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    Sprouting Salads

    By on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 | No Comments

    One of the delights of cooking is the ability to add your own homegrown ingredients. Nothing more so if you think you need green fingers! Growing seeds for eating and being able to harvest them with in a few weeks is within the grasp of anyone with a windowsill! The modern need for fresh eating [...]

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    Growing Eggplants or Aubergines in Containers

    By on Thursday, August 25th, 2011 | No Comments

    Eggplants or aubergines as they are called are becoming  better known in the western world. Other names they are known by are eggfruit,  brinjal and guinea squash. Eggplants originate from the Middle East  and Asia, and are instantly recognizable by their shiny  purple skins.  Eggplants are from the  same family as the tomato and potato, as [...]

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    Hot Choices! Capsicum or Chillies

    By on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 | No Comments

    Capsicums and Chillies are the well-known peppers. The difference is that some are sweet peppers, the other hot peppers! Some of the small hot peppers can easily be grown in containers as houseplants, the fruit taking the starring role instead of flowers. They are a heat loving plant and grow well in warm climates or [...]

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    Container Grown Beans are Easy!

    By on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 | No Comments

    Beans are wonderful vegetables to have in the garden or grow bags if you choose. Easy to grow given the right conditions to grow as vegetables do.  There are four types of beans to choose from that will benefit your garden whether it be large or small. Beans are wonderfully easy to freeze, and as [...]

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    Lettuce Galore

    By on Saturday, June 4th, 2011 | No Comments

    Of all the vegetables to grow in pots, the lettuce is probably the most common, and the most easily grown vegetable. Not only that it comes in a variety of colours, textures and growth habits. Lettuce grows easily from seed.  In doing so you get a variable period with early, late and the pick as [...]

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    Crunching on Container Carrots

    By on Saturday, May 21st, 2011 | No Comments

    Carrots are the last thing people expect to come from a container! You can grow them as well as you can in the garden where they take up a lot of room for a long time. The key is choosing the right type of carrot for the container you plan to use. Ideally plan to [...]

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    How to Grow Potatoes in a Container

    By on Friday, April 29th, 2011 | No Comments

    Think how nice it would be to have an apartment and serve your friends fresh, early potatoes for a meal!  As potatoes are very frost tender, the early potatoes lend themselves to being grown in a conservatory or warm patio until the frosts have passed. It is possible to do by growing potatoes in a [...]

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    Cauliflowers in Containers

    By on Monday, July 12th, 2010 | No Comments

    Growing cauliflowers as vegetables in containers is easier than you think.

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    Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces

    By on Monday, July 5th, 2010 | No Comments

    If you’re like many other Americans who are pinching pennies and looking for ways to save, you may be considering planting a vegetable garden this summer.  But Americans, particularly those who live in urban or suburban areas, are constricted by space limitations.  For those living in city apartments or condos, you may be limited to [...]

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    Useful Small Garden Ideas For Container Gardening

    By on Monday, July 5th, 2010 | No Comments

    After staying in the same house for a long time, the home owner may decide to change the mood around the home by adding something new. One way to do this is with small garden ideas such as making a small beautiful container garden inside the house. Just like with raised gardening, most home owners [...]

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