Category Archives: vegetables
Taking Care Of Your Champion Tomato Plants
Tomatoes are a wonderful summer plant to grow and when well taken care of can bring you a continual harvest of fruit all through the summer months. If you want a plant that will produce large sized tomatoes and quickly one of the better choices would be the champion tomato. It will produce within 60 to 65 days after planting and they produce 10 ounce tomatoes and you should reap about 50 pounds off of each plant. Continue reading
Organic Glossary of Terms
ANTIOXIDANTS Antioxidants are chemicals found in foods that are believed to inhibit cell damage by slowing or stopping the process of oxidation. BETA CAROTENE Our bodies are good at converting Beta Carotene into vitamin A. As the name suggests a … Continue reading
The Benefits Of Basil
The word basil is taken from the Greek word Basilicum, meaning “king” or “royal”. It is a fairly small annual herb that typically grows up to 3 feet (1 meter) in height. Basil is a thick-stemmed plant with larger lush, leaves and small, delicate flowers that range in color from white to pink. Continue reading
Why Have A Greenhouse When Planting Your Crops
When it is down to money sense, greenhouses are viable for producing a variety of vegetable products, herbs and other fruits all in a controlled environment. They provide the right conditions in terms of sunlight and water. This means that everything happens in a controlled environment. This is exactly what someone who wants to grow his own food needs. The other uses are for growing houseplants year in year out. Continue reading
Useful Ideas On Organic Gardening
The value of having fresh organic vegetables must already be very apparent to you. This is even more so if you have been organically gardening them yourself for consumption avoiding pesticides. Let us go over some advantages of growing your own veggies that you may have not realized before. Continue reading
Buy Organic Pepper Seeds To Get Higher Yields
Organic pepper seeds are products of organically grown pepper. This is pepper which is naturally grown without use of artificial synthetic fertilizers, artificial herbicides, artificial pesticides or any artificial chemicals. Pepper is one of the important vegetables. It is used to make salads, soup, for baking and stuffing among many other uses. Continue reading