Archive for the ‘Vegetable Gardening’ Category
Monday, March 8th, 2010
When you’re planning out your vegetable garden, it’s beneficial to consider how the different plants are going to react around one another. Don’t you behave differently when you’re around certain individuals? Well, it’s somewhat similar in plants. Before you start planting your vegetables, you should think about the basics of ...
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Do you want your garden to be greener in 2009? Maybe you want to save money by canning food and freezing vegetables. If so, try making your garden more eco-friendly. According to a survey of gardeners administered by the Garden Media Group, it’s predicted that gardens will be more environmentally ...
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
In order to produce a fruitful and organic vegetable garden, you need to use organic fertilizers. These materials will help your vegetable plants as well as your household plants mature gracefully without those harmful chemicals.
Organic fertilizers should be made of natural decomposition, because these materials are easier for the plant ...
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
Are you a beginner at gardening? Even if you don't think you're gifted with a green thumb, laying the groundwork for a vegetable garden can increase the chances of having a rewarding harvest. Preparing the soil requires some time, but the end result (juicy red tomatoes, crisp carrots, etc.) is ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
One of the reasons we start our home vegetable gardens is so we know we've got healthy organic food that hasn't had anything funky done to it. We don't want to spray chemicals or pesticides on our growing veggies, so we rely on natural forms of garden pest control.
Beneficial ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Herbs are a great addition to the urban or suburban garden. They don't take a lot of space, many varieties are easy to grow in pots, and some of them can even be beneficial for your vegetable garden (by keeping pest insects away--not everything likes the smell of mint as ...
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Ask any vegetable gardeners, new or old, what their favorite things to grow are, and you'll probably hear something like tomatoes or peppers or cucumbers... something that looks good dangling in the garden and tastes great fresh too. It's a littler rarer to hear someone wax nostalgic about potatoes. Why ...
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Friday, March 6th, 2009
All right, you're down with eating healthy organic food, and you're ready to start a vegetable garden of your own, because let's face it: Whole Foods gets pretty darned expensive after a while (okay, it's expensive the first time you go too).
The only problem? You live in an apartment ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
One of the reasons I'm a big fan of permaculture and perennial crops (think fruit trees, berry bushes, asparagus, etc.) is that quite frankly it's less work than a vegetable garden. In veggie gardens, the majority of the crops need to be planted anew each year. If you're already working ...
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
Gardening in the city, and even surburban areas, often means there isn't a lot of room for planting. That's a big reason why "vertical gardening" is becoming so popular. This is when you train plants to grow up instead of out and over the ground.
In addition to being ...
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