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3 Cool Composting Ideas That Help Reuse and Reduce Waste | How Society is Trying To Compost Everything |
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Compost is vital to every home vegetable gardener. More and more people are finding various ways to compost just about anything. Here are 3 cool ideas in which people all around you are doing to compost all kinds of disposable items ... |
Build this Hoop Trellis for Your Vegetable Garden | Grow Your Vining Veggies Vertically |
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Growing your vegetables vertically is a great space saver. In this tutorial I show you how to build this really cool hoop trellis. I am using the hoop trellis to grow cantaloupe and watermelon, however, the hoop trellis can be used for any vining vegetable plant. I.e. cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, etc ... |
Can the Government Fine You for Having a Vegetable Garden? This one local government said yes |
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Did you ever think your local government can make it illegal for you to have a vegetable garden? Imagine, you are growing a vegetable garden, and a local government official happens to drive by your property, sees that you are growing vegetables, and decides, “hey, you can’t do that”, so they shut your vegetable gardening down. It sounds far fetched right? Well it’s not, because a local government did indeed do just that. They told one couple either stop growing vegetables on their own ... |
#273: How to Grow a Great Vegetable Garden in the Desert Southwest with Noelle Johnson [AZ Plant Lady] |
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In this episode of the Vegetable Gardening show, Mike chats with Noelle Johnson, the AZ Plant Lady about how you can grow a great vegetable garden in the AZ desert southwest region. Noelle goes myth busting about vegetable varieties that many think you can't grow in the AZ desert climate, she also teaches us some watering techniques when drought sets in, as well as her favorite plants to grow. This and so much more on this week's episode of the Vegetable Gardening Show ... |
9 Health Benefits of Growing and Eating Tomatoes |
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There are a number of health benefits of growing and eating tomatoes. But what exactly is a tomato. Scientifically, a tomato is truly a fruit. The true culmination of a tomato is evolved from the ovary inside the base of the flower, and include the seeds of the plant (although cultivated paperwork may be seedless). In regards to cooking tomatoes, they are more commonly referred to as 'veggies' because they may be utilized in various savory dishes. The term 'vegetable' for tomato is greater ... |
