How to grow herbs indoors this winter. 4 Simple Steps to Grow a Hundred Pounds of Potatoes in a Barrel. Container gardening isn't only for savvy urban gardeners and folks with limited space to grow, it can also be for folks who want to maximize their yields in a controlled environment. Not only does growing potatoes in a barrel reduce the amount of weeding and exposure to pests and fungi, you don't even have to risk shovel-damage to the tender potatoes by digging them out of the ground when they're done, just tip the container over! After extensive research to plan my own potatoes-in-a-barrel, I've boiled all of the recommendations down to 4 simple steps to a winning potato harvest. 1.
Select and prepare a container You'll need to pick out a container such as a 50-gallon trash barrel or one of those half whiskey barrel planters. Alternatively, you can buy used food-grade barrels or commercially-available potato planters. 2. Seed potatoes can usually be found at nurseries early in the growing season, but you should only have to buy them once. 3. 4. More gardening tips. Easy Plants To Grow - Plants That Will Grow Anywhere. Square Foot Gardening Store. Why I Use Epsom Salt in the Garden.
*Why I Use Epsom Salt in the Garden*By: LL4e14 June 2004 I wanted to show everyone what a difference it makes with and without with only water being added all of these plants was planted on the same day and time. I am showing you ones I am growing with the sq. ft. method. All of these photo's were just taken today. I do have several baby tomatoes now. However now the non Epsom salt plants will be fed it also this was only to show those what a difference it makes. I'd highly suggest putting some away it has many other uses for a survival and daily living. In the Garden House Plants Mix one teaspoon per gallon of water and feed to the plants every two to four weeks. Garden startup Sprinkle approximately one cup per 100 square feet. (10’x10’) and mix into soil before planting. Tomatoes Apply one tablespoon per foot of height for each plant every two weeks.
Roses Apply one teaspoon per foot of height for each plant every two weeks. Q: Why is Epsom Salt good for plants? UBG Seasonal Recommended Plant Lists. 17 Apart: How to Grow Green Onions Indefinitely. I'm officially dubbing this the week of Scallions and Pinterest. Mary and I separately came across 2 trending ideas for using and growing green onions on the highly addictive bookmarking site, Pinterest, last week — we couldn't wait to try them. When I came home over the weekend with a bunch of scallions, Mary exclaimed, "did you see this scallion/ginger sauce I pinned — you should totally make that! " Little did she know I had pinned it hours before her, which is virtually light years in terms of Pinterest discoveries.
I had been planning to make this ginger scallion sauce from Lottie + Doof since I first set eyes on it. Find my own variation on the recipe newly published on E.A.T. — this is one I'd definitely recommend trying. It's a great little accompaniment that could be used in so many ways. Think bread, scrambled eggs, hot dogs, meats, pastas and more... So, back to scallions and Pinterest. All I can say is... it works!
See how much the roots have extended as well... P.S. - StumbleUpon. Some general considerations for growing vegetables: Sowing Tips When sowing seeds, a good general rule of thumb is to sow to a depth of approximately twice the thickness of the seed. Some smaller seeds require light to germinate and should not be sown too deep; otherwise they may never germinate or break through the surface of the soil. Conversely, large seeds planted too shallow may not develop properly. Keep seeds well-moistened while awaiting germination and check regularly. Smaller seeds should be watered with care so as not to disturb or displace beneath the soil.
Select a light-weight, well-drained medium for sowing to ensure good seed to soil contact. Growing Tips Most vegetables will produce better results if sown and grown in a soil-medium that is well-drained, rich in organic matter (fertile), and fairly lightweight. Most vegetables will prefer good quantities of natural, direct sunlight daily. Harvesting and Seed Saving. Spring Gardening on the Cheap. If your thumb is even slightly green, a home garden can go a long way to cutting your grocery bills. The National Gardening Association estimates you’ll get a half-pound of vegetables for each square foot in your garden, or roughly $600 in produce over the course of a season for the average 600-square-foot plot.
Growing it all could take as little as $70, they estimate. For a $50 annual investment in plants, Frugal Foodie’s terrace container garden provides a good amount of edibles from March until October, including spinach, peppers and tomatoes for salads, blueberries and snap peas for snacking and herbs for pesto, chimichurri, and fresh flavor in pretty much every other recipe. What’s your best tip for gardening on the cheap? Here’s what home gardeners, chefs and other experts offered up: Experiment with herbs. If you grow nothing else, try a few pots of herbs like basil, dill, oregano, and parsley. Caffeinate. Not you, the plants. Skip pesticides. Use a rain barrel. Freecycle. Share. Vegetable Spacing Guide&. The Guerrilla Gardening Homepage.
My love for you… | sfgirlbybay. Posted by my illustrious guest blogger //// 25 Comments hello everyone! It’s meighan from ml4u. this week i got a bit of a terrarium bug! They’ve been the rage for awhile, and i’ll admit i have totally bought into the little microcosm eco-world. i have always wanted to make one, but never found the time. so over the weekend my good friend, rae and i took a terrarium workshop class at workshop. it was all rae’s idea, and i am so glad she signed me up. it was so much fun and surprisingly calming and easy! I am fully addicted to making terrariums now, full stop. if you aren’t in the bay area and can’t make it to workshop. here are a bunch of images and links to help you with your terrarium needs. along with my final product. also, if you know of other faves, feel free to comment!
Wendilands minimalist terrarium kits are both beautiful and pretty funny. perfect for your black thumb and ‘serenity now’ moments. Frugal Gardening - Simple ways to save money while you garden.
