since then, my environmental sustainability efforts happen in small steps, especially in the garden. From [implementing a compost system]( to switching from a gas to an electric lawnmower and other garden tools. I've even used [recycled materials to build a trellis or two](. What’s next? How about learning how to recycle rainwater for the vegetable garden? [Read More...](  [Basil]( [The Outstanding Onion Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Onions make everything taste better! From burgers to salads to soups and more, onions offer a broad range of flavors from sweet to zesty. Gardeners love to grow them, and their friends and family love to eat them—raw or cooked! With The Outstanding Onion Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile food. 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