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Cherokee Green – February Tomato of the MonthHello - Welcome to Veggie Gardener! If you are new here be sure to sign up for our FREE Monthly Newsletter, subscribe to us via our RSS feed, or join our brand new Facebook page. Thanks for stopping by!The Tomato of the Month for February is a new heirloom tomato that has just become available to the public this year, Cherokee Green. The Cherokee Green tomato was discovered by heirloom tomato expert,... Continue »
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35 Awesome Garden Tools For Under $20A few days ago I ran a post on some tips for finding inexpensive garden tools. I thought it would be a good idea to post about some awesome garden tools that are under twenty dollars. Surprisingly, if you look hard enough, you can find a good number of garden tools that won’t break your savings account. If you are starting your first garden this year, it is a good idea to get just the basic... Continue »
Top 10 Most Prolific Vegetables For Your Vegetable GardenThere can be many definitions for what “prolific” means depending on the context you use. For most vegetable gardeners prolific means a plant that produces an abundance of vegetables in one season. There are many prolific vegetables you can grow in a home garden that will give you the best bang for your buck. It is difficult to beat a plant that provides a continuous stream of delicious... Continue »
Add Some Salsa To Your Vegetable GardenI’m not sure about you, but I love fresh, homemade salsa. It is hard to beat this nutritious snack for mouth-watering flavor. There are many ways to prepare salsa, but one of the greatest advantages is it’s very simple to make, and contains no cholesterol. Just chop up a few ingredients, mix them together, let them marinade for a bit, and it’s ready to go! The most typical salsa recipes... Continue »
10 Tips For Finding Inexpensive Garden Tools & SuppliesHome gardeners spent a total of $2.5 billion on their gardens in 2008. Quite a bit of this total was for purchasing gardening tools, equipment, and supplies. The cost of purchasing garden tools can add up quickly, especially if you are starting your first garden. Some basic hand tools are a necessity in order to efficiently handle many gardening tasks, and even these can put a nice dent in a credit... Continue »
5 Basic Steps For Starting A Vegetable GardenFor someone that is new to growing a vegetable garden, the learning curve can seem quite daunting at times. With things like compost ratios, soil pH levels, and fertilizer N-P-K numbers, it may seem you need to work at NASA in order to grow your own fresh vegetables. Don’t stop your seed orders just yet, it’s really not that complicated to have a successful vegetable garden. Like building... Continue »
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Cherokee Green – February Tomato of the MonthThe Tomato of the Month for February is a new heirloom tomato that has just become available to the public... Continue »
12 Uses For Your Preserved Tomatoes During WinterYou have worked hard growing and harvesting all those tomatoes during the summer and fall, and have a... Continue »
Tomato – Fruit or Vegetable?Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable? That is a question that has been around since the discovery of the... Continue »
Tomato Quirks Part 7 – Leaf RollThis is final part of a seven part series on some quirks that can be found with tomatoes. This article... Continue »
Tomato Quirks Part 6 – Spotted TomatoesThis is Part Six of a seven part series on some quirks that can be found with tomatoes. Each day will... Continue »
Tomato Quirks Part 5 – Splits & HolesThis is Part Five of a seven part series on some quirks that can be found with tomatoes. Each day will... Continue »
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How To Read A Seed PacketMost gardeners may feel very comfortable understanding all the information that comes on a seed packet,... Continue »
How To Measure The Drainage Of Your SoilIf you have a new garden area in mind, there are several tasks you should perform before sowing that... Continue »
How & When To Pick Butter BeansIf you are in the southern part of the United States, then you have probably had butter beans a time... Continue »
How To Keep Rabbits Out Of Your GardenThere is nothing worse than working hard to plant, water, and maintain a beautiful crop of vegetables,... Continue »
How To Overcome Gardening FrustrationsThere are many times that the vegetable garden doesn’t go as hoped. There could be pest attacks,... Continue »
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Add Fallen Leaves To Your Garden SoilAlthough most of the country is in the middle of winter, there are still some southern areas that are... Continue »
Compost Can Improve Your Soil’s HealthAdding compost to your garden soil will help to improve just about any soil type – whether it is... Continue »
30 Unusual Items You Can CompostThe next time you are throwing an item in the trash, think about whether you can compost it instead.... Continue »
Use Direct Composting In Your GardenIf you do not like the idea of having a compost pile or composting equipment in your yard then direct... Continue »
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Ricotta Stuffed Banana PeppersIngredients 1 cup ricotta cheese (8 ounces) 1 cup cream cheese, at room temperature 1/2 cup freshly grated... Continue »
Light and Fresh Potato Salad from Cooking LightThis potato salad looked so delicious, I just had to try it. I was not disappointed, and I don’t... Continue »
Broccoli-Cauliflower Soup – Home Baked MemoriesKathy, from Home Baked Memories, was kind enough to share her delicious recipe for Broccoli-Cauliflower... Continue »
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Seeds: As Gardening Expands, So Does Burpee Mailing List – sacbee.comBy Debbie Arrington Published: Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 Gardening grows on you. That’s one reason so many people discover the hobby later in life. Baby boomers are gravitating toward gardening as a way to exercise, unwind and spend time together. It’s one of a number of trends that converged in backyards across America last summer as more than 7 million families planted vegetable gardens... Continue »
Freeze May Have Damaged 30% of Crops – TBO.comBy MICHAEL SASSO | The Tampa Tribune Published: January 14, 2010 TAMPA – Thirty percent of Florida’s crops may have been lost in the cold snap, Florida’s agriculture commission says, but for now it appears that the Bay area’s strawberries avoided catastrophe. Overall, certain crops in Florida were whacked hard by the sub-freezing temperatures, while others lucked out. Still,... Continue »
Monsanto v. Food, Inc. – BusinessWeekPosted by: Michael Arndt on January 11 Anyone who’s seen the documentary Food Inc. knows that Monsanto comes across as a thug. Its bioengineered soybeans, designed to be unaffected by Monsanto weedkiller Roundup, command 93% of the U.S. crop, yet there’s Monsanto in the 2008 movie, heartlessly hauling farmers into court to jack up its market share even further. Monsanto execs declined to comment... Continue »
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