It's funny how much we try to save time, the less time we seem to have in our lives.Between kids' soccer games and choir practices, later hours at the office, and every day duties that have to be taken care of, there's not much time to truly get out and enjoy the vegetable garden.Even with a busy lifestyle you can grow an awesome vegetable garden filled with fresh, wholesome foods. Here are twelve tips for saving time in your vegetable … [Read more...]
Crop rotation is a very important part of your vegetable garden each and every year. It can be an effective measure towards insect pest and disease control in the vegetable garden.Let's say you had potatoes planted in an area of your vegetable garden last year. You do not want to plant potatoes, or other plants in the same family as potatoes, in that same area again this season. You will want to plant something like beans (for example) in … [Read more...]
One of the most important, if not the most important, tasks of growing a successful vegetable garden is starting off with a great garden plan. Garden planning is essential for determining the layout, design, and functionality of your vegetable garden.Before the internet, garden plans were mainly sketched out using a notebook and a pencil. While this can still be an effective way of planning your garden, some software has become available that … [Read more...]
One of the most important aspects of starting a new vegetable garden is its layout. The vegetable garden layout is critical for ensuring the vegetables receive adequate amounts of sunshine, water and nutrients from the soil.Your specific vegetable garden layout is mainly determined by the shape and size of the land you have available to work with. Back in the day vegetable gardens were primarily large plots with long rows.While these … [Read more...]
As we begin to inch closer and closer to the start of Spring it's time to pour over the seed catalogs and begin ordering our bounty for 2011. To help get your seed inventory a jump start this year, we will have a giveaway for ten packs of high quality seeds from Territorial Seed Company! Territorial Seed Company is one of the leading seed companies today, and offers hundreds of different varieties to choose from.Let's get right down to … [Read more...]
I have never really considered myself an urban homesteader. Sure, I live in an urban neighborhood full of streets and neighbors and kids riding their bikes everywhere, and I grow my own food. I don't grow all of my own food, but probably about 70% of it.I consider myself just a dude with a modest vegetable garden.I can't have chickens, or goats unless I want a hefty fine from the city for possessing "farm" animals within a residential … [Read more...]
We are starting off 2011 with an awesome giveaway on our Facebook Fan Page where you could win a FREE one year subscription to GrowVeg.com Online Garden Planning Tool.First, we will give you a little information about GrowVeg.com, and explain how you could win a free one year subscription.What Is GrowVeg.com?GrowVeg.com is an online garden planning tool that makes creating a useful garden plan a breeze.GrowVeg.com features a very … [Read more...]
Every year seed companies offer more and more new varieties and it looks like 2011 will be no different. Burpee is one of the most recognizable names in the seed industry and there's good reason.Burpee offers one of the most diverse selections of seeds and plants available today. They are at the forefront of breeding and cultivating some of the most popular hybrid vegetables varieties on the market.While checking out the latest offerings … [Read more...]
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