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		<title>Growing Vegetables in a Greenhouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh homegrown vegetables during the cold winter months might seem impossible, but it&#8217;s not. Set up a small greenhouse next to your garage or house and you&#8217;re halfway home to having crunchy cucumbers, tangy tomatoes and fresh lettuces for your salads. Choose vegetables that don&#8217;t up a lot of space, taste considerably better homegrown than [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fresh homegrown vegetables during the cold winter months might seem impossible, but it&#8217;s not. Set up a small greenhouse next to your garage or house and you&#8217;re halfway home to having crunchy cucumbers, tangy tomatoes and fresh lettuces for your salads.</p>
<p>Choose vegetables that don&#8217;t up a lot of space, taste considerably better homegrown than store bought and you like. Squash isn&#8217;t a good choice because they are space hogs. Tomatoes are a good choice because they can be tied to a support to keep them neat and tidy and store-bought tomatoes don&#8217;t taste nearly as good as homegrown. Lettuce works well because it can be harvested when only 4 inches tall.</p>
<p>Fill the peat pots with new potting soil. Mix in slow release fertilizer as the package directs. Water thoroughly. Place the seeds on top of the soil, two per pot and cover with 1/4 inch of soil. Press down lightly and mist the top.</p>
<p>Place the pots under the grow lights in the greenhouse to get them started. When they have sprouted and are about 4-inches tall thin to the strongest seedlings.</p>
<p>Transplant to the 1-gallon pot when the seedlings are 6-inches tall. Replace under the grow lights. Move the grow lights up as the plant grows. Outside vegetables need eight hours of sunlight. If the day is cloudy and sun isn&#8217;t reaching inside the greenhouse keep the grow lights on longer.</p>
<p>Check the plants for bugs. Mist them off or use a non toxic home and garden spray meant for vegetables.</p>
<p>Fertilize with half strength water soluble fertilizer every two weeks or every fourth watering.</p>
<p>Harvest lettuce or leafy greens like spinach when the leaves are 4-inches long by cutting individual leaves off with the scissors. Trim from the outside. The plant will consider to grow and produce.</p>
<p>Brush the flowers of vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers with a soft brush so you move the pollen from one flower to another to fertilize them. Another alternative is to use a commercial blossom set product.</p>
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		<title>Advantages of Planting Vegetables</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vegetable gardening is a wonderful art. Some people love to do home vegetable gardening and develop their own landscape as per the space they can manage. People engage in gardening as per their interests&#8211;like plants, flowers or vegetable gardening. Planting vegetables can be a lot of fun for some people. It gives a real satisfying [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vegetable gardening is a wonderful art. Some people love to do home vegetable gardening and develop their own landscape as per the space they can manage. People engage in gardening as per their interests&#8211;like plants, flowers or vegetable gardening. Planting vegetables can be a lot of fun for some people. It gives a real satisfying feeling when you are planting vegetables in your own home vegetable garden, caring for the plants and watching them grow up.</p>
<p>There are a lot of vegetables that you can grow in your own garden with ease. To make the task more pleasurable, there are a variety of garden tools available on the market. These tools are easy to use and are very much affordable. As per the climate, you can choose plants best suited to the season and have a variety of vegetables growing in your own vegetable garden. A big yard always has more advantage but, vegetables can also be grown in pots. This again depends on what choice of plant you make.</p>
<p>Most garden vegetables grow finest on fertile, well-drained soil. With the use of proper nutrients, appropriate cultivation and proper pest controlling, you can enjoy fresh veggies. Most plants grow healthy if ample sunlight is provided. Some balance has to be maintained when exposing the plants in sunlight. One has to be aware if the potted plant is suited for sunlight or shade.</p>
<p>Lettuce is a vegetable crop grown during winters. Lettuce leaf should be watered often if you desire fresh leaf growth. Beetroot can be grown in pots. Other types of vegetables that can be grown in your vegetable garden are bitter gourd, egg plant, tomatoes, beans, okra, potato, and pumpkin. Growing vegetables can be a most rewarding and an enjoyable experience. Cooking your own vegetables is also extremely gratifying. To top it all off, it is free of chemicals!</p>
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		<title>Growing Organic Vegetables at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avril Lavigne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are able to get easily fruits, vegetables and greens that have been grown organically without pesticides, it is best you choose to them and pay a little more if necessary. They are much better option that those vegetables that contain residue of pesticides as is the case with most of the vegetables and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are able to get easily fruits, vegetables and greens that have been grown organically without pesticides, it is best you choose to them and pay a little more if necessary. They are much better option that those vegetables that contain residue of pesticides as is the case with most of the vegetables and fruits in the market today. Pesticide residue is harmful for the human health.</p>