You Grow Girl. | Gardening for the People. My Tiny Plot. Blog Archive » First Time Growers: Common Mistakes. tFS Note: This is the first in a series of marijuana cultivation posts aimed at first time growers. Our guest author is Silvio from WeedFarmer.net – the comprehensive growing guide blog. Welcome Silvio to theFreshScent and be sure to give your own input on his articles. Growing is easy right? You buy some seeds, source a couple of pots, grab lights, dump in the soil and then instantly start to grow weed. Well, it is… until the first real roadblock makes itself known. Luckily, we are here to get you past those roadblocks before they even materialize. 1) Overwatering Overwatering kills your plants. Only water once the top few inches of soil dries out, just stick your finger in the pot and test if it’s dry. 2) Telling Other People This should be obvious. Telling other people will only make them jealous, it also gives them power over you. 3) Touch / Kill Germinating Seeds Waiting is never nice, especially for germination.
Read the rest of Silvio’s tips after the jump! 4) Growing Bag Seeds. Flash in the Pan | Flash in the Pan. I haven't purchased garlic since 1996. That's because I grow enough to eat a bulb of garlic every day, year-round. While most of my garden adventures are hobby-level attempts at self-sufficiency, my garlic crop is for real.
Garlic is an overwintering crop, planted in fall and harvested mid-summer. So if you want to have a crop next year, it's time to think about planting. A year's supply of garlic hanging in your garage hints at many great meals to come, but by the time you reach that milestone the rewards have already been flowing for months. Your first return arrives in early spring, when your garlic races out of the ground. As spring continues, your plants will continue to skyrocket, and in late May—assuming you planted a flowering variety—you'll be treated to a funky display of garlic blossoms curling from the plant tops. The flowering varieties of garlic are collectively called hardnecks, so named because of their woody flowering stalks.
Now for the easy part: planting the garlic. Down at the end of the garden ... ... is a very special place. Where fantasy and folly meet greenery and stone. Old sits with new made old and cool breezes ruffle scented foliage. In the heat of the day blue water beckons and secret garden rooms are filled with forgotten treasures. Michael Trapp travels the world to find antiques and architectural fragments to weave his magic at the bottom of a very special garden.
Gardening Tips - 7 Habits of Successful Gardeners. Originally published January 2009 Or is it the Seven Pillars of Horticultural Wisdom? As everyone's resolutions remind us, we love attaching a number to advice, a number smaller than the one I regard as most realistic: The Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty-Two Things It's Important to Remember Before Getting Out of Bed. So be warned: I haven't really honed it down to only seven; these are just the first seven essentials that came to mind when I decided to do this. And not in order, either. Make CompostUse CompostPlant Crops in Wide BedsMulchFeed the Soil, Not the PlantsShare SomethingBe There Photo: The compost bins at Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, N.Y. 1. Short version: Mother Nature never throws anything away.
Longer version: Composting is the rare silk purse from sow's ear, something for nothing, win-win. It's easy to fall into thinking that compost's last name is bin, and that careful layering and turning are part of the deal. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Got seeds? 7. Do-It-Yourself Soil Test - How to Test Soil Acidity/Alkalinity without a Test Kit. SeedsNow.com, INC.: Buy 100% NON-GMO + NON-HYBRID Seeds HERE! Growing Herbs - How To Grow Herbs. Jabuticaba – The Tree that Fruits on its Trunk. No, this is not a belated April Fool’s prank.
They look as if they may have been pinned there by an over enthusiastic gardener to impress the neighbors but the fruit of the Jabuticaba really does grow off the trunk of the tree. Otherwise known as the Brazilian Grape Tree, this plant is native to South America, notably Paraguay, Argentina and (obviously from its name) mostly from Brazil.
The fruit, a succulent looking purple color can be plucked and eaten straight from the tree. It is also a popular ingredient in jellies and is also juiced to make a refreshing summer drink. What is more it can be fermented and made in to wine and strong liquor. After three days off the tree the fermentation will begin so sometimes, there is no choice. If you want one of these in your garden then you have to be patient. The flowers themselves appear on the tree at most twice a year – naturally. You might ask why it is this way. Altogether a useful tree if a slightly strange looking one. Next article » Sara's Superb Herbs. - Natural Organic Home Garden Health Howard Garrett Dirt Doctor.
Living Sculpture Website. Easy activities: Woven branch art Community projects: Living dome Videos: Resources Pretzel, ladders and fantastic shapes made from living trees are evidence of what may be the most long term living sculpture in our unit. For our on-line guide, we are dividing tree sculpture into two distinct approaches. The second is taking freshly harvested prunings, twigs, branches, or young trees and shaping them into woven art. Of all the types of living sculpture we present in this on-line guide, the first approach to tree sculpture probably requires the most horticultural knowledge and long term patience. Axel Erlandson’s tree circus is an amazing horticultural undertaking. Woven branch art is easier to create in many regards, since it involves the weaving and interlacing of flexible stems and branches.
Resources Garden Journeys with Terry Ettinger on Capital News 9 explores living willow structures. Books: Living Willow Sculpture. The Gardens Ice House | Home Page. 5 Secrets to a ‘No-work’ Garden. It took over 20 years of gardening to realize that I didn’t have to work so hard to achieve a fruitful harvest.
As the limitless energy of my youth gradually gave way to the physical realities of mid-life, the slow accretion of experience eventually led to an awareness that less work can result in greater crop yields. Inspired in part by Masanobu Fukuoka’s book, One Straw Revolution, my family experimented with gardening methods which could increase yields with less effort. Fukuoka spent over three decades perfecting his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort. Here are the strategies we used which enabled us to greatly increase our garden yield, while requiring less time and less work. 1. Use the ‘no-till’ method of gardening With ‘no-till’ gardening, weeding is largely eliminated. 2. Once mulch is in place, it doesn’t need to be disturbed. 3. 4.