Home Vegetable Gardening: Growing Brussel Sprouts

Brussel sprouts are a great vegetable to add to anyone's garden. They do well in a variety of temperate climates, so regions where cold weather sets in, brussel sprouts will do just fine.
They are a great source of many minerals and vitamins that the human body required, meaning that adding them to your diet [...]

Reduce Your Carbon Emissions By Growing Your Own Home Vegetable Garden

Long before the green movement became cool, us home vegetable gardeners were already taking steps that reduce carbon emissions, add less to landfills and contribute to a more healthy lifestyle. Now that you have taken the step to go a little more green yourself, you can relax and know that you can small things without [...]

Home Vegetable Gardening: Growing Celery

The growth of celery has been documented back to at least 30 AD. Today celery is grown for more than just food consumption, its seeds contain a volatile oil that is used in the pharmaceutical industry as well as to manufacture perfume.
However, you more than likely just want to grow some as a [...]

Home Vegetable Gardening: Growing Radicchio

Radicchio is a leafy vegetable that is reddish in color with white vines. It has a bitter taste, but is a good addition to a variety of salads and loses its bitterness when it is grilled, fried or baked.
Radicchio is easy to grow and performs well in the spring and fall months when the [...]

Planning A Vegetable Garden

Here's all you need to know about starting your first home vegetable garden. Regardless of where one lives, growing conditions are bound to be different from the conditions described in most Gardening books. To plan a successful Garden, ask some questions. Which vegetables grow well in this area? What soil types are common? Are there [...]

Home Vegetable Gardening: Calcium Is Not Just For Strong Bones For People

Most home vegetable gardeners have seen somewhere or heard from someone the importance of the N, P, K levels in your soil. These letters represent specific elements and stand for Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K). If you look on any bag of fertilizer available at your local home or garden center you will [...]

How To Plant Potatoes In A Small Vegetable Garden

Make sure you get some certified disease free potatoes from your local nursery garden center or a seed merchant.
You can use small potatoes whole but cut lager ones into quarters. Make sure that each piece contains at least one eye (those little sprouting outgrowth points)
Next, dust the potatoes pieces with a rot preventing [...]

Home Vegetable Gardening: Raising And Lowering The Ph Levels Of Your Soil

The pH level is a scale that displays how acidic or alkaline something is. A pH level less than 7 means, whatever it is you are testing is dominantly acidic and a level over 7 means it is more alkaline. If you get a reading of 7 that means it is neutral which is normally [...]