If you haven’t made the plunge yet into growing your first vegetable garden, you may feel overwhelmed. On our site you’ll find dozens of articles on how to create a garden bed and prepare your soil. But if you need guidance on what type of vegetable plants to choose for … [Read more...]
The Best Companion Plants for your Vegetable Garden
Companion planting is a gardening technique designed to maximize the benefit derived from each plant. In other words, companion plants may repel damaging pests, attract beneficial insects, or improve plant flavor or growth. Knowing what to plant next to your vegetable crops will … [Read more...]
Human Antibiotics Sprayed on Orange Trees for Greening Disease: What this will mean for us?
Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services wants to spray antibiotics on citrus groves to combat greening disease, and is applying for an exemption with the EPA. Similar to the fight of routine antibiotic use in animal agriculture, there's concern over human … [Read more...]
Human Antibiotics Sprayed on Orange Trees for Greening Disease: What will this mean for us?
Similar to the fight of routine antibiotic use in animal agriculture, there's concern over human antibiotics treating crop disease. Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has through the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) applied to … [Read more...]
15 Fun and Unusual Heirloom Seeds
The vegetables you’ll find on the produce shelf of your local grocery store have been selected to look uniform and to sit in trucks and on shelves for weeks without spoiling. Home gardening lets you choose varieties for other qualities like flavor, color, nutrition and ease of … [Read more...]
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