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How to Grow Bromeliads At Home

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The Easiest of All Grows The Tropical Grower is back to its roots with How to Grow Bromeliads, the easiest of all Tropical plants.  In fact, they are so easy they rival cactus for the top spot in simplest houseplants to keep alive.  Growing Tropical, you can stick them in any well draining, shady to…

How to Grow Wildflowers in Your Yard
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How to Grow Wildflowers in Your Yard

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The Fantastically Simple Grow The Tropical Grower is adding wildflowers to the mix with How to Grow Wildflowers in Your Yard because I was inspired.  A single Wildflower is beautiful, but a field of them is magical.  Absolutely inspiring.  This week I’m up on My Daddy’s mountain for a visit, and the wildflowers climbing the…

What's Bloomn', The Tropical Grower, Growing Tropical, Gardening, Flower Photos
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How to Grow Red Lobster Claw Heliconia

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Fancy, Huh? The Tropical Grower is featuring another one of our favorites this week with How to Grow Red Lobster Claw Heliconia.  Its large thin paddle leaf stalks are distinctly Tropical, filling an area and finishing with the amazing bright Red Lobster Claws.  We loved the red show so much, I transplanted it into several…

What's Bloomn', The Tropical Grower, Growing Tropical, Gardening, Flower Photos
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How to Grow Dragon Fruit

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It’s a Cactus. The Tropical Grower is featuring How to Grow Dragon Fruit this week.  Throughout the Summer, on occasion, when Tropical Plants are at their finest, we thought The Tropical Grower should keep with its namesake and feature How to Grow some Tropical Plants.  And what better way to start than with Dragon Fruit.  …

How to Grow Leafy Greens
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How to Grow Leafy Greens

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The Stuff Salads are Made Of. The Tropical Grower is finishing up our growing your own food at home series this week with How to Grow Leafy Greens.  Yup, Lettuce.  I’m a fan.  In fact, it’s an extremely odd day if I don’t have a salad for at least one meal.  If it has steak…

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How to Grow Common Beans & Peas

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Quick Easy Grows. The Tropical Grower has returned to our growing your own food at home series this week with How to Grow Common Beans & Peas.  You can’t get much simpler than Beans.  They literally have had a grade school lesson on the curriculum forever about growing, and they use Beans.  Remember the big…

How to Set Up Simple Irrigation
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How to Set Up Simple Irrigation

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Take the Drag Out of Watering The Tropical Grower is watering this week in How to Set Up Simple Irrigation because I got so many questions after the irrigation section in How to Grow Common Root Crops, Part 1.  Who knew?  You’ve asked, and I’ve promised.  So, here we go, How to Set Up Simple…

How to Grow Broccoli & Cabbage
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How to Grow Broccoli & Cabbage

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Yup, the Brassicas Continuing our growing your own food at home series, The Tropical Grower is featuring How to Grow Broccoli & Cabbage this week.  Ahh, some Broccoli and Coleslaw.  If you’re a fan, these pop up easy and require only light work.  Repeat Harvesting is my biggest chore, of the Broccoli, not the Cabbage. …

How to Grow Common Root Crops, Part 2
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How to Grow Common Root Crops, Part 2

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Bulbs & Celery The Tropical Grower is continuing How to Grow Common Root Crops, Part 2 with The Bulbs & Celery this week as part of our growing your own food at home series.  Who doesn’t need Onions, Garlic, and Celery in their kitchen?  A Worst Cook in America, maybe?  These are the basics, the…

How to Grow Common Root Crops, Part 1
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How to Grow Common Root Crops, Part 1

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Low Nutrient Lovers, Plant and Almost Forget The Tropical Grower is continuing our growing your own food series this week with How to Grow Common Root Crops, Part 1: Low Nutrient Lovers because despite their bad reps these are some of the easiest grows in Our Garden.  In fact, they fall under the plant and…