Bare Root Privet Hedge Plants

Garden image was taken by the author. As I designed, I set up bamboo edging; when I looked at it I realized the front of the border was off by a lot. One nagging obstacle was a misplaced portion of a beautiful beech hedge.

The privet hedge is a hearty plant that is often used as a barrier on property. Privet hedges also act as a sound barrier, wind barrier, and can even provide much needed shade during the summer.

Its sweet flavor, and ability to grow in the cooler northern European climate, made it a healthful addition to the typical diet. To prevent root maggots, rotate your rutabaga crop each year with something other than a root vegetable.

It has oval or lance-shaped leaves and grows dense, compact foliage. That is, removing damaged branches or opening the interior of the shrub should be done before spring growth begins.When to prune privet by trimming the outside of the hedge?

Use the greens and bulbs for pizza, pesto, salads, or as an alternative to chives and spring onions. The tops will still be bright green and the bulb will have just formed but cloves won't be evident.

Because the plants don't form their edible tubers until the days begin to shorten at the end of the growing season, oca isn't harvested until early winter, making it an excellent crop for the winter pantry or CSA box .

To plant in gardens where warming plastic is in place, cut a hole through the plastic and plant the slip through the hole. In warm climates, the vines will begin to yellow and die back, but in the north, this may not happen in time for the arrival of...

As I thought about it, I realized that we had a very cool spring here in Kentucky, which may have prevented the daikon from bolting and going to seed too quickly. My top priority was planting carrots, but I mixed in the daikon seeds as a companion crop.

Growing carrots in less-than-perfect garden soil is a challenge. Step 5: Harvest Your Container-Grown Carrots Carrots can be harvested in an immature “baby” stage at any time, or you can allow them to develop to their full size.

Beet roots grow best in loose, friable soil. Be sure to harden the seedlings off before moving them outside. If leafminers become problematic, grow your beets under a protective layer of floating row cover.

When To Harvest Just like garlic and onions, shallots are ready for harvest when the leaves turn yellow and begin to die back. Jessica Walliser Pop Goes The Shallot As the plants grow, the bulbs sometimes end up pushing themselves out of the soil and...

The queen of the spring garden, radishes thrive in cold temperatures. Homegrown beets taste nothing like their processed counterparts. Try these varieties. Best planted by directly sowing their seeds into the vegetable garden, the four root crops featured...

Moving sweet-potato cuttings and seed potatoes from one county to another in sweet-potato growing areas (particularly within Louisiana and North Carolina) is often illegal, due to the high value placed upon preventive practices.

Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott from Washington State University and Dr. Jeff Gilliam from the University of Minnesota tested these myths under controlled conditions to determine if they really work.

They are generally round shouldered and taper to a thin point-although there are some cultivars that are rounded like. Parsnips, like carrots-,grow best in soils that are deeply tilled and free of rocks and stones.

It needs fertile soil high in organic matter to produce a sizable bulb, and few things enrich soil and add humus quite like well-made compost. If you do this, keep fronds misted and cool: Like dill, they will readily wilt.

I simply brush off the excess soil with my hands and place the tubers in a shallow box or in brown paper bags. We eat any that get cut or bruised during harvest within a few days. It has light-tan skin with white flesh.

To manage its spread, you'll have to dig up areas encroaching on other flower beds. I feel like I am in a special kind of denial. In the spring, you can have a root or two shipped to you through a garden catalog or pick up a pot of the plant at your local...

Bolt resistant varieties are perfect for beginners. Because its productivity is so closely linked to the weather, spinach harvests can be erratic from year to year for many gardeners.

Instead, it's absorbed via diffusion, naturally moving from an area of higher concentration (the soil) to one of lower concentration (inside the root). While straight carrots might not taste any better than crooked or forked ones, they sure are easier...

Having too much nitrogen in the soil is another no-no for radishes and other root crops. Cool-Season Gardening Radishes are a cool-season crop, meaning they prefer to grow in the cooler temperatures of spring and fall.

If you would like to cook them, use them like potatoes. Make room in your garden for this easy-to-grow ornamental. If you would like to keep digging through the winter months, cover the area with a thick mulch to keep the ground from freezing.

Even the most careful gardeners planting carrots in rows end up having to thin the plants. Some gardeners prefer to overwinter parsnips and harvest them in the spring. Vegetables in the Apiaceae family require some patience to grow because they tend to...

Size: 12 inches Sunlight requirements: Full to partial sun (A minimum of four to six hours is ideal.) Water requirements: About 1 inch per week—overly wet soils promote black rot and other diseases.

The best way to avoid this isn't necessarily a scarecrow—crows are smarter than that. Butler/Flickr Why They're Easy If you buy the plants, plant them somewhere sunny and support them, you will almost assuredly have tomatoes.

Plant several varieties to see which work best for your soil and market. Rows should be 1½ to 2 feet apart. Because rutabagas will be in the ground for a long time, thus pinned against both cold- and warm-weather weeds, be sure to prepare the beds as...

On pulling the tree from its pot, and unwrapping the fabric from the root ball. "Gift" or impulse plants, like seasonal items, orchids, and money plants, may be potted for show and not for grow.