Is it necessary to soak seeds in water before sowing? Does Soaking Seeds Before Sowing speed up germination? The answer is that is not necessary to soak the seeds before sowing, but it sure does speed up germination a big time. Soaking seeds before planting is an old-time gardener’s trick that many new gardeners may…
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Natural Beet Juice Red Dye
The beets its self are not only healthy and beneficial to consume, but you can also make natural red food coloring obtained from beets. This Natural Beet Juice Red Dye has no chemicals and is perfect for coloring cake batter or frosting red or pink. Artificial food coloring is used most widely and is a very dangerous additive in…
Simple and Fresh Cucumber Tomato Garden Salad
This Simple and Fresh Cucumber Tomato Garden Salad is amazingly refreshing and scrumptious! It’s usually not summer for us if we haven’t enjoyed this salad made from fresh, organically homegrown, crispy garden veggies. It’s a tradition. You don’t even need many ingredients or expend too much effort to turn out a tasty salad that will…
How to Preserve Homegrown Zucchini (Video)
I love gardening and the concept of garden-to-plate healthier eating. It’s that time of the year when you harvest this freshly crisp zucchini from the garden and stock up for the winter months. One of the ways you can preserve your wonderful little blessings to enjoy all year round is to grate and freeze this…
The Best Way to Stake Tomato Plants
What is The Best Way to Stake Tomato Plants and why is it important? I prefer the “original” way to stake tomato using wooden sticks. By staking tomato plants you’ll grow healthy plants that will produce quality tomatoes. There are two different ways you may stake your tomato plants. First is by using the tomato…
How to Prune Tomato Plants (Video)
In this post, you will learn How to Prune Tomato Plants (Video) instructions included. But first things first, we need to find out what are tomato suckers and how to properly pinch them off without damaging the plant. What are suckers on a tomato plant? Suckers are small shoots growing from the main stem. If…
How and When to Transplant Tomato Plants Into the Garden (Video)
Transplanting tomato plants into the garden is a very easy process, but you must follow a few steps. In this post, you will learn How and When to Transplant Tomato Plants Into the Garden. The distance between the stems of the tow plant is usually specified on the package which usually about 2 feet (48…
How to Repot Cucumber and Tomato Seedlings (Video)
In this post, you will learn How to Repot Cucumber and Tomato Seedlings (Video). It is so fun, easy and rewarding. Nothing can beat homegrown produce and that is why I love to grow my own backyard garden. Even though you can purchase fresh produce at the farmers market, I like to be sure that…
