This is a guide about growing raspberries. Raspberries are delicious whether eaten fresh or used in recipes or jams. Choosing the best variety and learning the requirements for growing and pruning your plants will ensure a bounty of fresh berries.
Get acquainted with the "wild" ones. Lamb's quarters grow wherever the ground has been disturbed, including your vegetable garden. Ask any farmer what to look for or get a reference book.
How do you grow alfalfa sprouts in jars? They could be bean sprouts or any other kind of sprouts too.
If you ever get an onion that has started to rot in one of the bags in which it was sold, plant it rather than tossing it. The center may grow scallion greens for your cooking use.
Juicing Tomatoes In Small Batches
I'm growing tomatoes in containers. I would like to make juice out of them, but they are not accumulating fast enough. Can I freeze them a few at a time until I have enough for the juice? Also, does anyone have a recipe for making V8 Juice using all eight vegetables?
Minimizing Diseases in Vegetable Gardens
Diseases from bacteria, viruses and fungi can lead to the early demise of your plants. What are some tips for minimizing diseases in vegetable gardens?
What Would You Plant in Your Victory Garden?
One of our members mentioned that she now considers her patio garden a Victory Garden. Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom during World War I and World War II.
Information about how to grow basil. Post your ideas.
Harvesting and Preserving Vegetables
This article contains: Winter Squash And Pumpkins, Potatoes, Root Crops (Beets, Turnips, Rutabagas, Winter Radishes And Kohlrabi), Onions, Parsnips, Celery And Late Cabbage, Tomatoes, Green Beans, Shell Beans.
Budget Veggie Gardens From Kitchen Scraps
It does not matter whether you put your kitchen scraps in the compost or the bin, did you know that you could grow many of your favourite fruit or vegetables from those scraps. Indeed, unless your compost is very well matured you will find stray veggie seedlings may appear wherever you deposit the compost.
Growing Kitchen Herbs in Containers
There is nothing quite like the use of fresh herbs to add subtle flavour when cooking and a collection of herbs in containers outside the back door is not only useful but can be decorative as well.
Planting and harvesting times for garden vegetables (PDF)
This guide will help you schedule the planting of gardens so space may be utilized efficiently. Designed for central Iowa, dates for southern Iowa would be about 1 week earlier, for northern Iowa about 1 week later. For more information on planting a vegetable garden, see Pm-819, Planting a Home Vegetable Garden.
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What Would You Plant in Your Victory Garden?
One of our members mentioned that she now considers her patio garden a Victory Garden. Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom during World War I and World War II.
