Vegetable Gardening Tips 2025 - Virginia Association Farming

Open and closed peanuts with red skins.

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June Vegetable Garden Tips

Early in June mulch tomatoes, peppers, okra, squash, cucumbers and asparagus if it hasn't already…

Ira WallaceJune 25, 2025

Illustration of green beans hanging from their stems.

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May Vegetable Gardening Tips

Time to Thin and Weed As we approach the second half of May itâ€™s time…

Ira WallaceMay 27, 2025

Fresh green beans laid over a bed of dark kidney beans.

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April Vegetable Garden Tips

By Ira Wallace ofÂ Southern Exposure Seed ExchangeÂ and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

Ira WallaceApril 28, 2025

Close-up of red potatoes with sprouts.

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March Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace ofÂ Southern Exposure Seed ExchangeÂ and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

Ira WallaceMarch 28, 2025

A close-up of a green artichoke growing on its plant.

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February Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace ofÂ Southern Exposure Seed ExchangeÂ and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

VABF AdminFebruary 27, 2025

Onions growing in soil with green stems and irrigation tubing.

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October 2024 Garden Tips by Ira Wallace

Fall is here and we are enjoying an increasing array of tender Collards and sweet…

Ira WallaceOctober 28, 2024

Fresh bunch of carrots with green tops.

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September Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace ofÂ Southern Exposure Seed ExchangeÂ and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

Ira WallaceSeptember 23, 2024

Fresh green cabbage plant growing in soil.

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August Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

Ira WallaceAugust 27, 2024

A black plate filled with ripe cherry tomatoes on a wooden surface.

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July Vegetable Gardening Tips

I hope your gardens are well mulched, adequately watered and producing abundantly. If things are…

Ira WallaceJuly 28, 2024

Four plates filled with different colorful dried flower petals.

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May Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press…

Ira WallaceMay 27, 2024

Fresh green mustard leaves growing in a garden.

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April Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press…

Ira WallaceApril 26, 2024

Close-up of sprouting potatoes with small green shoots.

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March Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press…

Ira WallaceMarch 26, 2024

Rows of fresh lettuce plants growing in soil beds.

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February Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press…

Ira WallaceFebruary 25, 2024

Hand watering fuzzy green plants with a blue watering can.

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January Gardening Tips

by Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange author of the new Grow Great Vegetables…

Ira WallaceJanuary 30, 2024

Rows of green and red lettuce growing in a greenhouse.

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December Vegetable Gardening Tips

by Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Â & author of Grow Great Vegetables in…

Ira WallaceDecember 27, 2023

Close-up of a leafy green cabbage plant growing in soil.

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November Vegetable Gardening Tips

What a lovely extended fall! Halloween has come and gone with hardy vegetables still producing…

Ira WallaceNovember 22, 2023

Green plants growing among fallen dried leaves on the ground.

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October Gardening Tips

by Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange & author of Grow Great Vegetables in…

Ira WallaceOctober 26, 2023

Rows of green and red lettuce growing in a greenhouse.

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September Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press…

VABF AdminSeptember 25, 2023

A person harvesting fresh green beans from a garden plant.

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August Vegetable Gardening Tips

So Much to Sow in August! August is a busy, busy month. Many gardeners don’t…

Ira WallaceAugust 28, 2023

Rows of green bean plants growing with bamboo supports in a garden.

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June Vegetable Gardening Tips

By Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and the author of The Timber Press Guide to…

Ira WallaceJune 22, 2023