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.
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Start Seeds Indoors and Save Money
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening, Winter Squash, seed starting
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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 [...]
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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.
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Something New In Blueberries – ‘Pink Lemonade’
April 14th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Berries, Cooking & Recipes, Food Gardening, Fruit
Briggs Nursery, a wholesale grower from Elma, Washington, has announced a new introduction for 2009, a true first in blueberries. The scientific name is Vaccinium ‘Pink Lemonade’. Briggs is trying hard to get enough of these plants to the trade, but they inform me that gardeners will probably have to wait till the 2010 [...]
Tags: acid soil·blueberries·blueberry varieties·edible landscape·food growing·fruit growing·garden
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.
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