Nine important tips for starting veggie and flower seeds indoors including containers, planting media, light, warmth and water requirements, hardening-off, extending seasons, row covers & more.
Entries Tagged as 'Vegetable Gardening'
Start Seeds Indoors and Save Money
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening, Winter Squash, seed starting
Tags: food growing·seed starting·seeds·vegetable garden·veggies
Growing Basil the Easy Way
June 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking & Recipes, Food Gardening, Vegetable Gardening, herbs, organic gardening
Growing basil is high on my garden list of priorities because I love pesto. Defrosting a container in mid-winter, releasing the rich basil aroma, transports me right back to my sun-filled veggie garden in summer. Beside using it on pasta, try it as a yummy sandwich spread, raw veggie dip or corn chowder spicer-upper. Since [...]
Tags: basil·food growing·herbs·pesto
Easy to Grow Broccoli, Cauliflower & Cabbage
May 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Container gardening, Insects, Vegetable Gardening
Growing broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage in the vegetable garden or containers is easy to do. You can buy plants or raise them from seed. Try growing your own if you want lots of choices when it comes to varieties. Start the seeds indoors 4-5 weeks before you’d like to set them out. Older transplants won’t [...]
Tags: Bacillus thuringiensis·Broccoli·Bt·Cabbage·Cauliflower·cutworm·food growing·vegetable garden
New People’s Garden on the National Mall
April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Food Gardening, Gardening News, Vegetable Gardening
The gardening bug has really taken Washington DC by storm! Not only is Michelle Obama growing her own food garden at the White House, but the US Department of Agriculture will showcase sustainability at the new six acre People’s Garden on the National Mall.
Tags: food growing·garden·organic gardening·People's Garden·USDA garden·vegetable garden
Garden News & Notes
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Berries, Book Reviews, Fruit, Gardening News, Travel, Vegetable Gardening
• Berry Compound Reduces Aging Effects: In a study of aged rats done by USDA researchers at the Agricultural Research Service it was found that a diet rich in the berry and grape compound pterostilbene “reversed measurable negative effects of aging on brain function and behavioral performance”. The report goes on to further state that [...]
Tags: Berries·edible landscape·Fruit·fruit growing·Plants of Merit
Earthworms in the Garden
April 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Book Reviews, Composting & Fertilizers, Food Gardening, Soil, Vegetable Gardening
Earthworms in the garden are one of the best indicators of soil health and vitality. They are the original recyclers, turning garden waste, grass clippings and even sand into food for your plants. These little wrigglers ingest their own weight daily and expel nutrient and mineral rich castings which will keep everything from carrots to [...]
Tags: compost·earthworms·fertilize·garden·mulch·organic·organic gardening·Soil·vegetable garden·vermicomposting·worm castings
Deadly Enemy of Japanese Beetles: the Tachinid Fly
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Food Gardening, Insects, Vegetable Gardening
One of the unsung predatory heroes of the garden which works diligently to keep the bad bug population down is the Tachinid fly. Out of more than 8,200 known species, nearly 1,300 reside in North America today.
Tags: beneficial insects·garden·growing·insect pests·Insects·Japanese beetle·natural pest control·organic·organic gardening·tachinid fly
Grow Winter Squash for Storage
April 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Cooking & Recipes, Food Gardening, Vegetable Gardening, Winter Squash
Like other food gardeners, I enjoy eating sun-warmed tomatoes picked ripe off the vine and crisp greens harvested in the cool of the evening, but yesterday as I was preparing my favorite roast veggie dish, I thought about the lowly winter squash. The name says it all, this is not a vegetable to be enjoyed [...]
Tags: butternut squash·chocolate·edible·garden·recipes·storage squash·vegetable·vegetable garden·veggies·Winter Squash
Neighborhood Food Growing
March 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Container gardening, Food Gardening, Fruit, Vegetable Gardening
Here’s a new twist on eating locally grown food. Friends, neighbors and others in the same geographical area are banding together to grow as much of their food supply as possible. It’s a great idea, especially now during our economic downturn.
Tags: community agriculture·food growing·Fruit·fruit growing·garden·growing·local food·vegetable·vegetable garden·veggies