Starting a Garden Some brief tips for preparing your garden: Digging the soil and turning it well to loosen it up is the first step. This can be done with a digging fork or a rototiller but careful not to […]
Vegetable Gardening
Vegetable Gardening for Beginners
Vegetables are easy to grow and are very rewarding at harvest time. The most important requirements are sunshine and watering. Other requirements are a loosened soil, some fertilizer, and a little bit of weeding. If you have an area in […]
Potato – Guide to plant and grow this vegetable
POTATO: MOST USEFUL OF VEGETABLES The Potato is widely cultivated in temperate regions, and its stem tubers, which grow underground, are a popular food. The plant comes from South America where it was highly valued by the Indians. Its botanical […]
Vegetable Origins
Vegetable Origins Africa Asia Central and S. America Europe /Asia Europe Jamaica North America New Zeland Watermelon Okra Broad bean Cress Lettuce Muskmelon Onion Pea Radish Rhubarb Spinach Cucumber Endive Bush Bean Cucumber Kidney Bean Flint Corn Eggplant Potato Scarlet […]
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Nutrient requirements of common vegetables
Nutrient requirements of common vegetables Vegetable Nitrogen (N) Phosphorus (P) Potassium (K) H M L H M L H M L Asparagus Beans Beets x x x x x x x x x Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage x x x […]
Growing Carrots
Growing Carrots Carrots are generally bright orange-red in color, and there are a number of different types and shapes. New varieties have been introduced over recent years to remove the woody yellow cores from carrot roots and this explains the […]
The Vegetable Guide – Broccoli
How to grow Broccoli Introduction It is believed that broccoli was known to the Romans at the time of Pliny, but references to this vegetable group it with cauliflower. The first notice of broccoli as such was made in 1724 […]
The Vegetable Guide – Beet
The modern beet as such was not apparently known in ancient times. There is a story that when the Greeks paid homage to Apollo they served him beetroots on a silver platter, but the first recorded specific reference to beets […]
Controlling Spider Mites
Spider mites, also known as two-spotted mites, become a particular problem for the gardener through the winter. Normally, they hibernate in ground litter or under the bark of trees or shrubs. However, if they stow away onto a plant being […]