Earthway 1001-B Precision Garden Seeder with 6 Seed Plates

Amazon.com Product Description The Earthway Precision garden seeder provides a more efficient way to seed large vegetable gardens and flower beds The seeder comes with six standard seed plates for seeding sweet corn, bean, peas, carrots, beets, and radishes: install the appropriate plate, and it will automatically space seeds at the ideal length. It also opens, closes, and packs the soil, and even marks the next row ahead of time. The seeder is made from tough, weather-resistant materi… More

Simple Tips on Growing Bell Peppers

B ell peppers, native to Central and North America, have always been a popular homegrown vegetables. There are various types of bell peppers; though they come in different shapes, sizes and colors (green, yellow and red), they share one same thing: rich in vitamin C. They can be used as ingredient in many dishes. Growing bell peppers in a garden is really easy. Here are some simple tips you can use: First, sow the seeds indoor eight weeks before the last frost. Put them in pots at least 2

Healthy home grown tomatoes

Tomatoes are the most popular plant in the vegetable garden. Everyone likes to grow them. They can be a difficult crop, because they suffer from a number of diseases and the wildlife love them, but if you can get it right, it's worth it. I wrote this post a year ago on growing tomatoes from seed but I want to add a few hints that might make it easier for you.Select your seeds and plant the

Vegetable Gardens- When Do Plants First Sprout?

Just wondering how long I can expect it to take my carrots, lettuce, cucumbers etc. to start growing. Vegetable Gardens- When Do Plants First Sprout? is a post from: Gardening Seeds Guide Technorati Tags: First , Gardens , plants , Sprout , vegetable , when Related posts: How Can I Start A Vegetable Garden? I’ve always been interested in growing my own pesticide free... What Are The Different Divisions Of Vegetable Gardening? Vegetables can be divided into gr

Earthbox Container Home Gardening Kit

Earthbox is an innovative approach to container gardening. You can double your yields of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers with less fertilizer, less watering, and no weeding at all. During uncertain times there are a handful of industries and products do well, and for some very good reasons. Among them, home gardening tops the list. Just $50-75.00 invested in seeds and fertilizer can yield about $1500 worth of produce, which is a significant return on your investment. It takes a little

Lawn Duties for the Southern Landscape

by Kent Higgins Lawns are growing rapidly during May in the South and so are the weeds. Many gardeners are plagued with crabgrass. May is the best month to combat this pest with selective crabgrass killers. The seeds of this annual do not germinate until May in most of the South and the young plants are the most susceptible to the weed killers. If you want to do a complete job of eradicating all kinds of weeds call in the lawn professionals for a complete treatment to kill practically everythi

Maintenance duties for gardeners increase as summer nears (The Tennessean)

On a June morning, nothing is more pleasant than a stroll in the yard, just to enjoy the view. By now, the planting has been done, seeds have sprouted and flowers in perennial beds are popping out everywhere. It's not too hot yet, and we've had plenty of rain. So far, everything's good in the garden. With the hard work done, the gardener goes into maintenance mode. Fluff the mulch, clip dead ...

Raised-bed veggie gardens for seniors: volunteers, candidates needed

photo by Sbocaj Kahlyn Keilty-Lucas, El Centro de la Raza Senior Garden Project Coordinator, is running a project to provide raised-bed vegetable gardens for seniors, providing outdoor activity along with some self-sufficiency and money-savings on groceries to our older neighbors. The gardens are housed in a four by six by two foot box, allowing them to be placed in the yard, in an unused driveway, or even atop a paved-over planting strip. Seeds, vegetable starts, and gardening tools will be p