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improve your health with herbs by Doris C. Complimentary & Alternative Medicine 1 Comment Next to this designer jewelry store in our neighbour mall, there is a herb and organic food store that often distributes leaflets on herb information. I’m sure some of us use ... Read on »
Plants and Flowers Help Speed Recovery from Surgery by Kathleen Registered NurseHealth Maven According to a study, published in Hort Technology, plants and flower in hospital rooms have definite healing benefits, especially for anyone recovering from surgery.Research ... Read on »
Time to Plant Tom Thumb Lettuce Now. by TopVeg !. Patient Expert 2 Comments Now is the time to plant Tom Thumb Lettuce seed on the kitchen window sill for an early homegrown lettuce from the vegetable garden. As soon as it comes up transfer the lettuc ... Read on »
Vegetable Gardening Combats Childhood Obesity by TopVeg !. Patient Expert 3 Comments Australians are combating childhood obesity by integrating organic gardening, food preparation and healthy eating into the school curriculum. The initiative stems from the Ste ... Read on »
Jobs for February in the Vegetable Garden by TopVeg !. Patient Expert 1 Comment Sow: indoors from seed in trays or pots- early beetroot, broad beans, spinach, summer cabbage, calabrese, globe artichoke and lettuceoutside from seed under cloches in mild ar ... Read on »
Pig Manure adds Nutrients to the Vegetable Garden. by TopVeg !. Patient Expert ‘Pig manure has a very high nutrient content and is rich in potash and phosphorus’ writes Sara from Farming Friends. She goes on to say that ‘…Pig manure can be appli ... Read on »
Romano Potato Variety by TopVeg !. Patient Expert Romano is a red-skinned variety of potato, which has kept well over the winter. The potato variety Romano : is red skinned skins fade to rusty-beige during cooking creamy fles ... Read on »
Ten Factors to Consider When Choosing Seed Potatoes by TopVeg !. Patient Expert 2 Comments When choosing seed potatoes for the vegetable garden, determining what seed to buy is a difficult task. Here are ten factors to take into consideration: 1. How many potatoes d ... Read on »
Rhubarb in the Vegetable Garden. by TopVeg !. Patient Expert 2 Comments So glad Freddie of the GreatBigVegetableChallenge likes rhubarb, and has been eating it straight from the vegetable garden. We went to Wakefield to see the rhubarb sheds, whic ... Read on »
Saxon - A Multi-purpose Potato Variety for the Vegetable Garden. by TopVeg !. Patient Expert Saxon is a good all-round potato variety to grow in the vegetable garden, suitable for mashing, baking or chipping. Saxon: second early potato varietyhas stored well this wi ... Read on »