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Easiest Vegetables to Grow for Beginners

How to decide what to grow if you want your vegetable garden to be as effortless as possible. From general principles of making your garden easy care to a list of the easiest vegetables, fruit and herbs you should consider growing as a beginner.

An unripe ghost pepper on a pepper plant after a rainTrays of pepper, eggplant and basil seedlings

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An unripe ghost pepper on a pepper plant after a rain

Gardening

Essentials, Vegetables

Easiest Vegetables to Grow for Beginners

How to decide what to grow if you want your vegetable garden to be as effortless as possible. From general principles of making your garden easy care to a list of the easiest vegetables, fruit and herbs you should consider growing as a beginner.

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A single yellow and red French marigold (tagetes patula) bloom among fern-like green marigold foliage

Gardening

Propagating, Ornamental

Growing Marigolds from Seed

Marigolds are a popular ornamental annual bedding plant. Learn how to start and grow your own marigolds from seed to use as low-maintenance flowers that bloom consistently through to killing frosts or as companion plants for your vegetable garden.

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A table covered in a white tablecloth with two antique green floral bowls filled with penne pasta in a creamy curry sauce and a few pinch bowls with chopped herbs and red chili flakes

Recipes

Pasta & Noodles, Main Course

Curry Pasta

Pasta in cream sauce spiced with an Indian-inspired spice mix, this curry pasta is indulgent, delicious and easy enough for a weeknight. More like a British-style curry sauce or curried chicken salad than an authentic and complex Indian curry

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A small boxwood seedling placed in a hole underneath a string guideline sitting next to an auger and a few spring perennials

Gardening

Ornamental

Guide to Planting a Boxwood Hedge

Boxwood hedges are a classic design element of both formal and informal or cottage-style gardens. They function as the structure or “bones” of a garden. Learn how to design, plant and care for boxwood hedges of your own.

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A bowl of bok choy mushroom noodle soup topped with scallions and sesame seeds

Recipes

Soups & Curries, Asian-Inspired

Bok Choy Mushroom Noodle Soup

A simple soup to serve as a main (or make-ahead lunch) when you add noodles, jammy eggs or even dumplings or wontons. Alternatively, omit the extras and serve this bok choy soup alongside rice, grilled fish and vegetables

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