Growing Lettuce in your Garden

June 10, 2009

Lettuce is one of the most popular vegetables in culinary arts and is used in salads and several other dishes. Hence, wouldn’t it be great if you could simply harvest one from your own garden? This will ensure the freshness of the lettuce while also saving you cost from having to buy them off the [...]

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How to Grow Potatoes

May 16, 2009

Potatoes are relatively easy to grow, and taste great when grown in your garden.  While potatoes are a root crop, they still require full sun to produce the best potatoes.  Potatoes will grow best in a slightly acidic soil that ranges between 5.9 and 6.5.  Since potatoes grow underground a soft loamy soil will produce [...]

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How to grow lettuce from seed

April 29, 2009

Lettuce is one of the easier crops to grow, and can easily be started from seeds.  Lettuce seeds are very small therefore you have to be careful when you break open the seed package.  Sometimes the outer seed packer will then have a small inner seed package, as the seeds would get lost in the [...]

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Choosing the Proper Tomato Varieties

April 20, 2009

One of the keys to getting a successful tomato harvest is to start off with the correct variety.  Unfortunately the proper variety for one area of the country is different for other areas of the country.  This is because there are different diseases and insects present in certain areas, and it would be best to [...]

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Container Herb Garden

April 16, 2009

Do you love to use fresh herbs in the food you cook?  Did you know that you can grow many of the herbs you buy in stores right in your own home?  Even if you have very limited space, and no room for a garden you can grow your herbs in containers.  Many herbs are [...]

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Container Vegetable Gardening

April 11, 2009

For people that live in condominium, apartments, or just don’t have a large back yard, container vegetable gardening is a viable solution to a backyard garden.  While it is true you still need a location for your containers that get adequate sun, there are certain varieties that require less sun than others, if this is [...]

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Garden Weed Control

April 7, 2009

Everyone loves the benefits of a garden, but one of the worst enemies of a gardener are the weeds that grow in the garden.  Garden weed control is important, as weeds are selected by nature and maintained as the survival of the fittest.  Vegetables you may plant in your garden are selected for their taste, [...]

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Vegetable Garden Design

April 3, 2009

It is important to layout and plan a garden prior to actually breaking ground.  Planning a garden is one of the most important keys to a successful garden.  There are many different areas you can designate to start your garden.  You may want to have your garden in your backyard, on your patio, near the [...]

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Easy Vegetable Gardening

March 30, 2009

Everyone starts as a beginning gardener at one point in their life.  Some people start as children and are taught how to garden from their parents or grandparents, while others start much later in life.  At whatever age you being gardening it is always best to start with vegetables that are easy to grow.  This [...]

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How to Grow Strawberries

March 27, 2009

Fruits such as strawberries are just as easy to grow as vegetables in a garden.  You can plant your strawberries in a formal bed, or use them as a ground cover.  There are three main types of strawberries you must choose from when you want to start a new crop.  The first type is known [...]

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What is Raised Bed Gardening

March 24, 2009

Many people ask, what is raised bed gardening?  In simplest terms it is when you build a garden that has a frame, and fill the frame with soil so it is above the surrounding territory.  Raised bed gardening can be a great assistance to those gardeners who are plagued with poor drainage of their yard.  [...]

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Organic Gardening Basics

March 22, 2009

Everyone has heard of organic gardening, but do you know what is organic gardening ?  In the most basic terms organic gardening is when a gardener doesn’t use any synthetic pesticides or fertilizers  on their plants.  In addition organic gardeners usually try to work in harmony with the environment and try to minimize the use [...]

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Cool Weather Vegetable Gardening

March 19, 2009

As winter fades away and spring makes its entrance gardeners with spring fever want to get started as soon as possible with some cool weather crops.  While it is true that certain crops do like cool weather, they are still not immune to frost and freezing temperatures.  Therefore if your last frost date has not [...]

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A guide to Hotbeds and Cold frames

March 17, 2009

Both cold frames and hotbeds allow a gardener to grow plants that would not normally be allowed to grow due to cold temperatures.  They are most useful in the springtime, however, they can be used in the fall as well.  Cold season vegetables like, lettuce and spinach are ideal to start in a coldframe, as [...]

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How to Keep your Soil pH Correct

March 15, 2009

Potential Hydrogen Ions or pH shows the type of the soil that you have or amount of lime or calcium that the soil has. As a general rule, soils in moist climates tend to be acidic while those in drier areas tend to be more alkaline. When the measure of the soil is below 7.0, [...]

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How to Compost: Getting Started Composting

March 13, 2009

We will look at how to make compost, but first let me define what composting is.  Composting is where organic matter is changed to a soil like matter through decomposition.  This process is something that is natural in nature, where bacteria, fungi, insects, and earthworms break down organic matter.  Decomposition is happening everywhere around us [...]

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When to Start Seeds Indoors

March 11, 2009

While most seed companies will put a recommended timeframe that you should start seeds indoors on the package, I will list some recommendations here.  This list will also include the average time it takes for the seeds to germinate.  If this conflicts with what it recommended by the seed vendor, please follow the vendors instructions [...]

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How to Grow Cilantro and Coriander

March 9, 2009

First many people wonder what the difference between cilantro and coriander are.  Actually they come from the same plant.  Cilantro generally describes the leaves of the Coriandrum sativum plant, while coriander is the dried seeds of the cilantro.  Cilantro is in the parsley family therefore many people confuse the two.  Cilantro is becoming more and [...]

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