Growing Artichokes You may be surprised that if you have at least 100 frost-free days in your area which most of the country does, you can grow them! Most people assume that the artichoke needs to be grown as a perennial and that it will not bear fruit until the second season. Grown from seed,…
Blossom Drop of Tomato Flowers Due to the hot and humid weather, lately many gardeners are noticing “blossom drop” on their tomato plants. Blossoms are drying up and dropping off before the tomato fruit sets. As explained by J.M. Kemble, extension vegetable specialist and associate professor, Alabama cooperative extension system: “This condition is NOT related…
Tomato Diseases and Prevention The Tasteful Garden promotes natural disease control methods such as keeping your garden clean and weeded, using mulches and good compost in the soil, and using only organically made sprays and pesticides when absolutely necessary. Visit our Organic Gardening store. Diseases can be heartbreaking when they happen as for many of…
Tomato Blossom End Rot Blossom End Rot is probably the most common tomato “disease” and the most scary of them all. This problem occurs on the actual fruits and destroys the first crop very quickly. After all our hard work planting and watering and watching them grow, literally overnight this black rotten spot shows up…
Staking and Supporting Tomatoes There are as many ways to support tomatoes out there as there are gardeners! Here are some nice examples of homemade tomato supports, and you can view the videos below for details on how to make wire tomato cages and other supports. You will want to set up some form of…
Growing Heirloom Tomatoes Heirloom Tomatoes have flavors, colors and textures that are quite different than regular store bought tomatoes. These are the varieties that our grandparents and great grandparents grew many years ago that are full of anti-oxidants, vitamins and cancer preventing agents. The colors normally determine the amount of acidity, darker colors are more…
Learn how to plant organic vegetable gardens and why people choose organic. The focus on Vegetable and Herb-gardening in the past 10 years has been on growing more flavorful, nutritious, and fresher produce than can be found in your local grocery store. Our mouths water for the fresh herbs, garden ripened tomatoes, spicy ethnic peppers,…
Herb Gardening Indoors Gardening Indoors can be done easily if you have the proper conditions in your home. The key to success is having enough light for the plants to do well. West and South facing windows provide the most light. If the herbs are not getting enough light they will just stop growing and…
Herb Garden Designing In order to design your herb garden, the first thing you need to know is how large herbs will grow. This guide will tell you approximately how large a mature plant will be in just a year or two. Once you know how much room to allot to each variety, you can…
How To Start An Herb Garden Herbs are very easy to grow with a little sunshine, soil that drains well, some watering, and a little fertilizer or compost. Herbs can be grown in pots; however, the plants always prefer to be in the ground where they can spread out. Some plants grow quite large (4-6…