<p>The fact that the harmful insecticides and pesticides are toxic and can cause diseases and long-term impairments is known and proved. Therefore it makes sense to do everything possible to switch to organic food. If you have a small backyard or a kitchen garden, you can easily set up your own organic farm in a very small scale and grow vegetables, fruits and greens for your daily use.</p>
<p>The first step entails researching all data available to understand the fertility of the soil and the climate. You will receive the list of vegetables, greens and fruits that can be grown in this climate.</p>
<p>After having selected the vegetables that you wish to grow, decide whether you wish to buy seeds and germinate them or get seedlings and  conducted further.</p>
<p>Before you start your organic farming, you have to first begin another project to prepare organic to getting the fertilizer for growing your vegetables. This involves creating a pit and putting in organic waste and other natural leaves etc that is available to create the manure. Since takes around 4-6 months for fertilizer to be ready, you will have to get a head start on this project.</p>
<p>Vegetables and fruits require plenty of sunlight to grow. Therefore choose a place in your garden that gets sufficient sunlight directly and ear mark the same for your project.</p>
<p>Take tips and advise from friends and other people who have already started growing organic vegetables. It might be of grate help. In the beginning stick to growing simple and easy to grow vegetables like tomatoes, turnips, radish, carrots etc. As you go forward and gain experience you can experiment with others vegetables also.</p>
<p>When samplings are out and start to grow, you will need to protect them from the pests, birds and rodents by setting up a basic fence with a network on top. It does not cost much to get the fence in place. You can use the wooden pieces lying around the house or in your garage and make it alone.</p>
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		<title>Why Should You Grow Your Own Fruit And Vegetables</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years , more and more people have started explore growing their own produce again. Here we give 5 reasons why you might consider starting your own kitchen garden. - Freshness Fruit and vegetables taste better and are healthier if eaten as soon as possible after picking. Most fruit you buy from supermarkets and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In recent years , more and more people have started explore growing their own produce again. Here we give 5 reasons why you might consider starting your own kitchen garden.</p>
<p>- Freshness</p>
<p>Fruit and vegetables taste better and are healthier if eaten as soon as possible after picking. Most fruit you buy from supermarkets and the like is picked well before it is properly ripe, to extend shelf life, and this usually has an impact on flavour. Growing your own lets you taste the freshest possible produce as it&#8217;s meant to taste.</p>
<p>- Quality</p>
<p>Commercially grown crops are often selected for their high yields, uniform appearance and long shelf lives rather than for quality and taste. When you grow your own, you can concentrate on the quality rather than the economics.</p>
<p>- Price</p>
<p>Much supermarket fresh produce is hugely overpriced, despite their advertising claims. Growing your own from seed is about as inexpensive as you can get, and even growing from small plants you buy is likely to provide you better food at a lower cost. With many plants, you can use the seed from one growing season to provide plants for the next &#8211; a self sustaining cycle that will cost you only time and effort to keep going.</p>
<p>- Provenance</p>
<p>More and more people have concerns about how our food is produced, with chemical pesticides and GM food a particular worry. With your own vegetable patch, you know exactly where your food is from and how it was grown.</p>
<p>- Variety</p>
<p>There are literally thousands of different varieties of fruit and vegetables, but supermarkets tend to concentrate on only the most profitable and easy to sell. This means that our choice is often limited to a few select varieties of apple, for example, rather than the hundreds of traditional kinds that exist. Growing your own lets you pick the varieties you like the most, and experiment to find new ones you&#8217;ll rarely see on sale.</p>
<p>There is of course a downside to all this &#8211; it takes time and effort. In these increasingly busy times, we might not think we have the time to spare, but starting small with a few herb plants on your windowsill, or even the odd tomato plant, will give you a taste of growing your own and might even be enough to hook you into it for life!</p>
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		<title>Important Vegetable Gardening Tips For Beginners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the growing prices of vegetables in the market, it is quite practical that you are able to cultivate your own so that you can economize your spending and eat much healthier food. Growing your own vegetables is a rewarding activity. Not only does it give you the joy of working outside with the earth, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the growing prices of vegetables in the market, it is quite practical that you are able to cultivate your own so that you can economize your spending and eat much healthier food. Growing your own vegetables is a rewarding activity. Not only does it give you the joy of working outside with the earth, it provides many nutritious meals for your family. Here are some tips to get you started and to make your vegetable garden both easier and more productive.</p>
