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Success Growing Tomatoes

It’s easy to achieve success growing tomatoes because they are one of the most easily grown and most productive plants of all vegetables. Once you’ve tasted your own fresh picked tomatoes however, you’ll never be content to eat bought tomatoes again.

Success Growing Tomatoes in Town

As easy a crop to grow, tomatoes do have preferences,  they like sun, water and feeding…

How to Properly Plant Tomatoes

How to Properly Plant Tomatoes

Plant tomatoes in a well drained area in full sun (at least 8 hours per day) with organically rich soil (pH 6.0 to 7.0). Tomatoes are heavy feeders and need an appropriate balance of N-P-K (nitrogen-phosphorous-potassium). However, don’t overdo the nitrogen for this can lead to vigorous plant growth with lots of foliage, but few tomatoes. On the other hand,…

The Window Sill Herb Garden

Nana With Window Sill Herb Garden

Having your own window sill herb garden can add color and fragrance to any home. There is an abundance of reasons why people might prefer to have a window sill herb garden as opposed to one that grows outside. One of those reasons is that by having their herb garden indoors, they don’t have to deal with the elements of weather and can grow them all year long.

Wh…

Indoor Gardening Techniques For Growing Herb

Indoor Garden Technology

Indoor herb gardening is a new technology which allows any plants or flowers to grow fresher. Every plant that you cultivate in an indoor garden will result in a fresh green and nutritious. This indoor garden allows you to have a garden with fresh plants anywhere in your home with no hassle regarding climate change all around the year.

Indoor gardening is very helpful in…

Secrets to Growing Tomatoes

August and the tomato garden is producing huge quantities of red, ripe tomatoes. I have been lucky to have plenty to eat at lunch and dinner and to share grocery bags full with friends. This is the first year Mom and I have had enough tomatoes for canning too. To date we have canned two cases of stewed tomatoes to use for spaghetti sauce this winter. The vines are loaded with green tomatoes and…

Container Vegetable Garden – Apollo Carrot Planter

Patio gardening is a good solution for a gardener that does not have room for an in-ground garden of vegetables.

Patio gardening is actually gardening for a balcony, patio, windowsill or a back deck that has space enough for your container vegetable garden. It gives you the opportunity to prevail over some problems such as soil-borne diseases or poor ground soil.

In order to benefit from the…

Pruning Indeterminate Tomatoes in Containers and Identifying Tomato ‘Suckers’

Tomato ‘suckers’ will actually turn into stems that produce tomatoes. Pruning tomatoes in containers entails removing ‘suckers’ from your indeterminate plants or they will end up with dozens of stems that produce inferior tomatoes. It’s a problem as you will end up with too much growth that’s difficult to manage. That can lead to diseases, more but smaller tomatoes, ending up with a plant that…

Compost and Worm Castings

Compost and Worm Castings

I’m coming at you on a field trip from all the way in Averdeen, Maryland and we are about a half hour away from Baltimore right now, on the field trip today and I’m excited to be here at Veteran Compost, Veteran Compost is a facility that composts food scraps to make compost for people that live in the local area, so I’m really excited to be here.

We are going to get to…

Feeding Flowering Vegetable Plants

Feeding flowering vegetable plants properly is vital if you wish to get the most out of your vegetable crop, whether it be tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, or aubergines. Tom Cole from Capel Manor College in London is going to show VideoJug how to get your plants bursting into life.

How To Build A Raised Planter Bed

Find out just how easy it is to practice eco-friendly gardening. If you learn how to build a raised planter bed it will provide you with a garden if you don’t have space for one, conserve water and allow you to grow more vegetables.

Selecting a Site For Your Vegetable Garden

Fall is the best time of year to pick a spot for a vegetable garden since any work done will help you be ready to plant come spring. However, you can follow these steps for siting a vegetable garden any time of year.