Category: Care & Maintenance

• 7 Tips on Watering Container Vegetables in the Summer Heat

  

  If your tomato leaves are drooping by 3pm even though you watered that morning, you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re just gardening in a pot, in summer. Containers heat up fast and dry out even faster, and once temperatures climb into the 85-90°F range, yesterday’s watering schedule stops working. Here’s how to figure out what…

  Backyard Veggie Garden

  July 14, 2026

  Care & Maintenance

  balcony garden, container gardening, garden, gardening, homesteading, plants, summer garden, vegetable garden, watering, watering potted plants

• How to Harvest Lettuce, Kale, Spinach, and Other Leafy Greens So They Keep Growing

  

  Harvesting leafy greens using the cut-and-come-again method allows you to keep the plant growing while enjoying multiple harvests. Find out how with these step-by-step harvesting tips.

  Backyard Veggie Garden

  September 13, 2025

  Care & Maintenance, Harvest & Enjoy, What to Grow

  chard, cut and come again, harvest, kale, leafy greens, lettuce, spinach