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Entire world is passing through a phase of global economic recession and effects are clearly visible now. It seems that everyone has withdrawn himself in to its own shell and hunker down is the best policy in such tough times. Saving money is the new mantra of this age and expending spree has just passed [...]

Slow -release fertilizers have unique importance in home gardening and specifically the vegetable gardening. Slow-release fertilizers have been regarded as excellent alternatives to the soluble fertilizers. Gardeners have greater responsibility to preserve the environment and groundwater and therefore the use of slow-release fertilizers have become more pertinent.
Advantages of Using Slow -Release Fertilizers
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Minimum till-gardening generally involves application of standardized procedures. Among the gardeners this process is also known as “conservation-tillage”. In vegetable gardening the minimum till-gardening is considered as one of the ideal processes for transplanting.
The standard procedure for minimum till-gardening or almost no-till-gardening could be a little cumbersome for some gardeners. Here is an alternative approach [...]

Fresh tomatoes are characterized by its flavour and nutritional values and it becomes extremely important when you are growing tomatoes in your own garden. Several researches have facilitated gardeners across the world in almost every aspect of growing tomatoes.
Findings of a particular research concluded recently revealed that the temperature at which tomatoes ripen will ultimately [...]

Plainly, “blueberries have some stiff competition,” said Dr. Luis Cisneros, AgriLife Research food scientist.”Stone fruits are super fruits with plums as emerging stars.”
Far from fruit snobbery, the plum is being ushered in after Cisneros and Dr. David Byrne, AgriLife Research plant breeder, judged more than 100 varieties of plums, peaches and nectarines and found them [...]

In common parlance it is believed that the local native plants serve as the best source of seeds for re-vegetation but a recent research concluded that it is simply a well preserved myth over ages. While preserving such conventional theory about the local native plants it is almost every time presumed that such local seeds [...]

Potager gardens are now gaining popularity across the world. Many of my gardener friends are of the view that more and more people are now planning to design a potager garden for their homes. These communications provoked me to think on how to design a potager garden and to share my views among the big [...]

Going green and thinking green even before that is the latest theme around the world. Judging by some of the most popular responses that I am getting past few days reveals that increasing numbers of businesses are now interested in garden green concepts. Ecological awareness and innovative environmental concerns are now attracting attention of almost [...]

Higher rate of nitrogen is almost always required for healthy plant growth. This is to be ensured well before the plantation. One of the known methods to ensure higher rate of nitrogen fixation in gardens is to grow “leguminous plants“. Beans, peas, clover, alfalfa, and vetch are some of the most common leguminous plants.
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You would certainly love the extra-ordinarily handsome silver grey leaves of the “Globe Artichokes” in your garden. I would strongly recommend growing ‘Globe Artichokes’ (Cynara Scolymus) if you are looking for some ornamental vegetable plants for your vegetable garden in the backyard.
Tempting attraction of this plant is not the only reason for my falling in [...]