Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program - Grants and Education How to Grow Blueberries I grow a slew of both common and uncommon fruits, from apples to kiwis to pears to paw-paws. I love them all, but if pressed to recommend just one must-grow fruit, it would be blueberries. These native Americans have stolen my heart for many reasons. If great taste and beauty are not enough for you, blueberries are literally just what the doctor ordered. Varieties and Soil The first key to success is to pick the right variety for your climate and to give it company. Before settling on specific varieties, you will need to choose the types of blueberries that are best suited to your region: highbush, lowbush, half-high, or rabbiteye. A second key to success is soil.
In The Heart Of Geneva It Grows Like No Others Geneva Switzerland calls this Foodscaping: Where neighbors communicate with each other, and each specializes in a few crops, and they trade. This is illegal in most cities in America due to legalities on length laws regarding the length of a front lawn. We must share motivation for the fun of growing simply for the pleasure of providing for oneself. Growing is easy in small quantities. Give it a try! This, believe it or not, is 2.8km from the heart of Geneva, Switzerland, the largest city in the country (but not its capital…) The neatness of it all is possibly explained by the fact it’s Switzerland, the Swiss are like that!
Sustainable Urban Gardens Facebook Being An Urban Gardener: Creating A City Vegetable Garden - Gardening Know How By Nikki Phipps (Author of The Bulb-o-licious Garden) Even if you’re an urban gardener with little space, you can still benefit from growing a city vegetable garden. A window, balcony, patio, deck or roof receiving six or more hours of sun is all you need, in addition to a few containers. City Vegetable Gardening Designs The urban gardener can enjoy a city vegetable garden in various ways. You can grow vegetables in containers, which can be transformed into thriving city gardens. Growing vegetables is more versatile than one might think. City Vegetable Gardening in Containers Growing vegetables in containers is one of the easiest ways to create a city vegetable garden. Typically, smaller containers are used for more shallow-rooted crops like carrots, lettuce and radishes. In order to help improve drainage and airflow, it may be a good idea to raise your containers about an inch or two off the ground with blocks. Rooftop City Gardens Growing an Urban Vegetable Garden Vertically
GARDENING: A Comprehensive Guide From Planning to Harvesting, and More (6 pages) If you feel there is a gardener in you but haven’t got around to doing garden stuff, you are missing out on a very fulfilling hobby. Take these wonderful benefits that gardening offers: Article republished with permission from BillyOh.com by LINDSY CULLEN Problem is: You don’t have the faintest idea how to begin and go about your garden journey. So, here we’ll guide you to all things gardening, one step at a time. As an enthusiast or established gardener, this comprehensive gardening resource serves as an additional reference and handy audit of your gardening work. Follow this blog series or browse through the chapters you feel most near to your needs. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. A. Planning is a key to success. Determine your goal. B. Studies show that soil holds the key to a great garden. Different types of garden soil Sand – Loose soil and allows water to penetrate too quickly. Feeding the Soil We commonly associate soil with dirt. Here are the keys to a healthy soil: Composting What to compost
6 Strategies for Urban Vegetable Gardening Room to grow: With a little planning, even the smallest of spaces can hold a veggie or herb garden. City living has its ecobenefits: easy travel by foot and public transit, smaller homes that use less energy, and less living space in which to accumulate needless junk. But growing your own vegetables in an urban environment can be tricky when you don’t have a backyard. "Small-space gardening isn't simple," says Charlie Nardozzi, senior horticulturist for the National Gardening Association, "but it's not as difficult as some people might think." Ready to start a plot of your own?
82 Sustainable Gardening Tips Adopting a sustainable way of gardening can be hard at first especially if you are in this business for a long time. But there are so many great tips and tricks that can help you develop a new gardening habit, one that would be an organic way. Using chemical free processes will benefit both you and the ones who consume the products from your garden. Also growing your own food is a huge advantage, as you will save a lot of money that you would otherwise spend at the market and also have a better control of each product that enters your kitchen. Reusing and Recycling Materials in the GardenSaving Water and Conserving EnergyZero-Waste GardeningIntegrating Livestock in Your GardeningSustainable Gardening Tools, Supplies and AmendmentsSustainable SeedsCreative Composting IdeasProviding Habitat for Wildlife and PollinatorsOverall Advice on Sustainable Gardening 82 Sustainable Gardening Tips – Mother Earth News
Growing Tomatoes, How to Grow Tomatoes, Planting Tomatoes Back in the 80’s when I started growing tomatoes organically, the only way to get good tomatoes was to grow your own. Now you can get good tomatoes in season at farmers markets and high-end supermarkets, but they still don’t come close to tomatoes you can grow in your back yard, if you know how to grow tomatoes. The first time you tuck into a sun-warmed, vine-ripened tomato, you’ll be hooked. Tomatoes need a long growing season, 6-12 hours of sun a day, and summer heat to set and ripen fruit. As a general rule, the larger the tomato, the more heat the plant needs. Tomatoes perform better when you can mimic the conditions they evolved under. Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) evolved in the Orinoco basin. Grow tomatoes in the sunniest, warmest part of your garden. Tomato Cold Tolerance/Season Tomatoes are summer vegetables that die at the first touch of frost. Soil Amendments and Garden Preparation for Planting Tomatoes Tomatoes thrive in soils with a lot of organic matter and a deep root zone.
95 visdomsord från odlarvänner - Sara Bäckmo Annons Herregud. När jag sammanställde den här listan från Facebook-gruppen Trädgårdsskafferiet blev jag alldeles rörd vid flera tillfällen och skrattade högt vid andra. Så många saker det är som binder oss odlare till varandra. Så mycket glädje och längtan i våra ansträngningar att odla grönsaker. Innan listan passar jag på att tipsa om min nya serie på sajten om nybörjarträdgården: Nybörjarodling 1 – Vad behöver jag för att börja odla? Tack alla som har bidragit med tips till listan nedan! Nybörjartips från odlarvännerna i Trädgårdsskafferiet Odla svartrot i en djup murarbalja. Alla tipsen är kommentarer hämtade från mitt inlägg i Trädgårdsskafferiet om tips till den som är nybörjarodlare.
Container gardening vegetables indoor outdoor gardens Container gardening is an easy way to garden, especially when you lack yard space. Here are our recommendations on which vegetable varieties are container-friendly—and which container types are most suitable for each veggie. For supplies, you only need a good container, the right soil mix, and appropriate seed (or transplant) varieties. In addition to providing 5 hours or more of full sun, watering is critical. You may need to water daily or twice daily; in hot weather the soil can dry out quickly. Beans, snap Container: 5-gallon window box Varieties: Bush 'Blue Lake', Bush 'Romano', 'Tender Crop' Broccoli Container: 1 plant/5 gallon pot, 3 plants/15-gallon tub Varieties: 'DeCicco', 'Green Comet' Carrots Container: 5-gallon window box at least 12 inches deep Varieties: 'Danvers Half Long', 'Short 'n Sweet', 'Tiny Sweet' Cucumbers Container: 1 plant/1-gallon pot Varieties: 'Patio Pik', 'Pot Luck', 'Spacemaster' Eggplant Container: 5-gallon pot Varieties: 'Black Beauty', 'Ichiban', 'Slim Jim'