Category Archives for Vegetables & Fruits

A whopping 35 percent of U.S. households grow some of their food at home, either in a backyard or community garden.

Growing your own vegetables is no easy task but the reward is worth the hard work that comes with it. Indeed, if you wish to take your passion more seriously, it could be worth investing in cloches, fruit cages and polytunnels. We’ve put together a comprehensive guide on their uses and their applications.

There are few things in this world that can excite a person’s taste buds like a spicy pepper. With a wide range of options available, how do you choose?

Life can get stressful. Sometimes too stressful. With to-do lists coming out of our ears, we’re not always the best at putting our own needs first and so our mental health can suffer.

It’s no secret I like to eat healthy and growing some good fruits to eat is a part of that. The only problem is it’s so hard to tell when fruits are ripe most of the time. One of the fruits that I always have trouble determining if its ripe or not is the pomegranate. It took some research and some effort on my part to get this right.

If you are passionate about gardening, you must be growing a lot of vegetables, fruits, and flowering plants in your garden. If you are a seasoned gardener, you know how to take care of your tomato plant.

The trellis in your garden is a wonderful place to bring in color, life, and vibrant plant-life that matches the season. For those with a green thumb, autumn can be a time when you get ready to preserve plants and perennials from the harsh winter.

Growing your own vegetables at home can be an extremely rewarding achievement. Instead of heading down to your local supermarket or green grocer to pick up the accompanying vegetables, you get to hand pick your own nutrition.

If you have never gardened before, or if you just want to refresh your memory and skills in this area, then you are going to want to take some time so that you can do a bit of research. For instance, you are going to want to learn about where to plant certain fruits, what time of the year to do so, and so on.

As I've gotten older I've taken more and more interest in what I eat and exactly where it comes from. Truth be told, you don't know for sure how something was grown unless you grew it yourself.