Growing Vegetables

Growing Garlic - Harvesting

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:55:39 +0000

When your done growing garlic its time to harvest. Harvest the garlic when the lower 1/3 to 1/2 foliage starts to yellow and turn brown while the leaves at the top are still mostly green. This usually happens in September or August. The leaves dying is not an exact indicator. You need to inspect [...] Related posts:

Growing Garlic - Planting & Care

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:51:31 +0000

When growing garlic you do not need seeds. Garlic does not produce seeds it clones itself through its cloves. Do not use garlic from your grocery store for planting they have usually been treated to prevent sprouting and is not grown in your region. Look for planting cloves at local farmers markets commercial seed [...] Related posts:

Growing Garlic

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:45:31 +0000

Growing Garlic is the best way to experience the awesome tastes and flavors not found in the grocery store. Garlic is a bulbous plant with more than 600 varieties being grown around the world. The variation is most likely a result of natural mutations. Many have claimed that Garlic possess many medical attributes including [...] Related posts:

Growing Parsley

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:52:04 +0000

Growing Parsley (Carum Petroselinum, Linn.), a hardy biennial herb of the natural order Umbelliferæ, native to Mediterranean shores, and cultivated for at least 2,000 years. The specific name is derived from the habitat of the plant, which naturally grows among rocks, the Greek word for which is petros. Many of the ancient writings contain references [...] Related posts:

Growing Basil

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:43:00 +0000

Growing Basil (Ocymum basilicum, Linn.), an annual herb of the order Labiatæ. The popular name, derived from the specific, signifies royal or kingly, probably because of the plant’s use in feasts. In France it is known as herb royale, royal herb. The generic name is derived from Oza, a Greek word signifying odor. The plant is [...] Related posts:

Growing Coriander

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:37:13 +0000

Growing Coriander (Coriandrum sativum, Linn.), “a plant of little beauty and of easiest culture,” is a hardy annual herb of the natural order Umbelliferæ. The popular name is derived from the generic, which comes from the ancient Greek Koris, a kind of bug, in allusion to the disagreeable odor of the foliage and other green [...] Related posts:

Growing Thyme

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:32:08 +0000

There are many rewards for growing Thyme, Thyme is a very diminutive perennial shrub, of the natural order Labiatæ, native of dry, stony places on Mediterranean coasts, but found occasionally naturalized as an escape from gardens in civilized countries, both warm and cold. From early days it has been popularly grown for culinary purposes. The [...] Related posts:

What Are Legumes

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:59:25 +0000

What Are Legumes? Any plant that grows and then rots in the soil will add to the productive power of the soil. There are basically ten essential constituents of Plant food, and the soil itself only contains four. Nitrogen is in the air in abundance, but plants cannot draw directly from this source in any [...] Related posts:

Tomato Yield

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:28:22 +0000

You can increase your tomato yield even in a short summer growing season using this technique. Pick off the blossoms before planting each tomato plant in your garden. Then bury the plant up to the top leaves and snip off the remaining leaves. All of the stem that is underground will turn into roots. [...] Related posts:

Sprouts How To

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:11:33 +0000

Sprouts how to. Sprouting your seeds will more than double the volume of food and triple the nutrients. During the sprout stage a plant has 100 to 300 times as many nutrients than any other time in its life. For a complete breakdown please read sprout nutrition The process of sprouting is very simple and [...] Related posts: