For fullest flavor and nutritional value, it is important to harvest your vegetables at the right time. Many can be harvested at just about any stage of their growth, but others do not have their best taste if they are picked when they are under-ripe or overripe; they must be harvested at exactly the right point in their development.
This is a great project for any member of the family. It’s easy, rewarding and fun to force a few bulbs for early indoor color. Hyacinths, because of their distinctive fragrance are one of the favorites for this project, but crocus and daffodils are other easy to force bulbs.
There isn’t a great deal that needs to be done in the lawn area during the fall. However, if you do spend a little extra time grooming it, the lawn will look better during the fall and winter and be in better growing condition by the time spring rolls around.
Houseplants are not only beautiful in the home, they also help cleanse the air. Bamboo palm, Spider plant; flowering mums; Peace lily plant and Mother-in-laws-tongue, are just a few of the best houseplants for purifying air in the home, according to an ongoing two-year study by NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA).
Late winter is the time to plant out garden peas and sweet peas, two of the earliest of all seed crops.
Approximately how many of any vegetable do you need to feed four people? This chart will tell you what you need to know to plan a home garden.
It’s said that vegetables are like people, they thrive on companionship. It is believed that vegetables will yield up to twice as much when they are surrounded with companion plants.
Is space limited for a vegetable garden at your house? If so, wide-row gardening may be a practical solution. It is a way to produce an abundant quantity of vegetables in limited space.
By using natural minerals and materials, by taking advantage of natural predators, and by recycling garden waste, the home gardener can maintain an organic garden quite successfully.
Once you have harvested your vegetables you can re-prepare the soil and seed a cover crop which helps build compost humus and a natural fertilizer to revitalize the soil for next years crops. Cover crops are relatively inexpensive, easy to seed, and provide a great source of ‘green manure’ for vegetable garden soils. It’s the natural way to revitalize the soil and suppress weed growth at the same time!