By growing Green Beans or Runner Beans as they are also called, you will have an abundance of fresh nutritious vegetables. They arrived from South America not long after the French Bean and were initially grown for their looks – what a waste. We now enjoy growing Green Beans for looks AND healthy eating. It is in…
Starting vegetable seeds is much easier if you have all you need in one place, so I find these seed planting stations very handy. Then all that is required is to place the peat etc. that is going to be used, in the station’s tray and – hey presto! off you go. Everything can be…
Raised garden beds have been used for centuries and with good reason – they’re not only better for all the vegetables that you intend to grow but they’re also easier on your back – built at an appropriate level raised beds can help reduce the aches and pains produced by kneeling or bending over a…
Cod – For Broccoli and Green Beans (Chips too Of Course!) Many home grown vegetables make a wonderful accompaniment to fish dishes, and both can be used together to create deliciously healthy meals. Fish is high in protein, low in fat and provides a range of health benefits; such as maintaining a healthy heart by…
It’s worth learning how to grow cauliflower properly, it’s popular, tasty and nourishing! A more difficult vegetable to grow but most failure is due to poor preparation. So your first prioroity when you first learn how to grow cauliflower is to make sure you give them a rich and deep soil during the growing season…
Learning how to grow carrots for harvesting at peak freshness is the only way to fully experience the health benefits of carrots… Soil preparation is essential for growing carrots. This vegetable prefers a light soil that’s not to stony, get this right and they are easy to grow and care for. Once you know how…
These tomato growing tips and instructions on how to grow tomatoes will guarantee fruits that get your taste buds tingling with delight. But… believe it or not, it is only in the last 70-80 years that growing tomatoes has become universally popular. Understandable… walk into a tomato garden (greenhouse) full of ripe tomatoes mmmm –…
Use the this alphabetical list of vegetables and growing instructions to successfully plant a vegetable garden of fresh, nutritious crops. Click on a vegetable link in the table below. Our comprehensive alphabetical list of vegetables will help you identify old favourites or – you may spot vegetables that you have never tried before and come…
Growing Broccoli is easy and rewarding and because it has proven health benefits learning how to grow Broccoli is well worth the effort. The green frozen heads you find in shops are really called calabrese and not strictly Broccoli. The name Broccoli is generally reserved for sprouting varieties which when cut will sprout again (the…
I hope you will see that building raised beds will be a great investment of time and effort. Certainly the aim of this page is to show you that it is not rocket science and I am certainly no carpenter – that will become evident… please only send me encouraging comments ;-). Building raised beds…
‘Early Nantes’ Carrots Growing in Terracotta Pots Here are a few container gardening ideas for you to consider. In the green spirit of recycle, reuse and reduce, these suggestions make use of items you might normally throw away. Egg Cartons Egg cartons are great for starting seeds indoors while it’s still too cold to plant…
How To Grow Potatoes In A Small Space Learning how to grow potatoes is worth taking the time to do, don’t miss out on the satisfaction and BIG flavours of freshly harvested homegrown potatoes – you wont be disappointed. This vegetable is now so common-place, with many more varieties being added over the years, it…
Container vegetable gardening has become a popular choice as our outdoor spaces have become limited. You can make use of whatever amount of space you have. There will be no need to dig or hoe – an added bonus for you folk – you know who you are ;0) – who just have a natural…
Imagine….a vegetable garden in your own back yard! Ideal for picking perfectly ripe, perfectly delicious tomatoes without having to wonder what chemicals went into growing them. …..or picking runner beans, plump and ready for eating, fresh off the vine for dinner. Imagine….all the ingredients for a salad at hand and ready when you are –…
Vegetable gardening has lately become just as popular as going to the grocery store fore produce. Vegetable gardening can produce vegetable that are usually cheaper than store bought, and vegetables from a home vegetable garden definitely taste better by far. Vegetable gardening is no different than growing herbs or flowers and if the proper steps…
Herb gardening is becoming more and more popular every day, and for a good reason. Herbs have practical value, serve a purpose, and with herb gardening you can actually use your plants. When most people think of herb gardening they automatically think of cooking, but herbs are also grown for their pleasant aroma and their…
Before taking up the garden vegetables individually, I shall outline the general practice of cultivation, which applies to all. The purposes of cultivation are three to get rid of weeds, and to stimulate growth by (1) letting air into the soil and freeing unavailable plant food, and (2) by conserving moisture. As to weeds, the…
Organic gardening is the exact same as regular gardening except that no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides are used. This can make certain aspects difficult, such as controlling disease, insects, and weeds. Organic gardening also requires more attention to the soil and the many needs of plants. Organic gardening starts with the soil. Gardeners must add…