New 2023-2024 Study by the Environmental Working Group has come in with startling results when it comes to food safety and the produce you purchase. In their study they examined Produce from both Organic and Conventional Farmers that show residues that are potentially dangerous are found on a minimum of 75% of Organic Produce and 95% of Conventionally Farmed Produce. Some of the products used can cause reproductive harm in humans.
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There are many factors that determine where you can get the best seeds. If you are a small gardener you might not even want seeds you might want to start off with trays of plants to transplant. However if you want to plant a special vegetable or flower then specialty seed suppliers are probably your best option because you’re not about to find those as tray sets at your local supplier.
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January is here and professional vegetable farmers even in snow covered areas are well into planning this year’s plantings. Unfortunately for many home gardeners it will still be a few months before your local stores have product ready for you to purchase. There are ways that you can begin now and the earlier you start the easier its going to be.
Keeping A Diary Of Growing Information Is Key To Next Year’s Success
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In late summer and early fall there is still time for most of us to get in a second or third planting of vegetables. There are a few tricks to extend your growing season and they aren’t that difficult or expensive.
Choosing the right vegetables to grow is very important. You want to look at two basic things. What is the time to maturity for your selected vegetable and what is the cold tolerance of …
One of the biggest things that Gardeners are confronted with is how to preserve all of the things that they grow. There are actually a number of ways that are pretty simple. Refrigerating and Freezing is probably the easiest way, Canning and Dehydrating are often good ways for longer term storage. And then you have freeze drying which actually costs a lot for the equipment so its only a good idea for …
For many people spring brings a lot of mud and some of this is due to a combination of melting snow and spring rains but much of it is because your soil is not draining correctly. This can be a problem on unpaved country roads and in fields where you plant and fighting it becomes a never ending battle if you don’t take the time to diagnose and cure the problem.
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Many people that want to grow a vegetable garden get put off by the high prices of plants at their local garden center. Prices have really gone up in the past couple years and if you don’t take care in your purchases it can be very expensive to start even a small garden.
On the other hand it is possible to pick up a few packets of seed for less than what you might pay …
Anyone that has had a crop of tomatoes go bad half way through the growing season knows how disappointing this is and the fact is some of these problems can be prevented even before you plant your first transplant.
With proper soil preparation and amendments along with correct watering and fertilizing techniques many of the worst problems never have to happen to your tomato crop.
Tomatoes are a pretty easy plant to grow if …
If you are planning your garden as a way to sustain yourself then careful planning is needed. If you don’t eat complete proteins then you will actually starve even if you are getting fat from eating lots of carbohydrates. Normally a vegetarian diet requires more than just a hobby garden. It requires understanding of the nutrients that you can get from a plant based diet.
Remember that harvest time is normally in the fall that means …
Onions are a vegetable that every gardener likes to grow. They can be used in so many different recipes and are probably the most popular seasoning after salt and pepper. The problem with onions is the time that they take to grow. From the time that they sprout until the bulb gets about as big as your thumb can be many weeks and even in warmer areas harvest is normally at the end of …