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Greenhouse Gardening

2010-02-05T07:01:00.000-08:00

A Greenhouse Will Get You Growing! For people who want an early start or would like to do more gardening but live in a short growing season area, a hobby greenhouse is the answer. A hobby greenhouse is not large enough to produce vegetables or flowers on a commercial basis. It will, however, give you a place for a tomato plant or two and some fresh greens even if you live in the northern regions

Gardening Gifts for Valentines Day

2010-02-03T12:49:00.000-08:00

Gardening Gifts for Valentines Day Forget the candy. There is nothing nicer than receiving a gift relating to one's passion. If your loved one's passion is gardening, then show your thoughtfulness by giving a gift that will be truly appreciated. There are so many great gardening gifts that the only constraint is your own budget. If your budget is small, go for things like gardening gloves,

Save Money by Planting Vegetable Gardens

2009-09-11T07:56:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaSave Money by Planting Vegetable GardensInstead of setting up a swimming pool or a Zen garden in your backyard, why not plant vegetables instead? Planting vegetable gardens is a great way to spend a quiet time de-stressing while getting in touch with nature. Having a steady supply of vegetables will also lessen food expenses and improve the health of your loved

Planting Vegetable Gardens for Stress Relief 3

2009-08-31T08:52:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaSurrounded with lifeBeing surrounded with plants alone is both invigorating and encouraging. Days and days spent indoors and at the workplace prevent us from getting in touch with nature, thus we tend to have limited means to appreciate everything that’s grand and beautiful in life. Picture yourself being surrounded with plants that teem with life and growth, and their edible

Planting Vegetable Gardens for Stress Relief 2

2009-08-29T09:50:00.000-07:00

Relishing the sunlightGetting enough sunlight while tending your vegetable garden alone will already significantly improve your mood. It’s also a great and productive way to have enough vitamin D, which is necessary for proper absorption of calcium in your body. Try to picture some of the happiest moments of your childhood; it is without a doubt that most of them were spent under the nourishing

Planting Vegetable Gardens for Stress Relief

2009-08-28T07:42:00.000-07:00

Image by Sbocaj via FlickrPlanting Vegetable Gardens for Stress ReliefMore than letting you reduce the sum of money allocated for food, there is another very beneficial effect of planting vegetable gardens that will really give your health a great deal of favor: stress relief.We all know how stress wreaks havoc to our overall health. Aside from the more obvious fact that stress takes out joy and

Preparing the Soil

2009-08-27T08:34:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaPreparing the Soil A very important aspect of planting vegetable gardens is preparing the soil. It doesn't matter whether you plan to raise vegetables in a small plot of land or in a plant box. Soil preparation is an essential step. Soil can be categorized as sandy or clay-like, with silt being a fine mixture of both sand and clay. Clay particles in sand help retain water

Planting Styles

2009-08-26T07:27:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaPlanting Styles The more traditional way of planting vegetables is laying them out in straight, organized lines. Some people prefer to plant alternating rows of different types of vegetables so that when one type of vegetable is about to be harvested, the rows in between them have vegetables that are not yet in season. The soil structure quickly becomes ruined because gardeners

Building Vegetable Garden Structures

2009-08-25T08:09:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaBuilding Vegetable Garden StructuresBuilding some decorative arches and some tomato cages not only makes your garden look good but also helps it produce more crops. After all, there is more to planting vegetable gardens than just cultivating a spot of land.Function Over FormThe most well known form garden structures are those that are built to sustain plants and give them the

Advantages of Planting Vegetable Gardens 4

2009-08-24T08:03:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaHelp save the environmentSociety wants to talk about going "green", well I can't think of a better way than to grow a garden. If commercially grown vegetables receive little demand from consumers, then commercial farmers will find no reason to expand their plantations. So there’s no need to cut down rain forests and devastate habitats of wild animals. Also, if demand is lowered

Advantages of Planting Vegetable Gardens 3

2009-08-22T09:59:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaA great way to workoutIf you got little or no time to go to the gym or health spa to workout, then let gardening provide your daily dose of exercise. Tending your vegetable garden for at least 30 minutes a day is a great way to burn those excess calories and lose weight. You are able to work several major muscle groups in the body, like the legs, arms, back, buttocks and many

Advantages of Planting Vegetable Gardens 2

2009-08-21T08:57:00.000-07:00

Image by Chiot's Run via FlickrGuaranteed no harmful chemicalsChances are you might not fully know whether the vegetables you buy at the supermarket are free of pesticides. Some vendors claim that their vegetables are free from harmful chemicals. What about if the soil where those crops grew was exposed to pesticides before or they were planted next to crops sprayed with pesticides? Prolonged

Advantages of Planting Vegetable Gardens 1

2009-08-20T16:50:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaAdvantages of Planting Vegetable GardensIs there a patch of land in your backyard that’s been left useless all this time? If you’re still undecided to what to make out of it, maybe it’s high time you consider planting vegetables in it. Read on to learn some of the advantages of planting vegetable gardens.Yummier veggie treatsMany people attest that vegetables grown in their own

