Looking to extend your growing season? The Flower House FHPH130 PlantHouse 3 Pop Up Plant House is the ideal portable small greenhouse. This portable pop up greenhouse is a great idea to start your plants early in the spring. It will keep your seedlings warm and humid until it’s safe to put them outside. It’s also ideal for keeping your sensitive plants warm and helps them thrive when … [Read more...]
Gardman R687 4-Tier Mini Greenhouse
Are you looking for some extra portable growing space? The Gardman R687 4-Tier Mini Greenhouse is ideal for seed starting and growing, indoors and outside ,on your deck, patio or balcony. If you’ve ever spent time walking in a park or a place where there are plants and flowers, then you know how much seeing and being among the beauty of nature can relax you. Health studies have shown … [Read more...]
Growing tomatoes from seed – Two Methods for Growing Tomatoes From Seed-Part 1
If you are a novice to growing tomatoes from seed, you may not be aware with the fact that there are two different methods of starting your tomato seeds. The two individual methods are somewhat the similar except for the factor that one is a one-step method and the latter a two-step method. The first method is generally used by gardeners who are new to growing tomatoes from seed. The second method … [Read more...]
Growing Tomatoes From Seed – Starting from Scratch
The trick in growing tomatoes from seed indoors is timing. You want an ideal-sized tomato transplant to set out in the garden when the weather is just right. You should figure on 5 to 7 days for your tomato seed germination, and 8 to 10 weeks to grow your tomato plants to transplant size. That would mean you will need to plant your tomato seeds 11 to 12 weeks prior to the optimum planting time in … [Read more...]
Growing Tomatoes – Organic Tomato Gardening Skills
The activity of growing tomatoes by organic gardening is so much more than just placing a tomato seed into the ground. It takes a considerable amount of research, diligent work and patience, to help your tomato plants grow and ripen so that you have the enjoyment of partaking in their bounty. These gardening tips can help you when you are growing tomatoes using these organic gardening … [Read more...]
Tomato Plant Care-Give Them What They Need
When growing tomatoes, one of the most important concerns for each and every gardener has to do with tomato plant care, what to do and what not to do, so that their tomato plants are healthy and produce an abundant supply, of quality fruit. It's just as important to realize that our tomato plants care about the soil they grow in and moisture and nutrients that they receive. It is our job to … [Read more...]
Tomato Plant Care-The Key to Growing a Bumper Crop of Perfect Tomatoes
Tomato Plant Care - The Key to Growing a Bumper Crop of Perfect Tomatoes When we first start growing tomatoes, tomato plant care, isn't always the first priority on our mind. Our thoughts are more on the line of the end product, that juicy, ripe red tomato that is go going to be part of our lunch. So having that bumper crop of perfect tomatoes in our vision isn't that bad of a thought. First of … [Read more...]
Plant and Seed Catalogs-What’s New For 2012
Plant and Seed Catalogs-What's New For 2012? It's hard to believe, the year is almost over, and the frenzy of Christmas Shopping is all around us, but while checking my mail today, I noticed that the new plant and seed catalogs are starting to arrive. I couldn't wait to get home, make a hot cup of tea and settle down next to the fire in my big comfy chair. Ok, so I'm just like a big kid, … [Read more...]
Pruning Tomato Plants
Pruning Tomato Plants For Better Growth Pruning tomato plants is very important because it not only sends the growth to the right areas but it also helps prevent disease. Home gardeners often talk about pruning their tomatoes but what does not actually come up in conversation is the fact that it is the semi-determinate and indeterminate tomato plants that get pruned. These are the taller … [Read more...]
Recipe For Fried Green Tomatoes
Recipe For Fried Green Tomatoes - Delicious and Easy to Make! Need a great recipe for fried green tomatoes? Here, is a delicious, super easy way to use the abundance of left over green tomatoes that you didn't know what you were going to do with. I have always loved fried green tomatoes and I love experimenting with new ways of making them. So, I've put together a few different … [Read more...]