How To Grow Vegetables and Vegetable Gardening Tips
Watering the vegetable garden can be a time consuming, monotonous activity for most gardeners. Getting up at the crack of dawn to water vegetable plants can get down right tiring after a while, not to mention dragging a garden hose all over creation. However, there are some nifty projects that you can implement within your garden that are very simple and inexpensive, and may save you some watering heartache.Install A Watering Well... or … [Read more...]
Most of the time eggplants need to have some type of support for two reasons. One, eggplant can get quite big and droop over if not supported. Two, the eggplant fruit can get very large and heavy (some varieties can weigh over a pound), causing the plant to droop, or even break, if not properly supported.Supporting your eggplants in the vegetable garden is a must, even if it is for some added insurance. It will never hurt to go ahead and … [Read more...]
Tomato Sauce: 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 onion, chopped 5 garlic cloves, minced 2 cans (28-ounce) whole, peeled tomatoes, drained Handful fresh basil leaves, torn Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 small (3/4 pound) eggplants, stemmed but not peeled 2 to 3 garlic cloves, chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper Extra-virgin olive oil 1 pound dried spaghetti 1 pint cherry tomatoes, stemmed 1/2 cup freshly … [Read more...]
Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce:3 tablespoons olive oil 1 large yellow onion, coarsely chopped 3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 3 roasted red peppers, peeled, seeded and chopped 2 (28-ounce) cans plum tomatoes and their juices, crushed with your hands 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes 3 tablespoons freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley 3 tablespoons freshly chopped basil … [Read more...]
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