The Wheel Hoe

2009-08-05T13:02:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaThe Wheel HoeWith a wheel hoe, the work of preserving the soil mulch becomes very simple. If one has not a wheel hoe, for small areas very rapid work can be done with just a basic hoe.Here are a few practical suggestions that will reduce this work to a minimum:Get at this work while the ground is soft; as soon as the soil begins to dry out after a rain is the best time. Under

The Secrets Behind A Successful Compost

2009-08-04T17:48:00.000-07:00

Image by Mickki via Flickrby Wayne AllenComposting is a way of getting in touch with nature. Stay away from the chemically enhanced fertilizers at the stores. You can make your own fertilizer through a process known as composting. In the process you will probable have the opportunity to get down on your knees and get your hands a dirty, and nothing is dirtier than compost.Compost is the process

Garden Tools

2009-07-31T13:52:00.000-07:00

Image via WikipediaGarden ToolsOf the implements for harvesting, beside the spade, prong-hoe and spading- fork, very few are used in the small garden, as most of them need long rows to be economical.The onion harvester attachment for the double wheel hoe, may be used with advantage in loosening onions, beets, turnips, etc., from the soil or for cutting spinach.Running the hand- plow close on

Organic Gardening - Cultivation

2009-07-15T08:28:00.000-07:00

Organic Gardening - Cultivation　Before taking up the garden vegetables individually, I shall outline the general practice of cultivation, which applies to all.　The purposes of cultivation are three to get rid of weeds, and to stimulate growth by (1) letting air into the soil and freeing unavailable plant food, and (2) by conserving moisture.　As to weeds, the gardener of any experience need not be

Organic Gardening Devices to Fight Plant Pests

2009-07-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

Organic Gardening Devices to Fight Plant PestsHere's a couple organic gardening devices and implements used for fighting plant pests.The first and most useful is the covered frame. It consists usually of a wooden box, some eighteen inches to two feet square and about eight high, covered with glass, protecting cloth, mosquito netting or mosquito wire. You can also just create row covers or even

No Backyard? Try Planting A Vegetable Garden Indoors!

2009-06-10T16:28:00.000-07:00

No Backyard? Try Planting A Vegetable Garden Indoors!Nothing beats the fresh wholesome taste of vegetables freshly picked from your own garden. Planting vegetable gardens can be a challenge if you don’t have a backyard, but you can still grow vegetables indoors. Just follow a few simple guidelines.Choose Appropriate VegetablesDifferent plants have different requirements and with indoor gardens

Organic Pest Control

2009-05-28T08:19:00.000-07:00

Organic Pest Control With CrittersAs human illness may often be prevented by healthful conditions, so pests may be kept away by strict garden cleanliness. Heaps of waste are lodging places for the breeding of insects. I do not think a compost pile will do harm, but unkempt, uncared-for spots seem to invite trouble.Now for the main goal of this post, to point out the critters that you want in the

The Soil

2009-05-25T07:44:00.000-07:00

The SoilThe chances are that you will not find a spot of ideal garden soil ready for use anywhere upon your place. But all except the very worst of soils can be brought up to a very high degree of productiveness especially such small areas as home vegetable gardens require.　Large tracts of soil that are almost pure sand, and others so heavy and mucky that for centuries they lay uncultivated, have

More on Garden Location

2009-05-21T11:35:00.000-07:00

Garden LocationIn deciding upon the site for the home vegetable garden it is well to dispose once and for all of the old idea that the garden "patch" must be an ugly spot in the home surroundings. If thoughtfully planned, carefully planted and thoroughly cared for, it may be made a beautiful and harmonious feature of the general scheme, lending a touch of comfortable homeliness that no shrubs,

Garden Pests

2009-05-21T11:15:00.000-07:00

Garden PestsIf we could garden without any interference from the pests which attack plants, then indeed gardening would be a simple matter. But all the time we must watch out for these little foes little in size, but tremendous in the havoc they make.There are two general classes of insects known by the way they do their work. One kind gnaws at the plant really taking pieces of it into its system

Choosing SEEDS

2009-05-21T10:55:00.000-07:00

Choosing SEEDS Any reliable seed house can be depended upon for good seeds; but even so, there is a great risk in seeds. A seed may to all appearances be all right and yet not have within it vitality enough, or power, to produce a hardy plant. If you save seed from your own plants you are able to choose carefully. What blossoms shall you decide upon? Now it is not the blossom only which you

Raised Bed Garden Mounds

2009-05-08T07:09:00.000-07:00

Raised Bed Garden MoundsRaised beds are one of the best ways to garden for the home gardener. They allow you to do concentrated gardening, square foot gardening, companion planting, mulching, etc... They're easy to build and relatively cheap. But if you're looking for the cheapest and easiest way to do raised beds and you have the room for it, then raised bed mounds are the way to go.Raised bed