Top Ten Most Nutritious Vegetables and How to Grow Them in Your Garden. A perfectly ripe, juicy tomato, still warm from the sun. Sweet carrots, pulled from the garden minutes (or even seconds!) Before they're eaten. Growing your own vegetables is one of those activities that balances practicality and indulgence. In addition to the convenience of having the fixings for a salad or light supper right outside your door (or on your windowsill), when you grow your own vegetables, you're getting the most nutritional bang for your buck as well.
Broccoli is high in calcium, iron, and magnesium, as well as vitamins A, B6, and C. How to grow broccoliGrow broccoli in containers: One broccoli plant per pot, pots should be 12 to 16 inches deep.What to watch out for: Cabbage worm. 2. There is nothing like peas grown right in your own garden — the tender sweetness of a snap pea just plucked from the vine is unlike anything you can buy in at a store. How to grow peasGrow peas in containers: Sow peas approximately 2 inches apart in a pot that is at least 10 inches deep. 3. Cocoa Mint Lip Balm. Handmade Wednesday: Cinder Block Garden PlanterInspiring Pretty.
July 20, 2011 23 comments Please, please, please forgive me for being late with this post! Normally it’s up in the wee morning hours but the last few days have been a bit crazy for me and Movie Star. So, I hope this finds you well. I really wanted to post something I have been working on lately but as I sat down to actually work it out, I realized I didn’t have my camera. Whaaaat?! Yeah, I had left it at my sisters house about an hour and a half away from me. Anyway, the reason you are here: for a garden planter that you can make with your very own hands. Didn’t you? Just head on over to visit Potted (where this all began) and check out the story behind making this garden planter ! Do-It-Yourself Soil Test - How to Test Soil Acidity/Alkalinity without a Test Kit.
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Indoor Water Gardens -- Martha Stewart Home & Garden. As anyone who has snorkeled can attest, the cool aquamarine light underwater casts an enchanted glow on everything in its domain. Perhaps this explains the allure of water gardens. Small freshwater gardens are fun to create and simple to care for. And all you need are a few floating or submerged greens in a vintage aquarium, an apothecary jar, or a sleek glass cylinder. You'll find appropriate containers at antiques shops, garden centers, or in your own cupboards. Aquarium suppliers and specialty nurseries sell a variety of suitable plants. Those that can remain entirely submerged in water, such as anubias and parrot's feather (Myriophyllum), are known as true aquatics.
When choosing plants, keep in mind that some will need twelve hours or more of bright light daily. Rinse gravel thoroughly to remove dust, which can cloud the water, and salt, which can damage roots and leaves. After a few weeks, begin fertilizing the plants with tablets made specifically for water gardens. Seattle Seed Company. Phalaenopsis Orchid Care For Moth Orchid | Plant-Care.com. When the holidays approach it means orchids will soon be "Up and Coming".
The main orchid crop you’ll find at this time is Phalaenopsis commonly called the Moth Orchid. Click Here For Phalaenopsis Orchid Care. The site of 100s and 100s of carefully grown and selected phals beginning to spike is a site to see. The spikes are young and the flower buds are begin to form… from December 1, through Mothers Day (plan now on that unique gift for Mom) you’ll find these beauties in the store. Orchids have a myth of being very difficult to grow. The Plant Should be in proportion to the container.The foliage should be clean, unblemished, medium green in color and free of any visible pest. The Flowers Should be held well above the foliage on a strong, well-supported spike. Indoor Care One way to kill your orchid is to let the roots sit in water. How Does Your Houseplant Rank? Top 10 House Plants Revealed Discover The Best Houseplants….More Here… Remember this when watering orchids. Learning to Identify Plants by Families. An article by Thomas J. Elpel, author of Botany in a Day.
Are you still thumbing through hundreds of pictures to identify wildflowers? That's the way I started learning plants, but now there is a much easier way! Plants that are related to each other have similar characteristics for identification. Botanists have simply looked for patterns in plants and created groups called "families" according to those patterns. In the northern latitudes where there are hard freezes during winter, there are only about 100 broad patterns representing tens of thousands of plant species.
Once you identify the family your wild flower belongs to then you can still use your color picture book to identify the species, but now you only have to look through a few pictures to find a match, not hundreds. Learning to Identify Plants by FamiliesIt will forever change the way you look at plants Grandma Josie always loved to walk her dogs down in the meadows, following cow trails through the thickets of willow and juniper along the creek. Check out Botany in a Day Dear Mr. AilmentsMs - What Grandma Knew - Herbal Remedies for Common Problems. VERTICAL VEGETABLES: "Grow up" in a small garden and confound the cats!
Top 10 Most Dangerous Plants in the World. 1. Most likely to eat a rat Giant Pitcher Plant: Nepenthes attenboroughii Discovered more than 5000 feet above sea level on Mount Victoria in the Philippines, the giant, carnivorous pitcher plant secretes a nectar-like substance to lure unsuspecting prey into a pool of enzymes and acid. A series of sticky, downward ribs makes it nearly impossible for trapped prey to escape.
The plant's 30-centimeter diameter is large enough to trap unlucky rodents, but insects are its most common meal. Pitcher plants, of which there are about 600 different species, tend to grow in nitrogen-deficient environments, and therefore get their nutrients from decaying victims. 2. Castor Bean Plant: Ricinus communis Castor-bean plants can be purchased at just about any garden center, despite containing the deadly poison ricin. 3. Western Water Hemlock: Cicuta douglasii 4. White snakeroot: Eupatorium rugosum 5. Monkshood: Aconitum napellus 6. Common Bladderwort: Utricularia macrorhiza 7. Venus flytrap: Dionaea muscipula.