Easy tips for getting started growing bean sprouts in jars. Grow your own mung bean sprouts for Chinese and Asian cooking, and more.
It’s satisfying to grow your own food at home, and there are many ways you can do that. You can plant a garden, whether in your backyard or in containers, and you can even grow plants on your kitchen counter! Growing bean sprouts is very easy and they are ready to eat in just a…
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ow to grow salad leaves or lettuce in a container or pot. Just clip what you need to make salad and it grows back in a week!
I saw the idea for this fun garden project at one of our local nurseries. It is a container garden, for growing salad and lettuce! The idea behind this container garden is that you can clip off the top of the green lettuce leaves, leaving an inch or two of the lettuce remaining in the…
Read More How to Grow Salad in a ContainerLast year my kids and I had fun re-growing green onions. Recently I discovered that you can also re-grow celery! I am still in the middle of this little “experiment” but thought I would share the results with you so far. The next time you buy a bunch of celery at the grocery store, cut…
Read More How to Re-Grow CeleryDid you know that you can actually regrow green onions? You are not going to believe this until you try it for yourself. Hopefully my photos will make you a believer! I first saw this idea here. I had to give it a try myself. The next time you buy green onions, cut the green…
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Growing potatoes is a fun activity the whole family can enjoy. They can be grown in trenches or in containers.
I have had a garden for several years now, and have been trying to grow a variety of herbs and vegetables. This year we decided to try growing potatoes. I remember growing them as a kid and digging them up in the fall. What fun! There are a number of ways to grow potatoes, even…
Read More How to Grow PotatoesFall is the time to plant garlic. Here are some tips to make next summer’s garlic harvest a bountiful one. To begin planting garlic obtain garlic stock from a reputable nursery. The garlic bulbs in grocery stores are not suitable for growing and may also be treated with a sprouting inhibitor. A pound of garlic…
Read More Tips for Growing GarlicIt’s a beautiful, chilly March day, and I’m dreaming about planting my garden this spring. While it’s definitely still too cold to plant my garden, with a little planning and preparation, I can start my vegetable garden indoors to be ready to plant outdoors as soon as the last frost passes. Generally you can start…
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Easy tips for growing artichokes. Artichoke planting and care.
Growing artichokes is easy. There are two types of artichokes: Globe and Jerusalem. The globe is a perennial with a thistle-like head complete with scales surrounding a fleshy frond or heart, which is the part with the most flavour. The Jerusalem artichoke is grown for its tubers, which are produced in the soil like potatoes.…
Read More How to Grow Artichokes (Artichoke Planting and Care)Potatoes are one of the most versatile vegetables around–as well as one of my most favorite! When stored properly, your potato crop will last throughout most of the winter. Potato Facts There are more than 80 varieties of potatoes. The most common variety is the brown Russet potato, which is long and cylindrical in shape.…
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How to grow cucumbers in your garden.
The versatile cucumber (cucumis sativus) is tasty pickled, in a salad, as a salad, in a sandwich, or just eaten raw. How to grow cucumbers depends largely in part on how you plan to eat them. Cucumbers come in over 120 varieties that range from small picklers to large slicers and from dark green to…
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