<p>As part of your vegetable-gardening tips, you need to think of the size of your garden that you desire to be planted with vegetables. It must be a place of proper drainage, good soil, and appropriate sunlight. And because home vegetable gardening offers tasty food, it is vulnerable to animals such as dogs, deer, rabbit, etc.To prevent that, you make it sure that you are able to put fence around your garden to make it protected. Vegetable-gardening for beginners can be quite laborious, however can be rewarding too. Having fresh vegetable is one thing that almost all desire to have and you are lucky if you are able to cultivate your own despite, perhaps, with limited area. You just need to be creative in order to achieve your goal in gardening.</p>
<p>Another vital thing to consider in home vegetable gardening is the garden arrangement. One strategy to maximize the space is to plant vegetables that only need limited space- those vegetables that do not expand too much. Remember also to put your tall-growing plants at the back side of your garden so that they do not block the sunlight that the small ones need. When you are already prepared for planting, be sure that the kind of vegetables you are to plant is suitable for the specific season. You can consult books of vegetable-gardening for beginners for this. You can make an improvised place for a certain plants and get it transferred to its location when the appropriate season comes.</p>
<p>Vegetable gardening for beginners also include doing weeding and maintaining your garden out of foreign grasses because these can take the soil nutrients away from the vegetables. Grasses are their prime competitors. You can also protect your vegetables from insects by putting some organic chemicals. Vegetable-gardening is one of the favorite pastimes of people. It is because, aside from being able to acquire fresh vegetables, you can also make it as a medium of exercise that is really relaxing. These are only a few tips for having a productive vegetable garden, before you get started with your own, consider acquiring some vegetable gardening tips so that you can achieve the vegetable garden that you desire.</p>
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		<title>How to Grow Vegetables</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marion Chamberlain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vegetables are healthy and should be eaten regularly. It is nice to grow vegetables by yourself and eat them. But the question arises as to how to grow vegetables. We shall further see some tips and hints on how to grow vegetables. If you are thinking on how to grow vegetables in the house then [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vegetables are healthy and should be eaten regularly. It is nice to grow vegetables by yourself and eat them. But the question arises as to how to grow vegetables. We shall further see some tips and hints on how to grow vegetables.</p>
<p>If you are thinking on how to grow vegetables in the house then it is not very difficult. Growing vegetables requires a lot of sunlight. So it is necessary to see that your garden does get sufficient sunlight. Start from the spring season. It is always better to have a vegetable garden close to the kitchen. This way you have easy access into the garden that would provide faster cooking. The seeds need to be soaked and require moisture. Once they are a little plump they are ready to be grown. Some vegetables like cabbage and broccoli do not require you to soak their seeds. Over doing the soaking the process could cause harm to the seeds. Do not leave them overnight.</p>
<p>Thinking of how to grow vegetables in the cold then you will have to utilize tepees that are filled with water around the vegetables that are gentle. There are certain plastic sheets that are available in the market which acts as a barrier to the plant once water is filled. Sun can also easily pass through this sheet so that the plants stay warm later.</p>
<p>Wondering how to grow vegetables that are leggy then, you should be planting them deep inside. If you have planted them inside the house then they may grow a little awkward and tumble in the garden. So if it is more deeply sown then they get more support. Tomatoes require to be planted horizontally in the trench. This is not necessary to be sown deep in the soil. It would grow well without it itself.</p>
<p>Try to avoid cutworms that spoil gentle and tender plants. When planting vegetable plants always try to put them vertically, this would save some place. Vegetables like cucumber, beans, melons etc. can be left to go on trees or pillars rather than spreading them across. All the vegetables require fertilizers timely. So do take care that you take good care of them. This would ensure that they keep giving vegetables at regular intervals.</p>
<p>Cucumbers and melons can easily grow in compost. Any kind of remaining food and fruits can be thrown into them. They would act as manure and see that the vegetable grows well. This is the best way to grow such vegetables.</p>
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