New Home Page index Learn2Grow National Arboretum - USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Back to the Arboretum Home Page Arboretum Information || Events & Education || Gardens & Horticulture || Research ActivitiesNew Plant Introductions || Support the Arboretum || Comments Last Updated January 24, 2012 10:50 PM URL = narj Arboretum Information Events & Education Gardens & Horticulture Research Activities Support the Arboretum Search Our Site Arboretum Home/Front Page Hours & Admission Directions USNA News & Notes Map of Arboretum Grounds Rules & Guidelines Visitor Services Facilities Use FAQs History & Mission Your Comments Welcomed Virtual Tours of Arboretum Wedding Photography Commercial Photography Guidelines Current Events & Programs Registration Forms Arboretum Photo Gallery Internship Program What's Blooming Guided & Tram Tours Publications Photo Gallery Index Award Winning Daylilies Crapemyrtle Introductions Arboretum Azaleas 'Picture of the Week' Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) Gallery Fall Foliage Gallery Bonsai Gallery Gardening Q&As
SULIS - Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series: U of MN. Tomato Dirt: growing tomatoes, gardening tips, tomato facts Vegetable Gardening @ the Vegetable Patch: manage your beds with crop rotation and keep pests and diseases at bay Looking for a safe organic way to keep pests and disease under control in your vegetable patch? One of the simplest ways is planting your vegetables based around crop rotation. Crop rotation is all about planting groups of similar vegetables together in a different part of the garden each year. The length of a rotation system can vary from 3 to 8 years. 4 year rotation Crop rotation is all about moving vegetable groups from one bed to another each year. The first bed starts off with a mixture of roots crops (carrots, parsnips and beetroot) and vegetables belonging to the allium family (onions, garlic and leeks). The timing for when you rotate each bed varies depending on the bed and your local conditions. 5 year rotation By now I hope you have a better understanding about how crop rotation works. Over time the soil in your beds will gradually become more acidic which suits the way each vegetable group is rotated. 6 year rotation But what about potatoes? I love potatoes. Make more space.
Free garden journal and gardening organizer beginner guide to growing chile peppers By Julian Livsey This guide is for anyone who has somehow hit on the idea that it would be fun to grow chile peppers. You haven't grown them before, perhaps you haven't really grown anything before. Seeds To grow your own chile peppers you first need seeds. Germination. This is probably the single most discussed stage of chile pepper growing and the one that offers the most opinions. It doesn't matter what you use to hold your soil. To get moisture to the seeds you need to water the surface of the soil. Sucessful germination Depending upon the variety that you are growing, your seeds will take anywhere from a few days to several weeks to break the surface. Transplanting Chile plants generally produce sets of leaves in pairs. Feeding Another black art during chile pepper growing is fertilizer. Flowering When your plants produce flowers you are in business. Fruiting If all is well the flower petals will drop off as the green middle part of the flower starts to swell slightly.