How to Grow Onions from Seed. March 10th, 2009 Email 136 users recommend Lynn Karlin Janet Jemmott Photo: Lynn Karlin Like most gardeners, I started out growing onions from sets, which are small, immature onion bulbs. Most onion experts agree that, diversity aside, onions grown from seed perform better than those grown from sets. Cut Flowers 101. Fresh-picked Lettuce. 25 Jan 2011 Fresh Lettuce I love fresh lettuce.
Fresh spinach, too. Even more now — now that I’ve learned to store them! (For easy storage tips, check my earlier post ) Tips For Growing Zucchini And Planting Zucchini. By Heather Rhoades Growing zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) in a garden is very popular.
This is because planting zucchini is easy and a zucchini plant can produce large amounts of delicious squash. Let’s take a look at how to plant zucchini and grow zucchini squash in your garden. How to Plant Zucchini When planting zucchini, you can plant them either as individual plants or grouped on hills. Individual Zucchini Plants After the chance of frost has passed, plant 2-3 seeds 36 inches apart. Zucchini Plants on a Hill. How To Harvest Broccoli – When To Pick Broccoli.
By Heather Rhoades Growing and harvesting broccoli is one of the more rewarding moments in the vegetable garden.
If you were able to baby your broccoli through the hot weather and kept it from bolting, you are now looking at several well formed heads of broccoli. You may be asking yourself when to pick broccoli. How to Build a Simple Hoop House. How to Build a Simple Hoop House Copyright © 2010 McGroarty Enterprises Inc.
We sold over $25,000. worth of our little plants right from our driveway in a matter of about six weeks! How to Build a Simple Potting Bench. By Michael J. McGroarty Click here to visit the freeplants.com home page. Ingredients for Potting Soil. Then I empty one of my composting bins and put the organic material that I take of the compost bin right on top of my potting soil pile, which is starting to look like a Dagwood sandwich.
(that's from an old newspaper cartoon) Because I use my "Lazy Man's, No Turn Composting Method" some of the material coming out of the bin isn't broken down completely. But it can continue "cooking" right in the potting soil pile. Canadian Gardening - Welcome to our first Seed to Supper newsletter: All about berries! The Gardens of Jinny Blom. View the gardens of Jinny Blom in our two slide shows: Temple Guiting, and Chalkland Farm Gardens.
In a gardening-crazed nation that loves to talk, read, and gather about the national hobby, the British landscape architect Jinny Blom has no blog and no television show. She is famously tight-lipped about who her clients are, and stays in close touch with her designs: in her London office, Blom employs a staff of just five, counting the person who answers the phone. Nobody who knows Blom's work, however, would call it reticent. She's prolific, with two dozen projects going at once (including, currently, a private garden in the States), and wildly variable: she moves from neotraditional schemes, with walled gardens and giant topiary, to installations that are nervily contemporary. Go Organic - Organic Gardening and Garden Tips. The key to successful flowers and vegetables in your organic garden is healthy soil first, organic fertilizer second.
In fact, the improvement of the soil is what organic gardening is all about. Experienced gardeners know that feeding the soil is what helps plants grow and thrive. Adding liquid organic fertilizer is another great method during the growing season. All fertilizers contain trace elements of minerals, which plants need in small quantities. The three major nutrients are shown on all fertilizer packages (organic and chemical), often as three numbers, which are percentages of the total package. Nitrogen (N) – promotes green, leafy growthPhosphorous (P) – encourages fruit growth and strong rootsPotassium (K) – creates larger, more colorful flowers and helps in overall plant strength However, plants also need a variety of micronutrients in trace amounts that are just as essential to proper growth and production. How to Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables for Frugal Sustainability. The Future is Abundant A great page about the philosophy and science of growing your own food in a sustainable fashion.
Here's what can be done by a dedicated and hardworking family. 1/10 of an acre in the middle of the city. "Let's face it. The Cheapskate Gardner. Vegetable Listing. Couple tackle you-pick operation in Newfoundland - Fruit and Vegetable Magazine. Memorial University Community Garden (24) Botanical Garden. NL Interactive - Features : Lasagna Gardening in Newfoundland and Labrador. By: Sharon Martin When my recently retired cottage neighbor introduced me to Patricia Lanza's book: "Lasagna Gardening" I was hooked!.
A gardening idea perfect for the Newfoundland and Labrador terrain, especially my rocky, soiless garden that would require years of building, to reap at least a couple of feet of fertile soil. A new layering system for bountiful gardens: no digging, no tilling, no weeding, no kidding! These words jumped out at me from the front cover.